Amish Popcorn Factory (Terrorist Target?)

One of my nephews, Scott Hensley, is an accomplished musician. He performs across Indiana.

Last summer he read an article in the Indianapolis Star about a survey that was taken of all potential terrorists sites in the country. Indiana topped the chart with over 8,000. Included in this number was an amish popcorn factory and a bait and tackle shop.

It gave him the inspiration to write the following lyrics to a song that he is currently performing:

"Amish Popcorn Factory

I am just a quiet man in an Amish popcorn factory
I'm a peaceful guy without a car or electricity
But I saw my place in the paper just the other day
It said I'd better build a shelter cos' the terrorists are headed my way

Well I don't know what they might want with a little old poor man like me
I guess they could eat up all my popcorn, maybe take a horse or two or three
But now I've always got it sitting in the back of my mind
They said it could happen in the day or in the night or really anytime

Now I can't sleep at night and I can't rise in the morn
I jump every time I hear a sound
And now I always watch my back cos' you just never know
There are terrorists all around
Well they hide in the trees and they hide in the ground
There's terrorists all around

Well I talked to my friend Jim from the city and this is what he said
He said the TV was telling everyone that the alert just went to red
Now I must confess that I don't know exactly what that means
But fear was in my hear cos' I heard that truth comes from TV screens

So I went back to the country and I got my children and my wife
And we moved out to Wyoming to find a more peaceful, happier life
I bought a bait and tackle shop but was dismayed to hear the news
It said the terrorists are targeting worms and hooks and fishing poles too

Now I can't sleep at night and I can't rise in the morn
I jump every time I hear a sound
And now I always watch my back cos' you just never know
There are terrorists all around
Well they hide in the trees and they hide in the ground
There's terrorists all around!"

Copyright by Scott Hensley, reprinted by permission of the author.