{"id":3191,"date":"2014-03-17T04:16:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T04:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2014-03-17T04:16:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T04:16:27","slug":"workin-in-the-factory-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=3191","title":{"rendered":"Workin’ In The Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This may look like a bunch of hair playing guitar but it is in fact Mr. Sexsmith and he came to my windowless messy studio recently (as did Meg Tenant, Ronley Teper, Drew Smith and Brodie West) to play a song by Kyp Harness for a movie about Acorn Interational entitled Citizen Wealth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The director asked me for a “labour” song. Glad they said it could be a cover because Kyp Harness has better labour songs. I covered his cinematic\u00a0 Workin’ In The Factory<\/a>. Truth is Kyp has the whole labour song market sewn up. How else does he afford that shiny red Porsche?<\/p>\n

My thoughts when doing a cover song are to make it very different from the original.\u00a0There are still some whacky repairs I must do and some questions about how and what to reveal when and where in order to sustain 5 verses.\u00a0You have to remind yourself when doing film related music that after all is said and done, they might not even use too much of it. They might just use 10 seconds of it.<\/p>\n

This is where it’s at so far. \nhttp:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/test-facts-.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

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WORKIN’ IN THE FACTORY<\/p>\n

I wake up every morning, six o’clock sharp
\nI have a cup of coffee and I get into my car
\nI drive downtown and I pull in through the gate
\nThe foreman at the door says I’m five minutes late
\nHe drives me to my knees and he tells me it’s a sin
\nThen he makes me sign a form that says I won’t do it again<\/p>\n

I’m workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory
\nSomeday all of this will be just a bad memory
\nBut right now I’m just doin’ time
\nWorkin’ in the factory<\/p>\n

My job ain’t bad and I got a good boss
\nFor every week I work he gives me two days off
\nDental plan, vacation, and a twenty year pin
\nAnd when I die he sends a letter to my next of kin
\nThings could be worse but I really don’t know how
\nI’d like to tell you all about it but I can’t right now because I’m<\/p>\n

I’m workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory
\nSomeday all of this will be just a bad memory
\nBut right now I’m just doin’ time
\nWorkin’ in the factory<\/p>\n

Here comes the boss, diamond rings on every hand
\nAnd a little speck of dirt upon his white cotton pants
\nHe says “Come on, get to it, boys, I wanna see you sweat!”
\nAnd I say “Kiss my ass”, but underneath my breath
\n‘Cause he’s the wizard of finance and I’m a workin’ dog
\nHe’s the big wheel and I’m just a cog<\/p>\n

I’m workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory
\nSomeday all of this will be just a bad memory
\nBut right now I’m just doin’ time
\nWorkin’ in the factory<\/p>\n

The guy who works beside me, they call him Friendly Steve
\nHe’s got big long arms that hang down to his knees
\nHe never says yes and he never says no
\nHe just hangs around waitin’ to be told where to go
\nYou just have to take one look at him to tell there’s nothing there
\nBut three more years of this and I won’t even care<\/p>\n

I’ll be workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory
\nSomeday all of this will be just a bad memory
\nBut right now I’m just doin’ time
\nWorkin’ in the factory<\/p>\n

I’ve heard about the palm trees that grow down in the south
\nI’ve heard about the beauty that the poets write about
\nI’ve heard about the fantasies that many men have wrote
\nWhere everybody shares and no-one has to bear the load
\nI’ve heard your tales of freedom and the brotherhood of men
\nBut don’t you know that none of it makes any difference?<\/p>\n

When you’re workin’ in the factory, when you’re workin’ in the factory
\nSomeday all of this will be just a bad memory
\nBut right now I’m just doin’ time workin’ in the factory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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