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SETBACKS
02:45
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SUMMER JOBS
03:14
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First thing, and I'm outta that door
I'm heading uptown to the liquor store
I grab a hard pack of my favorite cigs
I take my first drag, then a couple of swigs
It's my first day at my new summer job
I stumble in late, looking like a slob
I get my first assignment, at the city yard
Picking up trash never looked so hard
But it's my first day at my new summer job,
It's my first day at my new summer job.
Sweatin' bricks in the heat of the sun,
Even summer school woulda been much more fun,
But here I am, at the top of a dump,
Unloading garbage from the back of a truck,
It's only Monday, and I'm already beat...
I'd rather be out hustling with the boys on the street
Just two more hours 'til my next coffee break,
Gotta keep on LIFTIN' and SWEEPIN' and WORK 'TIL IT ACHES,
Cos it's my first day at my new summer job,
Yeah, It's only my first day at my new summer job.
Oh c'mon, sweep it...
interlude
I try my best to look busy, but my mind's far away,
When the boss sees me day-dreaming, and he shouts in my face,
"Hey Mr. Normal! -- Look Alive! -- You Lazy Rock n roll HACK!
Man, You Gotta move Harder! C'mon! Pick up the slack!!”
This working life just ain't the answer for me,
I ain't ever gonna let anyone tell ME how to be!
So as soon as we return to the yard with the truck
I tell the Boss, and the Foremam, and the Laymen -- "GOOD LUCK!"
CAUSE IT'S MY LAST DAY at my new summer job
Yeah, It's my last day at my new summer job.
Ah, goodbye!
Summer days, summer jobs, summer days
Summer days, summer jobs, summer days
Summer days, summer jobs,
Summer days at my new summer job
Summer days, summer jobs,
Summer days at my new summer job
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Joe Normal Los Angeles, California
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Joe Normal® is a founding member of 80's Sunset Strip glam-
pop legends The Zeros. He's a co-writer on Sammy Hagar’s “Not 4 Sale” LP, and even recorded with punk icon Stiv Bators.
Compared to Cleaners From Venus, Paul Westerberg, and Jesse Malin, Joe Normal is an "Authentic underground storyteller with a Glam Rock heart." -Aquarian (NJ)
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