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Thread #90436   Message #1713938
Posted By: Jim Dixon
09-Apr-06 - 03:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Handy Man Blues (Stompin' Tom Connors)
Subject: Lyr Add: HANDY MAN BLUES (Stompin' Tom Connors)
We ought to collect songs on this theme. Maybe Menards, Home Depot, or Lowe's will sponsor an album someday. Here are the ones I can think of:

HANDYMAN II
TALKING HOME IMPROVEMENT
MY HANDY MAN - also here
MY HANDY MAN AIN'T HANDY NO MORE
I'M A HANDY MAN TO HAVE AROUND

and then there's this "new" one I heard today:

HANDY MAN BLUES
Stompin' Tom Connors

I got the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.
I'm a handy man to have around when you're drinkin' booze.
I can't mend my broken heart with a hammer, nails, and screws.
I'm a handyman with the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.

You're just gonna have to come back to mend my broken heart,
'Cause ev'ry castle I ever built was a dream that fell apart.

I got the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.
I'm a handy man to make dreams that don't come true.
All I have is a broken heart and a tool set I can't use,
Like a handyman with the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.

I used to be the ambitious kind to keep things in repair,
But ever since you said goodbye, I guess I lost my flair.

Got the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.
I'm a handy man to make dreams that don't come true.
All I have is a broken heart and a tool set I can't use.
I'm a handyman with the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.

I got the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.
I'm a handy man to have around when you're drinkin' booze.
I can't mend my broken heart with a hammer, nails, and screws.
I'm a handyman with the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.
I'm a handyman with the I-don't-know-how-to-fix-the-damn-thing blues.

[Sung by Stompin' Tom Connors on "K.I.C. Along with Stompin' Tom," EMI Records 89451; and "Stompin' Tom at the Gumboot Cloggeroo," EMI 92978.

[Here's Stompin' Tom's web site.]