Verses Thursday: Work is teh Suck!
Ah, work. How we love it, every one of us! This mix is for all of us--civil servants; retail slaves; teachers and librarians; graduate, undergraduate, and high-school students; waitresses; corporate and/or government drones; military and soon-to-be ex-military servicefolk; skilled and unskilled laborors; systems analysts; customer service and sales reps; administrative and personal assistants; artists and musicians; and any others I've left out.
1. Minimum Wage - They Might Be Giants
The whip-crack says it all.
2. Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta - Geto Boys
Best. Musical. Interlude. Ever. Peter Gibbons is a hero to us all.
3. Manic Monday - The Bangles
Title says it all. God love the 80s, huh?
4. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in
And the tide's gonna turn and it's all gonna roll your way
5. Hey Julie - Fountains of Wayne
Hours on the phone making pointless calls
I got a desk full of paper that means nothing at all
Sometimes I catch myself staring space
Counting down the hours til I get to see your face
6. Nugget - Cake
Nimble fingers that dance on numbers
Will eat your children and steal your thunder
7. Industrial Strength Tranquilzers - Austin Lounge Lizards
If we're good and work real hard we save our pay until
we're able to afford the kind of crap they make us build.
8. 5 O'Clock World - The Proclaimers, covering The Vogues
And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes
Thinkin' that the world looks fine.
9. I’m Busted - Ray Charles
I went to my brother to ask for a loan cuz I was busted.
I hate to beg like a dog without his bone, but I'm busted.
My brother said, "There ain't a thing I can do.
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu,
And I was just thinkin' 'bout callin' on you, cuz I'm busted."
10. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
Can't you hear them singin'
"Mmm, I'm goin' home one of these days,
I'm goin' home. See my woman
Whom I love so dear,
But meanwhile I got to work right here..."
11. 16 Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Saint Peter don't you call me cuz I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.
12. Rawhide - Johnny Cash
More whip-cracks! Plus the phrase "hell-bent for leather."
13. Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Cash
I'd give the shirt right offa my back if I had the nerve to say:
"Take this job and shove it! I ain't workin' here no more."
14. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan
Lot of water under the bridge, lot of other stuff too
Don't get up, gentlemen, I'm only passing through.
15. Dream Job - Slouchy Hew
Doug & Dave's band again. This is so much better as a Doug and his bass solo--Andy never got it right. But this is so very Doug, and therefore I adore it.
16. Leaving Las Vegas -Sheryl Crow
Such a muddy line between the things you want and the things you have to do
17. The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie
My brain's repeating
"If you've got an impulse let it out,"
But they never make it past my mouth.
18. Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine - PM Dawn
Chase the blues away,
Take your mind off reality and leave her alone
19. If I Wasn’t Shy - They Might Be Giants
I'd burn all the uniforms, I'd burn all the "Ask Me" buttons,
I'd burn all the intercoms, I'd burn all the time-clock cards
20. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
You still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
21. Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band
The week ends, the week begins
22. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
23. Take This Job and Shove It - Dead Kennedys
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
I won't let that shit bother me
That I've been working for
Phew. And now it is 11:05. I should probably start packing for the Apocalypse chez baylorsr. End Times are for grate yay!!
1. Minimum Wage - They Might Be Giants
The whip-crack says it all.
2. Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta - Geto Boys
Best. Musical. Interlude. Ever. Peter Gibbons is a hero to us all.
3. Manic Monday - The Bangles
Title says it all. God love the 80s, huh?
4. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in
And the tide's gonna turn and it's all gonna roll your way
5. Hey Julie - Fountains of Wayne
Hours on the phone making pointless calls
I got a desk full of paper that means nothing at all
Sometimes I catch myself staring space
Counting down the hours til I get to see your face
6. Nugget - Cake
Nimble fingers that dance on numbers
Will eat your children and steal your thunder
7. Industrial Strength Tranquilzers - Austin Lounge Lizards
If we're good and work real hard we save our pay until
we're able to afford the kind of crap they make us build.
8. 5 O'Clock World - The Proclaimers, covering The Vogues
And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes
Thinkin' that the world looks fine.
9. I’m Busted - Ray Charles
I went to my brother to ask for a loan cuz I was busted.
I hate to beg like a dog without his bone, but I'm busted.
My brother said, "There ain't a thing I can do.
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu,
And I was just thinkin' 'bout callin' on you, cuz I'm busted."
10. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
Can't you hear them singin'
"Mmm, I'm goin' home one of these days,
I'm goin' home. See my woman
Whom I love so dear,
But meanwhile I got to work right here..."
11. 16 Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Saint Peter don't you call me cuz I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.
12. Rawhide - Johnny Cash
More whip-cracks! Plus the phrase "hell-bent for leather."
13. Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Cash
I'd give the shirt right offa my back if I had the nerve to say:
"Take this job and shove it! I ain't workin' here no more."
14. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan
Lot of water under the bridge, lot of other stuff too
Don't get up, gentlemen, I'm only passing through.
15. Dream Job - Slouchy Hew
Doug & Dave's band again. This is so much better as a Doug and his bass solo--Andy never got it right. But this is so very Doug, and therefore I adore it.
16. Leaving Las Vegas -Sheryl Crow
Such a muddy line between the things you want and the things you have to do
17. The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie
My brain's repeating
"If you've got an impulse let it out,"
But they never make it past my mouth.
18. Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine - PM Dawn
Chase the blues away,
Take your mind off reality and leave her alone
19. If I Wasn’t Shy - They Might Be Giants
I'd burn all the uniforms, I'd burn all the "Ask Me" buttons,
I'd burn all the intercoms, I'd burn all the time-clock cards
20. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
You still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
21. Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band
The week ends, the week begins
22. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
23. Take This Job and Shove It - Dead Kennedys
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
I won't let that shit bother me
That I've been working for
Phew. And now it is 11:05. I should probably start packing for the Apocalypse chez baylorsr. End Times are for grate yay!!