The Hockey Song (Hit Somebody)
I bought Warren Zevon's second-to-last album on a whim (he died a few years ago) and heard "The Hockey Song" for the first time.
Not the Canadian song by "Stompin' Tom" Connor (although I'm sure the name is not a coincidence) but the tale of a hapless small-town Saskatchewan dreamer who "wasn't that good with a puck" but was told, "There'll always be room for a goon."
I don't know much about hockey, but the song has stayed with me.
There were Swedes to the left of him, Russians to the right,
A Czech at the blue line, looking for a fight:
"Brains over brawn"; that might work for you ....
But what's a Canadian farm boy to do?
What else can a farm boy from Canada do?
David Letterman does guest vocals on the CD, but in this clip it's Paul Schafer.
Not the Canadian song by "Stompin' Tom" Connor (although I'm sure the name is not a coincidence) but the tale of a hapless small-town Saskatchewan dreamer who "wasn't that good with a puck" but was told, "There'll always be room for a goon."
I don't know much about hockey, but the song has stayed with me.
There were Swedes to the left of him, Russians to the right,
A Czech at the blue line, looking for a fight:
"Brains over brawn"; that might work for you ....
But what's a Canadian farm boy to do?
What else can a farm boy from Canada do?
David Letterman does guest vocals on the CD, but in this clip it's Paul Schafer.