Like A Rock – by Dietrich Strause
I was counting all my pebbles dreaming of the timber
On the south side of the mountain where I’ve head the girls are limber
Wearing nothing but bluebonnets they laugh under the oaks
If I wore the robe and crown I’d trade them all for jokes
I was dreaming of a highway, I was dreaming of a throne
On an engine with headlights, the wind and radio
I’ve been stuck here in this valley forty days and forty nights
But all my friends they tell me someone’s looking for a fight
They say, “Davy oh Davy come in from the fields
And trade your sling and stone for a brand new pair of wheels”
I was basking in the glory of the breeze between my toes
It was there I saw you bathing taking off your clothes
You said I’d do my blooming later, and that the giant got a jump
But as I watched you in the brook I think I started catching up
We thanked the Lord for our fingers as we strummed along my harp
And we sang about that double yellow line in our hearts
When an army took the hillside, chrome glimmered in the sun
The giant stepped out of his truck and stuck out like a sore thumb
You sang, “Davy oh Davy come in from the fields
And trade your sling and stone for a brand new pair of wheels”
With my comrades gathered around me I swung and took my aim
And with the grace of the Almighty the kingdom took my name
With a blow between the eyes the giant fell to his rest
With my sword in my hand I put my foot up on his chest
He laid there on the ground I looked him in the eyes
I saw the wild beasts of the earth and the birds up in the sky
And he begged me for his life – I said, I’d take his Chevrolet
So I dropped my sword and picked you up, into the sunset we drove away
Singing, “Davy oh Davy come in from the fields
And trade your sling and stone for a brand new pair of wheels”
Music & lyrics by Dietrich Strause
Filmed by Ryann Milne-Price in Helena, Montana
Starring Dietrich, Alice Waddler, and Jean Ducklin
