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Time to Get a Straight Job

from The Wishful Thinkers' Hall of Fame by The Matchsellers

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It might be time to get a straight job
and move off of pappy's farm
quit my bumming, stop strumming
sell the old flat-top guitar
but at night when I sleep the sandman he creeps
right up to my bed and he kills me dead

and them i'm walking towards that little white light
i see a nasty look in old st. peter's eye
he says, "you lived your sorry excuse of a life
bummin round like a beggin stray dog
always looking for a place to hang your head
and a meal to get you along
boy you ain't welcome behind these pearly gates
this ain't your pappy's farm
you'd best get away!"

he fired a shotgun at my feet and i ran
down to the old river sticks where I jumped in
it was there I started drowning
so after I'd already died, I died again

when I woke up, I was a frog
hopping round on a lilly pad
pickin on an old flattop box
and living with my dad!

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from The Wishful Thinkers' Hall of Fame, released October 28, 2022

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Clever and fearless, The Matchsellers boldly go where Bluegrass has previously feared to tread. Hailing from the heartland of America, they infuse traditional roots music with a modern, irreverent, wild, art-house twist that could only come out of Kansas City. ... more

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