Lee Bains III
& The Glory Fires

Songs, poems, and records from Alabama.

Centreville

Centreville

from There Is a Bomb in Gilead (2012)

If you hear any bleeding, it's just me and the boys.

We're over-educated and we're under-employed.

We're strictly and literally dressing dirty dirty --

Fresh white shirt, jeans ain't been cleaned since a month

ago Thursday.

Threw all our bets

Down 82 West.

"Go on and get you a pull."

Wound up low-down and pitiful,

We're broke down in Centreville.

Got to roll on.

You can blame it on the banks, the Baptists, the President,

or the press.

Lay the blame on every damn thing but yourselves.

We ain't trying to cast aspersions, or throw no stones;

We need them all to build this wall so y'all will leave us alone.

Threw all our bets

Down 82 West.

"Go on and get you a pull.

Wound up low-down and pitiful,

We're broke down in Centreville.

Got to roll on.