The Fall of Sam Patch

It’s a beautiful world outside the factory doors
Over by the falls there are rough spots that we love
But in the forest garden by the cedars of Lebanon
You comb this wilderness with the tools of the entrepreneur
For the man of leisure
For the poet and the painter
Smooth out the edges with the civilizing hand of art

But I’ve got a plan to make my mark here
Watch me fall into the water
I'm gonna jump from a cliff in Jersey
Some things can be done as well as others

It’s a beautiful world full of roots and tangles
We could all get drunk on the overgrown scenery
You’ve made your point with your taste and progress
But the scene of science don’t mean nothing to me

But I’ve got a plan to make my mark here
Watch me fall into the water
I'm gonna jump from a cliff in Jersey
Some things can be done as well as others

But I’ve got a plan to make my art here
Watch me fall just like an arrow
I'm gonna jump into the chasms of Jersey
Some things can be done as well as others