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I love the Dearly departed line in fact that whole verse really

cheers

Paul]]> Sunday Songwriters Group pbee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-29-graduation-day/#post-244533 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-29-graduation-day/#post-244490 Sun, 27 May 2007 19:54:10 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group katreich https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-29-graduation-day/#post-244490 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-29-graduation-day/#post-244413 Sun, 27 May 2007 06:56:43 +0000 white-boy-from-the-sticks-on-an-acoustic tribute to the blues.


And nicely done to ...

I heard some real emotion in the voice ,

Great job


Trev..]]> Sunday Songwriters Group BarnaBus RoX https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-29-graduation-day/#post-244413 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-29-graduation-day/#post-25840 Sun, 27 May 2007 06:47:07 +0000
I got exposed to a lot of blues last weekend, and it seems to have rubbed off a bit. So this is my white-boy-from-the-sticks-on-an-acoustic tribute to the blues.

You can here it at: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=337003&songID=5385802

Graduation Day
©2007 Robert Gowland

Hey, Son, well good for you
You've earned a scrap of paper
Four years gone for a passport out
Of a life of manual labour
Let me tell you what you'll find
It's like slaving in a mine
You'll be skinned alive
If you're in it for the pay


They can pay you what you're worth
They can pay you what you need
But they can never reimburse
When they only paint in green
'Cause it isn't worth your time
If you're in it for the pay


Freeways choked with exhaust fumes from
The dearly departed
They've got the pedal down, but
Their engine's never started
Speeding off to the abattoir
Where body and soul are parted
The last great refuge for
The damned and broken hearted
Man, it isn't worth the drive
If you're in it for the pay


Hey, Son, well good for you
You put your soul on sale
But there's no one you can pay
To stop the final coffin nail
'Cause you can't take it with you
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