Sigh.....haven't had an idea worth working on for weeks - but the driving theme got me thinking about some of the wrecks I've driven in my time - so naturally this is a 12-bar blues...
A to B
It's a box on wheels, but it gets me where I need to be,
It's a box on wheels, but it gets me where I need to be,
As long as it starts, and don't stop. that'll do me......
It's a POS, but it's got an engine and wheels,
It's a POS, but it's got an engine and wheels,
It's the one no self-respecting car thief would ever steal....
It's falling to pieces, don't know how it passed its MOT,
The stereo's probably worth more than the car,
If it was human, it'd probably be the grizzled old drunk,
Telling sad stories, sitting at the end of the bar......
It's rust on wheels, but it works when I turn the key,
It's rust on wheels, but it works when I turn the key,
And it looks like hell, but it gets me from A to B......
It seemed like a fun idea at the time I was writing it - now I'm not so sure......ah well you never know, might get another idea later....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
LOL! For some reason I'm hearing "And she'll have fun, fun, fun till her Daddy takes the T-bird away........" :D
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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"
All the cars I've owned have brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "kick-start"......
(Kick) "Start you ****!"
(Kick) "Start you *!"
(Kick) "Start you ****!"
and so on etc etc ad infinitum.....
So this'd have to be a SLOW blues.....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Hi Vic
A2B - is a computor programme I use at work , when I first saw your title I thought to myself , isn't that bloody typical .On holidays and some one has to remind me of that stinking hole I call work . :lol: :lol: :lol:
Not a real lot I can comment on at all mate being a blues number the song would have a very much dominant guitar rather then lyrics .
whats PUS ?
oh bugger now I know it's that stuff that come out of pimples I had a car and it was a bucket of pus..
And MOT do you just sat the letters Like M...O...T rather then trying to say mot ? < in Australia thats ummm part of the female body best way to say it ( slang of course )
Hilch :?:
Here is to you as good as you are
And here is to me as bad as I am
As good as you are and as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are as bad as I am
POS - stands for piece of shhhh.....you know what.....
MOT would be sounded sung emm oh tee....actually stands (I think!) for Ministry of Transport, and it's a certificate of roadworthiness every car has to have....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Ok thought it might be emm ohh tee
we have DOT department of Transport
Here is to you as good as you are
And here is to me as bad as I am
As good as you are and as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are as bad as I am
I though MOT stood for "made orrible tea"
Only in America....though we managed to brew an almost drinkable cuppa by putting a couple of Lipton's (supposed to be for iced tea, but hey tea's tea....and in a nation of coffee drinkers, you'll take tea anyway/where you can get it....) tea bags in the coffee percolator....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
A nation of tea drinkers who soon learnt that the Aussie beer tastes a whole lot better then any tea bag .. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Here is to you as good as you are
And here is to me as bad as I am
As good as you are and as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are as bad as I am
Hey Vic,
I enjoyed your song, nothing wrong with a bit of blues.
BTW the comment on MOT (Im showing my age here) was a reference to an ad campaign by PG Tips featuring chimpanzes. Which also included such classic lines from mister shifter as "Hey dad do you know the pianos on my foot" to which he replied "thats alright son, you hum it Ill play it"
cheers
Paul
LOL Vic
VIc wrote:
All the cars I've owned have brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "kick-start"......
(Kick) "Start you ****!"
(Kick) "Start you *!"
(Kick) "Start you ****!"
and so on etc etc ad infinitum.....
Puts me in mind of one "Mr Basil Faulty" beating his untrustworthy red Austin 1100 to death with a small tree he'd ripped from the ground
"Thats it I told you just one more time"
"Now I'm going to give you a damn good thrashing"!
LOL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: again Vic
Keep the comedy coming
Chris
The guitar is all right John but you'll never make a living out of it! (John Lennon's Aunt Mimi)
Vic
Nice work!
I think Elecktra has a point This would work very well
in a Beach Boys type setting.
Kind of The Anti Beach Boys. They wouldn't be caught dead
driving a POS.
John
