Yazoo Junction


from the ABC set Smallvilles : Real US Towns, Imagined Voices

Yazoo Junction city Mississippi Alt.121 Pop.12060

we aint too far from natchez here
we got one a those injun names
named for a tribe n their language too
i dont doubt
aint been a native american here in 200 years
most likely

course I dont count billy greenbush
he stayed here got left behind that
is in the drunk tank when the carnival
last left town.
aint had the carnie folks back since 1975
or vietnam

i hear theys a soda pop by the name too
aint never had one myself looks
too damn pink for a man to drink lessn he
wants pepto
bismol for acid relief I like a neat
raw bourbon

well that’s all I gotta say mister
i ll take your money for the gas now
a hundred damn never took a note so
big for gas
honey change me a hundred for the
rich tourist

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