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Song of the Teenaged Boy
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We all know him. Some of us ARE him. Others are trying to get rid of him.
alternative blues comedy
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Alternative. Blues. Comedy. Acoustic. Folk. Jazz. Protest. Country. Car songs. Motorcycle songs. Horse songs. Songs about mothers. Songs about being a mother.
Musically, I'm a storyteller. As a storyteller, I use music. Note, 5/10/06: I just took "Ridin' In Alone" off the page, because in my studies (I'm doing my Master of Arts in Humanities, with a Storytelling emphasis, at Prescott College) I have begun to do archival research, and that was one of several songs that were just not correct. Bits and pieces of it were, but the whols thing was incorrect... Damn! And it was one of my favorites! I have rewritten the lyrics, keeping the melody and chorus, and centered on Father Kino, an amazing man who did indeed ride alone throughout Apacheland in the late 1600's, building missions and bringing cattle, wheat, and orchards to Alta Pimeria. Gotta re-record it. I am mostly working by myself right now, although Bill Vasquez (keyboard, small brass, flutes) and I have long-range plans for recording and performing some wildly jazzy stuff. Working to pay the bills, unfortunately, gets in the way of musical time together at this point.
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Genre
Podcasts Comedy
Charts
Peak #106
Peak in subgenre #50
Author
MaryK
Rights
2000, 2003
Uploaded
February 28, 2004
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MP3 2.1 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
I was inspired to write this by my boyfriend's 16-year-old son. Thankfully, he left soon after.
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He lies on the couch watching MTV Housework is a thing he'll never try Won't go to work or to school, you see And all he wants to do is get high. "Got a buzz?" calls his friend "Do you know where we can go?" And they invade some others' privacy It's a means to an end The most important thing, you know, "I only do what feels good to me... (Chorus) "'Cause I'm the center of the universe The world revolves around me What's mine is mine and what is yours is, too And I can take anything I see." With no discrimination or evidence of taste Not to mention drive or ambition How can someone let their life go to waste? There must be some mental attrition. So the pack roams around Trying to get a ride to town 'Cause boredom is the mortal enemy As for changing his ways From doing nothing every day-- "I can't decide what I want to be... (Chorus) I'm the center of the universe The world revolves around me You can't make me do anything A big ol' spoiled brat is what I see And I have no responsibility And no one is important but me...
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