CAREER ADVICE
Worked in a warehouse drove a fork lift
Stacked liquor cases on the midnight shift
Scrambled eggs in very short order
Just north of the Mexican California border
Sprayed fake snow on Christmas trees
Dug sign post holes and made Dairy Queens
Sold GIQ’s to more than a few
Ate tar and gravel paving roads and bridges too
CHORUS: But through it all I learned a lesson or two
Some words of wisdom I’ll share with you
It’s career advice that I sure hope will stick
just don’t be a dick
No matter the job no matter the pay
I learned you gotta show up every single day
Whether changing out the urinal cakes
Or diverting sludge from the valve intakes
Now your a job can be replaced by robotics
They don’t need healthcare or antibiotics
That shitty job can be shipped over seas
To keep it you may have to get down on your knees
CHORUS: Through it all I learned a lesson here or there
Some words of wisdom that are too good not to share
It’s career advice that I sure hope will stick…
just don’t be a dick
If you’re a boss or an owner, don’t be a jerk
Maybe offer employees a couple of perks
Like free coffee and no knives in the back
And once a month, an afternoon snack
In the workplace lying and cheating gets rewarded
So make sure all your conversations are recorded There’ll be times you want to scream and yell
Times you want to tell them to just go straight to…
CHORUS: Well …you can always learn a lesson or two…
Some words of wisdom I’ll share with you
It’s career advice I sure hope will stick…
just don’t be a dic-tating, irritating, infuriating, ingratiating,
exasperating exaggerating, emasculating, calculating,
sex-baiting, favor-trading, all the fun confiscating…
It’s is career advice I sure hope will stick just don’t be a dick.
THE HEART MUST PAY THE PRICE
we must remember this
tt’s more than just a kiss
more than just a sigh
another way to say good bye
this is more than just a kiss
pardon me, not once but twice
my heart must pay the price
to tell you of my love
and why it will never be enough
my heart must pay the price
CHORUS: when you’re close I feel the heat
my surrender is complete
no doubt and no deceit
no way out, no retreat
the light upon your face
the glory and the grace
no bindings to unlace
the glory and the grace
the glory and the grace
the heart must pay the price
no will to sacrifice
the light upon your face
the glory and the grace
the heart must pay the price
CHORUS: when you’re close I feel the heat
my surrender is complete
no doubt and no deceit
no way out, no retreat
the light upon your face
the glory and the grace
no bindings to unlace
the glory and the grace
nothing to disguise
no need to sacrifice
the heart must pay the price
the heart must pay the price
the heart must pay the price
TRANSISTOR DREAMS
a single ear plug connected
to a revolution in the pocket of my coat
nine volts of power all i needed
and take the music everywhere I go
a time machine at the age of thirteen
eyes closed my mind transported
The Who, The Stones, Motown, The Monkees
every lyric my soul recorded
CHORUS: in my transistor dreams
could be anything I wanted to be
an overnight sensation
of my g-g-g-generation
in my transistor dreams
It was the time of Apollo moon shots
of riots and assassinations
body bags on the evening news
And runaway imaginations
but DJ’s were our pilots
oh trailblazers on the air.
every hour, on the hour
we could escape to anywhere
CHORUS
BRIDGE: under my pillow every night
out of our minds out a sight
so forbidden oh so new
made a dork like me almost feel cool
plugged into something much bigger than me
a little circuit box of freedom
waking the dead. shaking lots of heads
yeah it had only just begun.
CHORUS