's , the plane crash victims and the shooting victims , the ones who had been found in alleys and the ones who had been found in swimming pools and the ones who had been found in roadside ditches with steering columns poking out of their chests and most of their heads torn off their shoulders ; he chanted the names of the young ones and the old ones , but mostly they were the young ones , and as he spoke the names of ronnie van zant and steve gaines , she heard the words of one of their songs tolling in her mind , the one that went oooh , that smell , ca n't you smell that smell , and yes , you bet , she certainly could smell that smell ; even out here , in the clear oregon air , she could smell it , and when she took clark 's hand it was like taking the hand of a corpse .