Tell It to the Breadline

Posted on 2017/02/08 by Chad Philip

Get Lucky (track 09 from the eponymous LP by Mark Knopfler )

I’m better with my muscles than I am with my mouth
I work the fairgrounds in the summer or go pick fruit down south

And when I feel them chilly winds, where the weather goes I’ll follow
Pack up my traveling things and go with the swallows
And I might get lucky now and then

You win some
You might get lucky now and then
You win some

I wake up every morning keeping an eye on what I spent
Gotta think about eating
Gotta think about paying the rent

I always think it’s funny
It gets me every time
I wonder about the happiness and money
Tell it to the breadline
But you might get lucky now and then

You win some
You might get lucky now and then
You win some

Now I’m rambling through this meadow happy as a man can be
Think I’ll just lay me down under this old tree
On and on we go through this old world of shuffling
If you got a truffle, dog, you can go truffling
And you might get lucky now and then

You win some
You might get lucky now and then
You win some

Violence Here is a Social Norm

Posted on 2016/11/07 by Chad Philip

Rehumanize Yourself (track 07 from the Ghost in the Machine LP by The Police )

He goes out at night with his big boots on
None of his friends know right from wrong
They kick a boy to death because he don’t belong
You’ve got to humanize yourself

A policeman put on his uniform
He’d like to have a gun just to keep him warm
Because violence here is a social norm
You’ve got to humanize yourself

Rehumanize yourself

I work all day at the factory
I’m building a machine that’s not for me
There must be a reason that I can’t see
You’ve got to humanize yourself

Billy’s joined the National Front
He always was a little runt
He’s got his hand in the air with the other cunts
You’ve got to humanize yourself

Rehumanize yourself

I work all day at the factory
I’m building a machine that’s not for me
There must be a reason that I can’t see
You’ve got to humanize yourself

A policeman put on his uniform
He’d like to have a gun just to keep him warm
Because violence here is a social norm
You’ve got to humanize yourself

Rehumanize yourself

Spending Cash and Talking Trash

Posted on 2016/08/13 by Chad Philip

Pan Am Highway Blues (track 07 from the Tejas LP by ZZ Top )
→ “Pan Am Highway Blues” Song Lyrics

Enjoy and Get It On (track 05 from the Tejas LP)
→ “Enjoy and Get It On” Song Lyrics
Asleep in the Desert (track 10 from the Tejas LP)

I Keep On Going, Guess I’ll Never Know Why

Posted on 2016/06/20 by Chad Philip

Life’s Been Good (track 08 from the But Seriously, Folks… LP by Joe Walsh )

I have a mansion, but forget the price
Ain’t never been there, they tell me it’s nice
I live in hotels and tear out the walls
I have accountants that pay for it all

They say I’m crazy, but I have a good time
I’m just looking for clues at the scene of the crime

Life’s been good to me so far

My Maserati does one-eighty-five
I lost my license and now I don’t drive
I have a limo, I ride in the back
I lock the doors in case I’m attacked

I make hit records, my fans they can’t wait
They write me letters and tell me I’m great
I got me an office, gold records on the wall
Just leave a message, maybe I’ll call

Lucky I’m sane after all I’ve been through
Everybody say “I’m cool”, “He’s cool!”
I can’t complain, but sometimes I still do

Life’s been good to me so far

I go to parties, sometimes until four
It’s hard to leave when you can’t find the door
It’s tough to handle this fortune and fame
Everybody is so different, I haven’t changed

They say I’m lazy, but it takes all my time
Everybody say “Oh, yeah”, “Oh, yeah!”
I keep on going, guess I’ll never know why

Life’s been good to me so far

…

(Uh oh, here comes a flock of wah-wahs)

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