the swampadelic and impossibly-named graham wood drout has taken home hardware for the ghosts of mississippi, which i’m sort of agnostic about. that said, i’ll aver that his big toe is the best prison blues lyric in years.

especially when said lyric is combined with albert castiglia’s guitar work. dang. dude shreds nasty. filthy nasty. in fact, it hurts so much to hear him on my li’l youtube compuspeakers, that i’m making my way to oakland park, florida to put my head inside a 4X10 up in front of the stage. sweet.

mr. drout’s words:

working all day in the sun
big bossman got a big shotgun
gonna take my shovel and cut off my big toe
if i can’t walk i won’t have to work no more

countin’ every little move i take
countin’ every little rock i break
oh baby, think i’m gonna take it slow
if i can’t walk, i won’t have to work no more.

scars on my ankles where these chains are hanging down
tired of draggin’ these chains all across the ground,
gonna take my shovel, cut off my big toe
if i can’t walk, i won’t have to work no more.

three years down on an 8 to 10,
got a feelin’ i’ll be back again,
gonna take my shovel, cut off my big toe
if i can’t walk, i won’t have to work no more.