I can't resist, even though it's been posted before in mudcat: A Folksinger Earns Every Dime (David Buskin/Robin Batteau/Avera Bingham) Come all you wearers of Birkenstock shoes You LL Beaners and you J. Crews We'll tell you a story of toil and of strife And the hardship that comes with a folksinger's life Well, it's up in the morning as early as ten And it's yesterday's coffee or make some again But you gotta get rolling 'cause it's almost noon The show is at eight and there's six strings to tune And it's hard, buddy, it's hard Living off rhythm and rhyme Well it's hard, bucko, it's hard A folksinger earns every dime Your fingers are sore from the concert last night But you've gotta ignore it, there's folk songs to write 'Bout people and places and hard luck and things Wherever there's trouble, a folksinger sings Well you're out on the road and the living is hell You might even get stuck in some two-star hotel Where they haven't got Showtime and the bed sheets are creased And the room service takes twenty minutes at least And it's hard, fella, it's hard Living off rhythm and rhyme Well it's hard, amigo, it's hard A folksinger earns every dime Well, it's off to the hoot but you're having bad luck The crowd yells, Sing 'Love Shack!" The crowd yells, "You suck!" And the trio before you is playing too long They just closed out their set with your opening song And it's hard, hoo boy, it's hard Living off rhythm and rhyme Well it's hard, dude, it's hard A folksinger earns every dime You're playing a festival south of the Smokies On a stool full of splinters and a field full of folkies Tom Paxton is late so you gotta keep strummin' When a man cries, "Look out, there's a mime troupe a-comin"' Your blood starts to boil and your skin starts to crawl They're doing the Robot, they're doing the Wall It's like a bad dream or a weird deja vu Of the Great Mime Disaster of '72 And it's hard, Muffy, it's hard Living off rhythm and rhyme Well it's hard, Woody, it's hard A folksinger earns every dime
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