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Dishwasher Boy
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This i my why-you-should-stay-in-school song
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 #20
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
MaryK
Rights
1996, 2003
Uploaded
February 29, 2004
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MP3 2.5 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Filled in for a friend as a prep cook in a nice restaurant for a few days and wrote this (admittedly snobbish) song. Got my come-uppance later when I had to do this same job-- twice. In greasy spoons, too. Yucch!
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My mom'll tell ya I'm a pretty good kid But she don't know 'bout half the things that I did And now I'm workin' at a job that I hate-- I'm the Dishwasher Boy. I got a car that uses 'way too much gas And a home life that's a pain in the ass I'm either workin' or I'm sleepin' too late I'm the Dishwasher Boy (chorus) Boring, boring (4x) Now there are lots of things I'd much rather do Like hangin' out and then there's partyin' too And there's the time-consuming search for a mate For the Dishwasher Boy. (Chorus, with counterpoint) Boring, boring/I feel like I am 'way too old Boring. boring/I do my work and I go home Boring, boring/I'm like a slave that's bought and sold Boring, boring (Repeat first verse)
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