GCN09M Powderfinger (Traditional Cache) in Wisconsin, United States created by Neil Young and Zuma

This cache has been archived.

zuma!: Stopped to check on this one today, and it was gone. The totem pole that it was next to was also gone, so it looks like the town removed the totem pole,and the cache was removed the old totem pole. Looks like it was recent.

Anyway, I do not plan on replacing this one, so will archive it. Powderfinger is one of my favorite Neil songs though, so I am sure there will be a new Powderfinger somewhere soon.

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A cache by Neil Young and Zuma Message this owner

Hidden : 3/5/2005

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is now a stand alone cache, formerly part of a 6 part mystery cache, along the route where Highway 53 went in 1956. This cache is right off of old 53, in a small community park. Some stealth may be required, but otherwise this is an easy park and grab.

Powderfinger
By Neil Young

Look out, Mama,
there's a white boat
comin' up the river
With a big red beacon,
and a flag,
and a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John,
'Cause it don't
look like they're here
to deliver the mail
And it's less than a mile away
I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side
and a gun
And it's makin' big waves.

Daddy's gone,
my brother's out hunting
in the mountains
Big John's been drinking
since the river took Emmy-Lou
So the powers that be
left me here
to do the thinkin'
And I just turned twenty-two
I was wonderin' what to do
And the closer they got,
The more those feelings grew.

Daddy's rifle in my hand
felt reassurin'
He told me,
Red means run, son,
numbers add up to nothin'
But when the first shot
hit the dock I saw it comin'
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why.
Then I saw black,
And my face splashed in the sky.

Shelter me from the powder
and the finger
Cover me with the thought
that pulled the trigger
Think of me
as one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love,
I know I'll miss her.

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