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I Hate To Get Up In the Morning

from Love and Streets by Tom Flannery

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Again sleep has said farewell
the alarm clock can go straight to hell
bringing along what terrifies
the others hanging out to dry
to the warm covers that I'm safe behind
I've got myself in quite a bind
if you give me this I'll owe you one
let me stay what's done is done

But the struggle is worthy is what they say
but of course they're not around today
just truckers, whores, and paper boys
spreading pride and spreading joy
grant us all your daily toil
and just a dab of mid-eastern oil
tell me what's a grown man to do
I think I might have the flu

oh I hate getting up in the morning
'cause my mind's in overdrive
from lack of sleep and watching sheep
begging to stay alive
begging to stay alive

I see the same men on my rounds
they'll work for food or coffee grounds
beat up wheelchairs pant leg free
from a southeastern asian spree
but at least their name ain't on a wall
or at Walter Reed just down the hall
give thanks and praise now go away
got no time for you today

I once had it all....the American dream
fenced in yard...a 42 inch screen
2 car garage and a hardwood floor
locks on the windows and bolts on the doors
but the mill closed down without much fuss
remembered their investors they forgot about us
those relief checks only go so far
cruising in your mother's car

oh I hate getting up in the morning
and putting on a shirt and tie
like a whore in church I feel besmirched
so lonesome I could cry
so many distractions
to wrap my arms around
drugs and booze and walking shoes
to kick you when you're down
to kick you when you're down

But no statistic or wanted fool
talking smack from some bar stool
is gonna find a way to break my stride
I'm gonna make it to the other side
where Mexicans will tend my lawn
and nanny my kids when I'm gone
gotta love the land of the brave
where poor men fight and Jesus saves

oh I hate getting up in the morning
'cause my mind's in overdrive
from lack of sleep and watching sheep
begging to stay alive
there's just so many distractions
to wrap my arms around
drugs and booze and walking shoes
to kick you when you're down
to kick you when you're down

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from Love and Streets, released June 1, 2012

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Tom Flannery Scranton, Pennsylvania

"One of the most gifted songwriters to emerge at the turn of the century"
-- The All Music Guide

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