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Watching TV
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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
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #433
Peak in subgenre #79
Author
Tom Hinkle
Rights
Tom Hinkle, 2006
Uploaded
August 27, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:44
Story behind the song
For a long time I've wanted to write a song about watching TV. This is my first attempt -- it became my companion song to one of my favorite country ballads, "Did I shave my legs for this?". This song describes a similar scene to that song, but from the other perspective, which makes it more of a challenge, since it's harder to sympathize with the shlub in front of the TV than with disappointed wife.
Lyrics
I worked all day; I don't want to talk Would you just pass the remote? Don't want to sit and eat, don't feel like a walk, please just pass the remote. Hey would you look at that guy try and run Did he think he'd get away Well you don't get away with selling drugs I hate how they blur how his face Come on darlin', why the face? Guess I knew you didn't like cops Well the show's almost over anyway Let's see what else is on There's a fat bald shrink and he's got a fat lady on And she's desperate for advice He says she uses food the way I use the tube To take the edge off the sharp parts of life I worked all day, I don't want to talk What's wrong with watching TV? Don't see why you turned the TV off Why you want to talk about you and me. Come on babe, don't walk away It ain't my fault there's nothing on Maybe it's just this time of day I can't give you what you want
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