The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #121572   Message #2656081
Posted By: oldhippie
14-Jun-09 - 09:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Life of a Parts Man (Leo Chouinard)
Subject: Lyr Add: LIFE OF A PARTS MAN (Leo Chouinard)
Anyone know the tune for this? Or, of any recordings?

LIFE OF A PARTS MAN
Leo Chouinard

I work behind the counter
In an automotive store
Sometimes I'm called a genius
Sometimes I'm called much more

I claim I'm no mechanic
But when the job goes sick
The mechanic comes and asks me
What makes the damned thing tick

I'm supposed to know the numbers
Of bolts and nuts and gears
For every car that was ever made
For more than forty years

I'm an engineer and machinist
And what not, Oh, my Lord
I'm supposed to be an Edison
Combined with Henry Ford

But life would be a pleasure
And I'd grin from ear to ear
If the customer would tell me
The model, make, and year.