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Paper or Plastic
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This is a song about hating to make decisions, and being proud of it.
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Blues-influenced songster, churning out songs never-before heard about food, love, work, teaching Spanish, and more.
In an effort to get my music out into the world and to hone my writing practice, I'm starting a Song-A-Week project I'll attempt to release one brand new song per week for a year, starting today, Sunday, May 14th, 2006, and continuing through Sunday, May 13, 2007. Traditionally I, like most people, have written about love and sex — attraction, frustration, satisfaction, the works. As evidenced by the first song in my new series (about a job interview for a lame job), I'm trying to break out of this mold a bit more with my new series of songs... that said, I remain ever myself, and surely there will be more songs about love and whatnot.
Song Info
Genre
Blues Country Blues
Charts
Peak #263
Peak in subgenre #50
Author
Tom Hinkle
Rights
Tom Hinkle, 2006
Uploaded
June 29, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.1 MB 128 kbps 3:26
Story behind the song
Paper or plastic just struck me as an eminently sing-able line. I brought this song through a few drafts, including the classic how-do-I-decide-between-all-these-women version... then I remembered my calling to write songs about every day stuff, and so I stripped it out and stuck to my dislike of making decisions at stores and restaurants and stuff.
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Paper or plastic, beer or wine, Credit or debit or cash is fine, I don't want to make a decision I got too much livin' to do Plastic's so flexible, I could carry 10 bags at a time But paper seems so natural, and it biodegrades real nice I don't want to make a decision I got too much livin' do Vanilla or chocolate Cup or cone Just give me my icecream and leave me alone I don't want to make a decision I got too much livin' to do If I ran the world we'd burn all the menus and contracts And there'd never be another waiter who said "I'll be right back..." I don't need a menu, don't need more time Now bring me some food and some real fine wine I don't want to make a decision I got too much livin' to do
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