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Heaven and Mud
Loudon Wainright III
We were up in heaven
But now we're in the mud
We fell off the wagon
You should have heard the thud
We were so superior
But that was just a phase
We were high on life
For fourteen boring days
Bartenders got insulted
When we would insist
On ginger ale, Perrier
Or soda with a twist
On the airplane we were good guys
We sat where folks don't smoke
At the party they were all surprised
When we turned down a toke
We kicked nicotine and caffeine
And alcohol and cannibis
We copped an ounce of clarity and
We scored a pound of bliss
But I kept having nightmares
And you kept gaining weight
We gave in to our withdrawal pains
And finally took the bait
In no time we were hooked again
Suckers that we are
Life of every party and
The fly in every bar
Two weeks on the wagon
'Till we toppled off
I got back my headaches
And you got back your cough
We were up in heaven
But now we're in the mud
We fell off the wagon
You should have heard the thud
We were so superior
But that was just a phase
We were high on life
For fourteen boring days
We were high on life
For fourteen boring days
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.
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