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Mason/Lewis/Shearston
In the town of Milford,
Pennsylvania
There stands a sorry sign
'Helps passing strangers
understand
Pike County's frame of mind
"Tom Quick" it says,
" the indian
slayer of legendary fame lived in this region"
Where he played a hero's
game
He was angered by the slaying of his father
Who had been a
pioneer (and you know what that word means)
An indian, no doubt put-out, to lose
his burying ground
Apparently went all the way
When Tom Quick's dad
he found
For miles and miles and miles around
The taking over life
itself
And I feel the old world
dying
Spread-eagled on the wall
And up and down the pathways
You
may hear the signposts call
The world is standing, my friend
On it's
ear
Just for listening for the fall
For forty years, the remainder of
his life
Tom Quick killed and killed avenging wrong for right
And
etched in golden letters
On that blue-black history side
The tally
of Tom Quick's legend is written: 99
But I feel the old world
dying
Spread-eagled on the wall
And up and down the pathways
You
may hear the signposts call
The world is standing, my friend
On it's
ear
Just for listening for the fall
In the town of Milford,
Pennsylvania
There stands a sorry sign
To help passing
strangers
Understand the fraying of their minds... | 
