Kerry Trask is Talking History

(as sung to Harry Nilsson’s “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” (by Fred Neil); dedicated to our own Midnight Cowboy Professor Kerry A. Trask on the occasion of his retirement 6/08)

Kerry Trask is talking history

can’t repeat each word he’s saying—

‘cause his voice’s blowin’ out my mind—

history won’t stop its tracks but

repeats like Toynbee said

unless its ambushed and revised—

 

I’m learning of the Trickster mindset--

and Chief BlackHawk’s pain,

learning how the Civil War was closed—

lighting up my mind’s Fire Within—

and earning my Bs and Cs—

hearing something like “Sum’a Beach!” homophones!

 

Awwww—wha—da—F***

Wha—da—F***, wha—wha—da—F***

Awwwwwwwww—

 

I’m learning of the Trickster mindset--

and Chief BlackHawk’s pain,

learning how the Civil War was closed—

lighting up my mind’s Fire Within—

and earning my Bs and Cs—

hearing something like “Sum’a Beach!” homophones!

 

Kerry Trask is talking history

can’t repeat each word he’s saying—

‘cause his voice’s blowin’ out my mind—

and he won’t let me leave our past behind—

no he won’t let me leave. . .