The Tale of Old Man Geechi & The Fallship

Old Man Geechi, sat on a hill
Head in his palm tobacco pipe was full
Pullin at his beard scratchin his chin
The cottonpickin ship done fallen again
How many times it fell? how many times it failed...
Paul asked and the old man told him the tale

My twin brother aji he always been my heart
I was a carpenter and he studied the stars
We had a game we would play when we was lil kids
We was both determined to find out where heaven is
So he would draw the map, and I would chop the twigs
And by the end of the day we would have a lil ship
We made a promise then, forever to the end
To build a ship to heaven when we grew into men

Old Man Geechi, sat on a hill
Head in his palm tobacco pipe was full
Pullin at his beard scratchin his chin
The cottonpickin ship done fallen again
How many times it fell? how many times it failed...
Paul asked and the old man told him the tale

My twin brother Aji, he always been my heart
We grew into men, but never grew apart
I mastered carpentry, and he was scholarly
Poetry, philosophy and astronomy
I fell in love with June, we had a family
We had son looked kinda like you with straighter teeth
But I ain't forget, and neither did my twin
When we turned 33 we started on the ship

Old Man Geechi, sat on a hill
Head in his palm tobacco pipe was full
Pullin at his beard scratchin his chin
The cottonpickin ship done fallen again
How many times it fell? how many times it failed...
Paul asked and the old man told him the tale

My twin brother Aji, he always been my heart
We started on the ship, to take us to the stars
June would bring us tea, and keep us company
And blush a lil when Aji would read her poetry
Sharin all his thoughts, they started takin walks
While I was workin with the nail hammer and the saw
When the ship was done, they got in it one day
And said they was comin back but they never came

Old Man Geechi, sat on a hill
Head in his palm tobacco pipe was full
Pullin at his beard scratchin his chin
The cottonpickin ship done fallen again
How many times it fell? how many times it failed...
Paul asked and the old man told him the tale