Linda Blair

Seat 2C, Oslo to Warsaw, Norwegian Air

It's 9 a.m. and I'm yawning next to a perky young girl with

A beautiful long blonde hair

She's playin' a game on her phone and chewin' on her Danish

The little girl behind me has a demonic cough

And she sounds like Linda Blair in The Exorcist

I hope it's just a common cold, and nothin' so serious

If it's a serious medical condition, I hope the Lord blesses her

Last time I played Poland was with Justin from Godflesh

I couldn't pronounce the name of the town to save my life or the venue

But we headlined the metal fest

The names of the other bands, I don't know

But I do remember the aggressive sound of the names

Cryptdeath Mother of Fuck Lord, Fuck Lord, Fuck Lord

I don't know much about Poland

Other than Andrew Golota's boxing style

He put his left jab out like a kitten tryin' to paw a bed sheet

Hanging out to dry

Nathen and his glass chin, a very easy target to find

He quit after round two with Mike Tyson

He was on his ass, his eyes bulgin' with fright

And Lennox Lewis dropped him in  round one

He looked like a kid gettin' knocked on his ass by his daddy

When his daddy came home drunk

But I got a soft spot for Andrew because the great fighters

He never dodged

I thought it was mean how his fans pelted him with garbage

During his walkout after he lost to Mike Tyson

Facing Tyson was a very brave thing to do

Yeah, he was overmatched

But I found the audience's behavior after the fight disgraceful and rude

Though our local sports heroes are often times flawed

Show them love and support

Be kind, take the high road, be a good sport

I think in that Tyson fight

Golota's brains might have become unglued

He wasn't quite the same after that

It could have been that beating he took, I have no clue

But those people throwin' things at him

Was despicable and bullying at it's worst

He was fightin' Mike Tyson and representin' your country

And his fans humiliated him by adding more hurt to his already hurt

And yeah, when Lennox dropped him in round one

I felt an even stronger connection with Golota

'Cause he went out there determined

As Raging Bull, but like a lamb, he got slaughtered

His weakness was that chin and that clumsy left

And those low blows, Tourettic bull were his only weapon

His only defense, he was clearly overmatched

He is imperfect, as we all are

Let's face it, we're all scared little girls and boys

So everybody right now, for Andrew Golota, make some fuckin' noise

So  right now, for Andrew Golota, make some fuckin' noise

Other than Andrew Golota, I don't know much about Poland

I'm told my ancestors were from there

And I guess that's sayin' somethin', I know

I gotta admit, I've never looked too deeply into it

Though I'm told, before my name became Kozelek

Apparently it was actually Koziołek

And there was a time that I played  the OFF Festival

In the summer in Katowice

I played a seated venue and a Polish woman cooked Italian food for me

I've been to Italy more times than I could ever count

That Polish woman cooked the best lasagna I ever had

And that's no fuckin' joke

But I shared a taxi to the airport with Owen Ashworth, but then what

I said, "Owen did you ever notice how much Poland looks like Ohio?"

He said, "Yeah, it does", and that's all he said

Owen Ashworth is a great songwriter from Chicago, Illinois

If you never heard of him

Now everybody that shows some gratitude

For the beautiful things in the world

The lovely cornfields along the highways

And the meals that the kind people prepare for us

And the audience who come to our countries

They play beautiful music for us

And the fans who come out to our shows and pay the ticket

And pay attention and listen to us

We're in this life once, so let's absorb what's around us

And not make a fuss over little things

We may live to be old or tomorrow we might get hit by a bus

I got a lot of love for all people, yeah, I got a lot of love

I got a lot of love, even for the imperfect, low-blowing Andrew Golota

I got a lot of love for you, all you people here in Warsaw, Poland

If I gotta be honest, there's only one thing I'll tell you

That I don't love at all

It's the music of Steely Dan, it makes my skin crawl

Well, I gotta be honest, there's another thing that I don't love at all

It's the music of the Eagles

It makes me wanna put my fist through a wall

Now I'm gonna mention a song that I love very much

AC/DC's A Touch Too Much

Now I'm gonna mention a couple of songs that I love very much

Neil Young's Harvest Moon and also After the Gold Rush

Now I'm gonna mention a song that I know we all love very, very much

How can we not? ZZ Top, I Ain't Asking For Much

Now I'm gonna mention a song by Queen that I love very much

Find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love

Now I'm gonna mention another song

By Led Zeppelin that we all love very much

A Whole Lotta Love

Baby, baby, baby, babe, I got a whole lotta love, got a whole lotta love

Now I'm gonna mention a song

From an album of mine that I know you all love very much

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity

I Love You Baby Forever and Beyond Eternity