Sometimes I wonder why I get up in the morning
Open my eyes 'n greet a brand new day
Get up out of bed and start that coffee
It's the same routine each 'n everyday
I look in the mirror 'n much to my dismay
I see yet another hair turning gray
Whatever happened to my childhood times
When I did chores 'n kept every dime?
Trans-Chorus:
Work all week so I can buy Pork & Beans
After I pay the rent 'n utilities
I hate living for my weekly (weakly?) pay
O Lord, come take my stress away
Chorus:
I wanna lift 3 fingers so they値l read between the lines
I知 sick 創 tired of doin' the daily grind
By the time I get home I feel barely alive
I知 a working-class something-or-other
Use a quarter of my check to feed Big Brother
Forty-hour week at a computer screen
A modem riding cowboy pecking at keys
The more I make the more that is taken from me
Look at the clock, it痴 time to go, where are my keys?
/break/
Sometimes I wonder why...
Sometimes I wonder why...
Why...
Goin' to Micky D's on my way home
Lookin' in my wallet: there's not much to show
Surf the net or maybe watch some TV
Then I go to bed, it's the same ol' thing...
Trans-Chorus 2:
Everybody's living for the dollar's sake
We tend to spend more than we make
Trying to hold on to the very last cent
I thank God He only asks for 10%
Repeat Chorus:
I wanna lift 3 fingers so they値l read between the lines
I知 sick 創 tired of doin' the daily grind
By the time I get home I feel barely alive
I知 a working-class something-or-other
Use a quarter of my check to feed Big Brother
Sometimes I wonder why I get up in the morning...
Author notes
Original lyrics, style similar to "You Will Be Mine" on chorus...Tired of the same ol' same ol' & tryin' not to go postal! A friend of mine told me that we all need to write a "whine" song to get things out - this is mine! lol It was fun to write.
Option 2) midlife crisis
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A contest entry
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700 points, ended May 30, 2008, 10 entries
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Comments
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weekly is right and in the chorus i have a suggestion- By the time I get home I feel barely alive, maybe switch feel and barely. you don't have to, it's your song and you know how its suppose to flow, but its just my opinion. thanks for entering and good luck
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i really like this song a lot, it's something that so many people can identify with, and i think it would be really catchy if done in the style you mentioned, great work, best of luck in the contest
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yes... it clearly expresses midlife crisis.
Good lyric and good rhyming at places.
Sometimes I wonder why I get up in the morning...well expressed.
Best wishes and good luck,
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This is funny, likeable, and approachable. I am rather fond of this piece. It speaks to nearly everyone, and has a good rhyme scheme. I has, however, won Gold in another contest, so it will not place in this one. Thank you for taking the time to enter!
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I think its a fine suggestion to write a 'whine' song hahaha perhaps I can compose one of my own hahaha thanks to your fine inspirational one...lol
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lol thanks, it was just one of those days...like it says, i looked in the mirror and saw some gray in my goatee and thought, ok, i'm getting older, this sucks!
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WOW
First of all, I'd like to thank you for entering my first contest! This was sooo coool!!! And the first entry I've read to have the structure I asked for, lol. I love how simple this is, and yet, so true! Much like something Bob Dylan may sing...I like Bob Dylan...Good luck in the contest!
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Thank you~
I am new to this site, my Beloved Lifetime encouraged me. As I state on my page, I was originally a lyricist, so doing these contests that ask for lyrics...I am having fun, and this contest allowed me to let my hair down.
Dylan...Yes, an excellent word-smith in his own right. I take that as a high compliment. Thank you.
Xianaria
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Another great one. This speaks for alot of men and woman. Sometime the daily routines become a depressing factor in all our lives. Maybe we have no one but ourselves to do it for? So you think why even try.
You did a great whine song (although i don't feel its whining) More a statement of real life.
Very masterful and unique!
I enjoyed it, maybe because mine would be fighting the mounting piles of laudry and endless clutter that i can never stay ahead of because seems no one see's it but me ... the kids pretend its not there. lol
I thought you spoke for many here in this song!
Great work,
your
Lifetime
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No cheese with the whine? ;)
Thank you, My Beloved, your words encourage me. I like to write about the "everyman" rather than the "superman" people because that is what I am and that is what I relate to...If people can read this and get a smile, then I am happy.
As for the laundry, I'll gladly help you.
Always,
Your Xianaria
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