“Requiem for a Working Man,” well, it's call to raise the minimal wage, and how the unemployed and the underemployed are disadvantage .
smacks of the ’60s.
lyrics
Requiem for a workingman
Danny Petroni@2014
Intro (Bass)
This is a story about a man name PC
The hardest workingman you ever see
He lost his job down in the factory
Because of some kind of out sorcery
Work hard
(Everyday and all-night)
Toil and trouble
(trou-ble)
Work like a mule
(Everyday and night)
Always finding struggle
But the wage-
(Wage)
Always stay the same
Work, work, work, work
Work, work, work, work
Work, work, work, work
Work, work, work, work
I know a girl name PJ
She works three jobs
To keep her babies fed
She works for minimal wage
Just to keep the landlord away
Work hard
(Everyday and all-night)
Toil and trouble
(trou-ble)
Work like a mule
(Everyday and night)
Always finding struggle
But the wage-
(Wage)
Always stay the same
Work, work, work, work
Work, work, work, work
Work, work, work, work
Work, work, work, work
credits
from The Blue Project,
released January 11, 2014
Danny Petroni - Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Frank Lacy - Lead Vocals/Trombone/Flumpet , Gary Oleyar – Violin, Gene Boccia - Bass , Calvin Jones - Upright bass on (Requiem for a Working man) , John Drymon -, Piano/Hammond B3 Organ, Steve Kramer - Piano on “Cracker Jack”, “Peanut Butter & Jelly”, John P Allen - Drums , Dave Halpern- Drums on (Mouse in the House)
Female Vocals, Jo Wymer on (I Changed my Ways) Backup Vocals on (Looking Good)
Backup Vocals on (God of War, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Requiem for a Working man)
Layonne Holmes, Ricky Collins, Katrina Harper
The Blue Project, Danny Petroni band and its self-titled first release, began as a reaction to hurricane Sandy. Work for
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