Severed Hand vs. Unemployable

[Kevin Davis]

I think the lyrics to Unemployable are some of the best in the catalog.

I really like them too.

"A big gold ring what says Jesus saves" has the same "forced dialect" effect on me as those faux-ebonics lines you described in a previous thread have on you (and me -- I'm no fan of those either). This is Ed in workin' class country-bumpkin mode -- surprised he hasn't worked in a Mike Judge-esque "big gold ring h-what says Jesus saves" in the live versions.

[stip]

It's the perfect example of what Springsteen does so effortlessly, and what makes him America's best working class songwriter.