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Cash Brothers - Night Shift Guru (2001)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Oh I know my job's just working in a store
I've got an L on my forehead and a stupid uniform
It's 7/11, it's twenty-four seven
I'm the night shift guru, made to serve you
How do you do
And I'm watching myself performing on tv
And it's an 8 by 5, 7/11 screen
And I'm punching in potato chips
And sugared water and cigarettes and dream magazines
Flourescent ceiling light, well it's alright in the day
But it lights the nighttime like a freak show parade
Grandmothers and lovers, kid brothers bus drivers and whores
But they're looking for more, they're looking for more
And I'm watching myself performing on tv
And it's an 8 by 5, 7/11 screen
And I'm punching in potato chips
And sugared water and cigarettes and dream magazines
Presidents and condiments and cheese
Squeeze 'em hard and what you get is grease
And I'm punching in anti-freeze and condoms and processed cheese
And me here to please
...
Poi Dog Pondering- Everybody's Trying (1989)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verse 1]
I know you're bitter, but why, why, why?
Don't you know that two wrongs don't make a right?
It's not that simple, no
It's not that simple
[Chorus]
But everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
Everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
...
@#35
That's one of my favorite videos.
Here's a remastered version of it ...
2021 Remaster "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood
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The remaster aspect aside, yeah, Prince hits it out of the park with his solo. So true to the song.
If I may be so bold as to divert this comment away from "instruments" and towards "songwriters" ...
Dawes - A Little Bit of Everything (2011)
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Lyrics excerpt...
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With his back against the San Francisco traffic
On the bridge's side that faces towards the jail
Setting out to join a demographic
He hoists his first leg up over the rail
A phone call's made, police cars show up quickly
The sergeant slams his passenger door
He says, "Hey son why don't you talk through this with me?
Just tell me what you're doing it for"
"Oh, it's a little bit of everything
It's the mountains, it's the fog
It's the news at six o'clock
It's the death of my first dog"
"It's the angels up above me
It's the song that they don't sing
It's a little bit of verything"
There's an oldr man who stands in a buffet line
He is smiling and he's holding out his plate
And the further he looks back into his timeline
That hard road always led him to today
Making up for when his bright future had left him
Making up for the fact his only son is gone
And letting everything out once, his server asks him
"Have you figured out yet, what it is you want?"
I want a little bit of everything
The biscuits and the beans
Whatever helps me to forget about
The things that brought me to my knees
So pile on those mashed potatoes
And an extra chicken wing
I'm having a little bit of everything
Somewhere a pretty girl is writing invitations
To a wedding she has scheduled for the fall
Her man says, "Baby, can I make an observation?
You don't seem to be having any fun at all."
She said, "You just worry about your groomsmen and your shirt-size
And rest assured that this is making me feel good."
I think that love is so much easier than you realize
If you can give yourself to someone, then you should
Cause it's a little bit of everything
The way you joke, the way you ache
It is getting up before you
So I can watch you as you wake
So on the day in late September
It's not some stupid little ring
I'm getting a little bit of everything
Oh, it's a little bit of everything
It's the matador and the bull
It's the suggested daily dosage
It's the red moon when it's full
All these psychics and these doctors
They're all right and they're all wrong
It's like trying to make out every word
When they should simply hum along
It's not some message written in the dark
Or some truth that no one's seen
It's a little bit of everything
...
