Last Trip to Tulsa

[zyzyly]

I was chopping down a palm tree
When a friend dropped by to ask
If I would feel less lonely
If he helped me swing the axe.
I said: No, it's not a case of being lonely
We have here,
I've been working on this palm tree
For eighty seven years
I said: No, it's not a case of being lonely
We have here,
I've been working on this palm tree
For eighty seven years
He said: Go get lost!
And walked towards his Cadillac.
I chopped down the palm tree
And it landed on his back.

--Neil Young

Comments

[zhenzhi.livejournal.com]

i'm not really familiar with neil young's music. i like this, though i am a little puzzled by what the meaning of And it landed on his back