Lyrics Vic Chesnutt

Vic Chesnutt

Big Huge Valley

well the big huge valley is a ribbon of light

the aqueducts are snakes tonight

the stars are homesteaders, staking claims

my head is hopping with historical names

transfer trucks are buffalos

chewing up this desert road

yes and i am nothing especially

just an uptight man on a useless journey

and the oil is pumping up out of the dirt

those virile dinosaurs continue to squirt

and the mountains lay like croaker sacks

the global forces sculpt with tectonic panache

and the crop duster flies through those blackish skies

she ain't on the clock

she's banking in and pulling out

her propeller eyes on the wind sock

well the big huge valley is on a respirator

life juices pumped from up in the sierras

the almond trees battle their own disease

the hay is jaundiced and the raisins wheeze

cattle march uner the knife

i do believe the big doctor is sweating up a storm

tonight