"grandpa here's your coffee,"   Said edith as she filled his cup,   "nobody'll find you here   And earl is glad you guys showed up      The way things are downtown   You might have to stay for a while   There was a helicopter flyin' over your house   When i talked to your neighbor kyle"      "who the hell do they think they are?   Invading our home like that   Grandma and i had to leave so fast   We couldn't even catch the cat      The helicopter scared the shit out of it   And it took off down the trail   Down past the railroad track    Towards the county jail"       "jed you really screwed up now   What'd you have to do that for?   Everybody wants to hang your ass   Here's a note from lenore"      She touched the cold steel bars   As she pushed the paper in   Jed took it up and read it   And couldn't hide a grin      Outside the jail window   A crow flew across the sky   Completely disappearing behind each bar   Then a helicopter flew by      "say hi to earl and edith   Tell'em i'm doin' fine   Tell'em you're ready to leave home now    And they should cut the line      Can grandma come and see me?   I've got a new song to sing   It's longer than all the others combined   And doesn't mean a thing"      The noise was unfamiliar...   A walkie talkie squealed   Generators were runnin'   Vans parked in the field      Tv crews and cameras   They wanted to interview grandpa on the porch   They came through the gate and up on the lawn   Knockin' down edith's tiki torch      Grandpa saw them there   Looking through the venetian blind   "those people don't have any respect   So they won't get any of mine      I ain't gonna talk about jed...   I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9   I don't have time to talk that fast    And it ain't my crime      It ain't an honour to be on tv   And it ain't a duty either   The only good thing about tv   Is shows like 'leave it to beaver'      Shows with love and affection   Like mama used to say   A little mayberry livin'   Can go a long way"      He took earl's gun from the closet   And loaded up both barrels   Went out on the porch and fired them off   And up walked a woman named carol      "susan carol from early magazine   I've got some questions to ask"   "well you can stick 'em where the sun don't shine,"   Grandpa said with a gasp      Then he fell face first and let out a sigh   Edith came out in shock   Grandpa was whispering to her from down on the floor   He looked like he was tryin' to talk      "that guy who just keeps singin'   Can't somebody shut him up?   I don't know for the life of me   Where he comes up with this stuff"      They laid his head on a newspaper   With a picture of carmichael on the front page   Posing with a little league baseball team   And a seedy shot of jed with a motorcycle.      Grandpa died like a hero   Fightin' for freedom of silence   Tryin' to stop the media   Tryin' to be anonymous      Share your lovin' and you'll live so long   Share your lovin' and you'll live so long   Share your lovin' and you'll live so long   Live so long