It's Not Enough
$1,600.00
Mixed media painting on wood. 17" round x 1". 2016
From Jon's song of the same title, written and recorded by the Waco Brothers.
You can be the last one standing as the surface
Of the earth melts like a chocolate bar
Throw me out with the garbage
I'll never get that far
Bury me in the streets
Scatter me like beads of mercury
Have me stuffed just like Trigger
Or pickled for a souvenir
My paint is peeling, my nails are rust
At the peak of my popularity
I'm crumbling into dust
It's not enough
I'm entertaining, I'm mesmerizing, collapsing as we speak
I left my clothes all neatly folded
Now I'm heading up the creek
Past the University of Boredom
To the Shrunkenhead Bar & Grill
The death wish casino, and the paradise garage sale
On the deck of the wreck of the Marie Celeste
Where rock'n'roll came to die
I'll still be trying to change the channel
As my life goes flashing by
It's not enough