In honour of my new work schedule, I’ve decided to sing a little tune for y’all. It’s a Dolly Parton classic from the eighties, updated for the slightly more hectic modern age.<\/p>\n
Maestro, if you please…<\/p>\n
Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen;
\npour myself a cup of ambition,
\nand yawn, and stretch, and try to come to life.
\nJump in the shower, and the blood starts pumping;
\nout on the street, the traffic starts jumping,<\/p>\n
with folks like me on the job from six to nine.<\/p>\n
Six to nine, what a way to make a living;
\nbarely getting by, it’s all taking and no giving.
\nThey just use your mind,
\nand you never get the credit;
\nit’s enough to drive you crazy,
\nif you let it.<\/p>\n
They let you dream just to watch them shatter;
\nYou’re just a step on the boss man’s ladder,
\nBut you’ve got dreams he’ll never take away.
\nIn the same boat with a lot of your friends;
\nWaitin’ for the day your ship’ll come in,
\nAnd the tide’s gonna turn,
\nand it’s all gonna roll your way.<\/p>\n
Six to nine, for service and devotion;
\nyou would think that I would deserve a fair promotion;
\nwant to move ahead, but the boss won’t seem to let me.
\nI swear some-times, that man is out to get me.<\/p>\n
Six to nine, they’ve got you where they want you;
\nThere’s a better life,
\nand you dream about it, don’t you?
\nIt’s a rich man’s game,
\nno matter what they call it;
\nAnd you spend your life
\nputting money in his pocket.<\/p>\n
That concludes our musical interlude for this evening. Don’t let my medley fool you — I enjoyed my first official shift at the Snail. Earned myself nigh on thirty dollars for it, too! Which of course, I promptly spent on the second hardcover collection of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. What do you want from me, it was Alan Moore’s 50th birthday yesterday! Can I not celebrate the man’s birthday? Sheesh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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