Songs:Bright Idea (19180)

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They got my uncle fired 
They got the power ties
They got my checkbook wired
They got the buzz saw eyes

They got the white starch shirt
They got the bowler hats
And they are old as dirt
And they will grind you flat

They got the crude oil fix
And heavy water steam
They got the caffeine kicks
They got the poet's dream 

They got the downtown lofts
They don't miss a trick
And though they speak so soft
They got a big, big stick

Call in the troops before I crack
Just beam me up
Ain't comin' back
I know a place so far away
If I get there, that's where I'll stay

They got the mainframe locked
They got the Nixon tapes
And when you punch that clock
Somehow it feels like rape

They got the Sunday times 
They got the textbook 
They got the cocaine lines
They got the Prozac pill

They define the norm 
With the saline breast 
They got the form-fit form 
They got the low-cut dress 

They got the green-back blues
They got the red scare down 
They got the blue suede shoes 
They got the black shirts brown 

Don't turn your face 
First you tell me 
Is this your place?
Do you feel free
The heart rebels against the mind 
I swear to God I'll win this time 

They got the landline tapped 
They got the planes in flight 
They got the junebug zapped 
on every summer night
 
They got the porch swing rigged 
They got the proud and the few 
They got the cold steel brig 
They got the jump on you 

I read my books 
by candlelight 
I sit to pray 
I love my wife 
I'll play their game 
but still be kind 
And hope that I 
don't wake to find 
that I guessed wrong 
And now they've come to take away what I've begun 

I got a bright idea
I got a bright idea
I got a bright idea

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Bright Idea by Peter Mulvey

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The Trouble With Poets

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The Trouble With Poets

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Length: 4:44
Times played: 40
People hearing: 730
Times requested: 29
First played: Jun 22nd, 2003
Last played: Aug 9th, 2008
Previously played: Apr 10th, 2008
Song ID#: 19180