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<\/p>\nEditor’s Note: This was an interesting day and it is almost done! This morning we published a “Winds of Change” article including some background on some of the current events, Columbus Day’s replacement, and a 1,400 year conflict summed up with an Ode from Arrias on “Admiral of the Ocean Sea.” It is at the Winds section on the website, the safe place for frank stories about the madness of our once great America. Now, Marlow is here to talk about work and the Joes who do it. The Average ones.<\/p>\n
– Vic<\/p>\n
Author’s Note: Here\u2019s something for all of us average Joes I\u2019ve had the privilege to work, sup, yak, drink, and hang with during my journey over life\u2019s long roads.<\/p>\n
-Marlow<\/p>\n
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Too old and way done with waiting online for operators who never come on
\nMid 70s are like a 4th quarter two-minute warning, down 17, not gonna win
\nBut life turned mostly the way we want it to be
\n(Why care at this late date what we schoolboys wanted?)<\/p>\n
Didn\u2019t want a grand pad in New York City\u2019s Upper East Side
\nNor a bathroom we could race NASCARs side by side
\nDidn\u2019t give a damn about an indoor Olympic size pools
\n(Uh, and we really don\u2019t care what DC wants, those fools)<\/p>\n
Had a credit card with a limit of a month\u2019s pay on it
\nOnce we got a small tub with jets with a potty next to it
\nJoined air miles clubs, got a million points on jets
\nCouldn\u2019t use em since we got em on guvment tickets<\/p>\n
Traded a life of fortune and fame
\nKept our hair short, kept our real names
\n‘Cause we din\u2019t wanna be big rockstars
\nNor live in hilltop house, driving dozens of fast cars<\/p>\n
Just hung with friends in out of the way dive bars
\nNo VIPs, no karaoke, no schmoozing with slumming movie stars
\nNo gold diggers ever winded up there
\nNot even bleached blond bimbos, but
\nNow and then saw dudes wearing tassels
\nNo need for bodyguards, those guys took care of the assholes<\/p>\n
Got no need for gyms, exercise, or abs
\nNo one we know follows the latest fashion fads
\nGot front door keys to homes with multi-car-garage spaces
\nMarried to women who love to go new and out of the way places
\n(So, let\u2019s go out and do it)<\/p>\n
Cook and eat what we want, no damn tofu
\nSeeing our docs when required ain\u2018t no hullabaloo
\nLucky our prescriptions\u2019re cheaper than rotgut booze
\nLeaves more than enough to buy our women any jewelry we choose<\/p>\n
Not gonna trade this life of just enough luck and no shame
\nLetting our greying hair grow a bit, now and then giving out fake names
\n‘Cause we just wanna be left all alone in our town\u2019s dive bars
\nAnd live in our paid-for houses, Sunday-drive our hotrod cars<\/p>\n
Just hanging with Empire friends at the Lone Wolf Lounge front and rear bars
\nNo VIPs, no karaoke, or schmoozing with slumming movie stars
\nNo gold diggers ever wind up there
\nNot even bleached blond bimbos
\nNow and then, still see dudes wearing tassels
\nNo need for bodyguards, those guys take care of assholes<\/p>\n
Yeah, LWL\u2019s got shuffleboard table equipped back rooms
\nBut no door admittance list of today’s who’s who\u2019s
\nThey’ll mix you anything with a cheery smile
\nNo drug dealer speaker phone calls allowed on speed dial
\nHey, hey, death to those types of wannabe rockstars<\/p>\n
No jukebox blaring songs that offend the censors
\nNo popping illegal pills from Pez dispensers
\nNo drunk-ass singing washed-up singers\u2019 songs
\nAnd lip syncing gets you tossed, so don’t rub us wrong<\/p>\n
We old Joes are way done with waiting online for operators who never come on
\nMid 70s are like a 4th quarter two-minute warning, down 17, not gonna win
\nBut life turned mostly the way we want it to be
\n(Why care at this late date what we schoolboys wanted)<\/p>\n
Well, none of us average Joes wanna be big movie stars
\nOr live in hilltop houses, driving dozens of cars
\nReal places like this don\u2019t come easy, and drugs make us all sheep
\nTrying to stay real skinny like the rich and famous requires us not to eat
\n(Not gonna happen)<\/p>\n
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