Note: I'm exploring tarot related themes in this round, and this tune works through one of the vertical lines of the major arcana: from The Hierophant to The Hanged Man to The Sun
lyrics
I got a bone to pick
With Punxsutawney Phil
They say he woke up this mornin’
Bout seven a.m.
Saw the sun in the sky
His shadow on the ground
And he ran and he hid
Like a dadblamed coward
He called for six more weeks
Of achin’ in my bones
High heatin’ bills
And shovelin’ snow
He might think it’s clever
But this ain’t no joke
I can’t keep gettin’ out of bed
In the bitter, frigid cold
I got a bone to pick
With Punxsutawney Phil
I got rivers to fish
And patties to grill
I got a bone to pick
With Punxsutawney Phil
He says six more weeks
I say not this year
A hundred thirty-four years
He’s been callin the shots
It might be time to retire
And quit breakin our hearts
They say groundhog punch
Is the fountain of youth
But now I’m wonderin bout the perks
Of groundhog stew
He called for six more weeks
Of achin’ in my bones
High heatin’ bills
And shovelin’ snow
I don’t know bout the weather
Out at Gobbler’s Knob
But I know a little groundhog
That needs another job
I got a bone to pick
With Punxsutawney Phil
I got rivers to fish
And patties to grill
I got a bone to pick
With Punxsutawney Phil
He says six more weeks
I say not this year
credits
from Round 31, Week 1,
released February 15, 2021
Emily Stewart - guitar and vocal
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