The Magic Hatchet - JF Whitney by Fly To Whitney's Moon (Side 1)

Written, performed & recorded by JF Whitney (Voc/Ukelele/Tabla) 2017
"This is the work of a pure genius!" (Amanda Rodgers - Stranger Than Paradise)
The Magic Hatchet short film link:
https://youtu.be/EQEaCGuZeb4
www.flytowhitneysmoon.com

The magic hatchet scarred the trees
And brought the woodsman to his knees
It carved the lives of wives in fences
And parted soldiers from their senses
In raging hands it struck for oil
Then lay there buried in the soil

In the time it took to curse a spell
New hatchets grew where that one fell
Their handles grasped by angered men
The carnage started up again
With hatchets buried in red ground
For a brief pause there was no sound

Then from the earth as giant fleas
There sprang 10 million hatchet trees
On every branch a flashing blade
That all turned red as scores were paid
Soon all sank back into the mire
And so came “Ready, Aim and Fire!”

And hatchet, bullet, rocket and bomb
Like Christ are buried to rise again
Hatchet~faced races race to clash
As from sleep a billion more are hatched
To hack and cull and gun and bomb
All hatchet numbers down to… none

JF Whitney