Big Daddy Blues

from Cripplin' Crutch by Joe Flood

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Words and music by Joe Flood
Jungle Curry Music, BMI
Administered by Bug Music Nashville

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What are you thinking when you're glued to your TV
Or driving your radio down hte road?
Are you waiting for your nuclear family
To reach critical mass and explode
While the suck the sense out of your language
And the poetry out of your soul?
They drive your mind back and forth over the same bridge
And each direction they collect the toll

And it's A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
I'm tired of paying these dues
On these 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9 to 5 Big Daddy Blues

Do you believe in military intelligence?
Do you believe in industrial parks?
Do you believe in honest politicians
Or end each sentence with a question mark?
If you believe in beautiful condominiums,
if you believe in good insurance companies,
Holy wars or conventional wisdom,
You're living in an artificial reality

And it's A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
I'm tired of paying these dues
On these 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9 to 5 Big Daddy Blues

Now you can spend your days talking on the telephone
From the privacy of your own little world
Keeping you and yours out of the danger zone
Or keep your freak flag unfurled
But I'm old enough to hear my own drummer
As sure as eight and thirteen make twenty-one
And I'll make my hay in the summer
I'll make my music when my work day is done

And it's A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
I'm tired of paying these dues
On these 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9 to 5 Big Daddy Blues
And it's A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
I'm tired of paying these dues
On these 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
9 to 5 Big Daddy Blues

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from Cripplin' Crutch, released June 10, 2001
Will Rigby, drums; Bobby MacDougall, bass; Eric Ambel, electric guitar; Jim Duffy, wurlitzer; Joe Flood, fiddle, vocal

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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