07 Aug 11 - 12:03 PM (#3203292) Subject: Lyr Add: 22 MINUTES FROM TOWN (Joe Glazer) From: saulgoldie More revisited music. Don't know if some of you may have heard this. From the late, great Joe Glazer, musician and union organizer. http://www.folkways.si.edu/listen2.aspx?type=preview&trackid=48723 I got me a job in the government, down in Washington DC Part of that bureaucratic life, starting out as a GS-3 They gave me a desk and an office, parttime secretary and a telephone I planned to bring my wife and my children, as soon as I could find me a home Well I checked all the ads in the paper, I was so eager to settle down, I found one that tickled my fancy, it said just 22 minutes from town It said a beautiful home in the suburbs, with trees and blue grass all around The real estate man said you'll discover, it's only 22 minutes from town Well he picked me up at the office, we sailed down Connecticut Avenue When we hit the Chevy Chase Circle, I thought that home would soon be coming into view But we drove past the Beltway, we kept rolling, another 12 miles or more He said it was a suburb of Washington, it was a suburb of Baltimore He said now look at that split level kitchen, and you've got at least an acre of ground Man, you're practically in the heart of the city, exactly 22 minutes from town Well I checked every home in that development, I checked across the street, I checked all around And they all swore on a stack of holy bibles, that it was 22 minutes from town Now some admitted that you had to have a system, if you wanted to avoid the rush You had to leave a little earlier than usual or a little later to avoid the crush So I leave at 3 oclock each morning, I sneak out without making a sound And I reach the office bright and early, exactly 22 minutes to town It's only 22 minutes from town, no more than 22 minutes from town. |