Black Sabbath - "N.I.B."
1970
+ COULDN’T GET Z-ROCK IN MY OFFICE
1. Downs
They just tell you that you're on your own
Fill your head all full of lies
Sabbath's weirdo/cryptic Catholic song
described your final days
in Corporate America,
salaried
2. Ups
Dude
They sent you to Rochester
to ask one question
one specific question
about rebar
tunes blasting all down/back Highway 52
window open
You expensed the mileage
- 29 cents per mile -
made a tidy profit
Dropped off the rebar answer at District
slapped on a surfer hoodie
hit Down in the Valley Richfield/Penn Avenue
scored We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'n' Roll
the clerk was drinking a Molson