No Good Al Joad

Released: May 5th, 2012

Written & produced by: Hop Along

Guitar: Dominic Angelella

Background

In an interview with DIE ANGRY, Quinlan says that this song was one of their favorites to record on Get Disowned. However, they consider it to be a "strictly studio song", so it is not performed often.

In another interview, Quinlan reveals that the song is about their cousin, who died from cancer.

The track was the only track from Get Disowned performed during the Freshman Year 15th anniversary livestream.

Lyrics

Put that chicken in your yard out of its misery
Its feathers torn apart, no rooster can be more
Ruthless than you, more stupid than me

I found your angel in the crow's nest
It's a god-awful mess up here
She's clawed through the floor
Nobody seems to stick around
How much more can you take?

Old men fire from their windows
Warning shots over your head
And your dearest friends are all coming around
With their tails between their legs

But your engine is still running, although
The gears are covered with grime
Everybody is a little hard to love, sometimes

You are my favorite because you're a long shot
You are my enemy because you forgot

Generous people, they fill me with doubt
But that's something I'd rather not talk about
And no heavy charge can make me stay
I'm a no-good Al Joad, anyway
I'll never lie in the back of no truck

So if you want a whole lot but without getting caught
Babe, you better go get in line
Everybody is a little hard to love sometimes

The first person I realized was dying
Thanked everyone for the cake, soft and low
"Now I can tell, the ground barely feels my footsteps
As I must go"