Will Oldham - Bolden Boke Blues lyrics

If I move slowly through this task I will earn some rest If I move quickly and surely I will do my best I'm sad to see things change For you who were such good friends One should walk the way one needs And when the way is crooked one bends Out that evening it makes me sick to think You put your hands up as if to say I won't be part of what you do Life ain't war least not today If I move slowly through this task I will earn some rest If I move quickly and surely I will do my best This is how it would be When we would meet often to see How easy things could be made And still go down unanxiously Once you were chased down the street by blacks Screaming about how cool it is To be black and you ducked away It will never be as cool as this If I move slowly through this task I will earn some rest If I move quickly and surely I will do my best Then it was needed to become rough In order not to be inhuman Uncanny unable and unwilling To think about not having children