Trik Turner - Friends & Family (2003)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verse 1]
Some call me a loser
Some call me a cheater
Some say I'm a selfish untalented dreamer
Cause all's I try to do is keep my dream alive
But it's so hard to do when you're working 9 to 5
I've never been one afraid to die
But I'm afraid to leave behind
The precious life that grows through the sands of time
Cause now I've got two daughters
And I know they need their father
To help them make it through all of the devious things that people do
Cause every moment counts from the good times to the bad
I don't have time to envy those that got things I've never had
Cause the one thing most important is the one we take for granted
And until your life is on that line I think it's the way god had planned it
To open up your eyes and make you realize
That to some life is money
But what's money without life
Cause all's I need is the air that I breathe
And my friends and family to believe in me
[Chorus]
As deep as the abyss where the waters run
As deep as the land of the rising sun
You know I'm down
And even when them odds are against us
It doesn't even matter
Nothing else matters
As deep as the abyss where the waters run
As deep as the land of the rising sun
You know I'm down
And even when them odds are against us
It doesn't even matter
Nothing else matters
[Verse 2]
We bleed the same blood
We cry the same tears
We have the same fears
We pass the same years
We see the same stars
Under the same skies
We pass the same time
We all live and die
Cause friends and family wash thicker than blood
And if ya' never felt love than I feel for you cuz'
Cuz' lives pass above us 747's
Deceased dwell below us
Before they go to heaven
Deep like seven leagues life intrigues intelligence
Got no time for clutter, you're late if there's hesitance
Put your foot forward and there will be a helping hand
Take a step back and you're stuck in the quick sand
Ingesting toxins keeps us locked in, a mental jail trap
2000' where's your family at
[Bridge:]
Oh, and I might fail
Oh, I might succeed
Whatever the outcome is
Just keep your faith in me
Just believe in me
And I will be there
[Chorus]
As deep as the abyss where the waters run
As deep as the land of the rising sun
You know I'm down
And even when them odds are against us
It doesn't even matter
Nothing else matters
As deep as the abyss where the waters run
As deep as the land of the rising sun
You know I'm down
And even when them odds are against us
It doesn't even matter
Nothing else matters
As deep as the abyss where the waters run
As deep as the land of the rising sun
You know I'm down
And even when them odds are against us
It doesn't even matter
Nothing else matters
...
Luna - Superfreaky Memories (1999)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Well they're swapping pharmaceuticals in Mussolini Park
And they're wigglin' and wobbilin' and dozin' in the dark
And it's winter in New Jersey and it's Christmas in New York
With a giggle and a stare and a bottle and a cork
And Kristina took your photo with a needle and a spoon
But she said we got to hurry cos her dad will be home soon
And these superfreaky memories have put me in my place
But then my superfreaky memories are gone without a trace
Please excuse my eyes
Please excuse my hands
Please excuse my eyes
Put me in my place
Please excuse my eyes
Please excuse my hands
Please excuse my eyes
Put me in my place
In a dirty little room in a nasty little world
You were out of your mind you were throwin' up your hands
You were makin' crazy plans left a message on the mirror
And your mouth was making words but there was nobody there
Now the years are rolling by and you don't get any wiser
And the years are rolling on but you're going round and round
And these superfreaky memories have put me in my place
But my superfreaky memories are gone without a trace
...
Apropos? You decide ...
Ween - Don't [--------] Where You Eat
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Verse 1]
Don't you ever think of me
When you're outside strolling
Don't you ever wave the flag
When we're rockin' and rollin'
[Refrain]
Don't ---- where you eat, my friend
[Verse 2]
Who said it was hard to climb
A peak that you can't see
I tell you it's an easy thing
When it's you and me
[Refrain]
But don't ---- where you eat, my friend
[Verse 3]
A little food and a little drink, uh-huh
Nothin' too fancy
Lamb, veal, and some good old wine
This is the life for me
...
Wait, what?
Did he not say recently that the Strait of Hormuz would open itself?
Found this ...
Trump vows no cease-fire with Iran, predicts Strait of Hormuz may 'open itself'
nypost.com
Trump rules out ceasefire with Iran; says Strait of Hormuz will 'open itself' eventually
www.hindustantimes.com
@#30 ... And then there's drums... ...
Sandy Nelson - Let There Be Drums (1961)
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Sandy Nelson
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... Sander Lloyd Nelson (December 1, 1938 " February 14, 2022) was an American drummer.[1] Nelson, one of the best-known rock and modern jazz drummers of the late 1950s and early 1960s, had several solo instrumental Top 40 hits and released over 30 albums. ...
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