Trash Talk

Hobo Seduction / dark comedy/parody/folk

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Welcome to my shanty

Really --- you like trash talk

This is going to be a great date

As I’m the one you’ve been looking for

Why?

I add to my favourite stash

From dumb tramp show-offs

Only real hobos know to hide

Their best finds in their trash

No way --- you do this too

You found a dead cat?

Well it happens

Did you take it home?

I can see that --

Was it with ketchup ?

I agree

You have to be careful

There’s so many strange people

In this world

I love your dirty trash talk

There’s something about you

I could talk to you all night

Just to hear

The lovely rasp in your cough

You’re the first banger in my hovel

In a minute I’m going to show you

My top shelf stuff …

When it comes to trash talk

I know my garbage is better still

Than those loser pickers

The fakers and takers down the hill

Yes …

I did make these tire shelves

Why so many bottles?

They hold my best memories

Of those times I had to go

So, I always make sure

Not long after heavy drinking

To refill the empties

With 100 % amber pure

Makes no sense to me

Good things going to waste

So, no trash talking here

It’s an acquired taste

Either “You’re in” -- or you’re out

Well – I really don’t know you

But yes, I can spare two

Do you need more trash talk?

For me to seal this deal

Great …

Straight up trash talk

We both know

It’s the hobo way

To save the best for last

And I’m so ready

To unpack my special junk

In your trunk

Welcome to my shanty

That’s if we’re past trash talk

That’s if we’re past trash talk

© 2026 John Osinga. All rights reserved. St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

Dedicated to John Prine — who proved that a song with upside-down lyrics could make you laugh out loud and still carry deep meaning.

A musician and lyricist who shared his incredible way to craft dark twisted comedy merged with genuine heartbreak residing in every word he wrote and sang – to take all the listeners of his songs to laughter and question how did he ever come up with this clever weirdness. R.I.P. JP