BLOCK SONG

 

LET'S TAKE A COFFEE BREAK WE HEARD THE BOSS SAY
AND GUESS WHAT DELBERT IT'S YOUR TURN TO PAY
BUT WHEN I BROUGHT BACK HIS DONUT I WAS FIVE MINUTES LATE
SO HE DOCKED ME AN HOUR FOR MAKIN' HIM WAIT
HE WORKED US THROUGH LUNCH-N-OUR STOMACHS WERE IN PAIN
IT WAS NINETY-SIX DEGREES-N-WE WERE PRAYIN' FOR RAIN
HE SAID STOCK THEM BLOCK-N-MIX ME SOME MUD
WE'RE GONNA WHISTLE WHILE WE WORK TODAY OLE' BUD
I REALLY DON'T REMEMBER WHEN I JOINED THIS CREW
AND I SERIOUSLY BELIEVE I'VE PAID MY DUES
BUT WE WERE FIVE STATES AWAY-N-BROKE FOR THREE DAYS
AND WHEN WE ASKED HIM FOR MONEY HIS EYES WERE ABLAZE
WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME WE WERE FRESH OUT OF LUCK
'CAUSE AROUND THE CORNER COME ANOTHER BLOCK TRUCK
HE SAID STOCK THEM BLOCK-N-MIX ME SOME MUD
WE'RE GONNA WHISTLE WHILE WE WORK TONIGHT OLE' BUD

rough draft

                

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