Category Archives: Lyrics

Vendor of the Week

He gives his pitch and he don’t know
She’s got another on the phone
He’ll don the suit
Her fleeting gaze … is all she gives to him

And she’s got listings on the pad
Of all the COs she wished he was
And she means everything to him

The salesman, he don’t know
Anything about her
He’s too blind, in a bind
I wish that I could make him see
He’s just the vendor of the week

It’s Monday night, the release goes out
He’s a thousand miles away
It’s dressed to kill
And the logger’s on

He’s connected to the sound
And he’s got awards on the wall
From all the pubs he’s wooed before
But she knows all his favourite quotes

The salesman, he don’t know
Anything about her
He’s too blind, in a bind
I wish that I could make him see
He’s just the vendor of the week

Yeah

The salesman, he don’t know
Anything about her
He’s too blind, he’s too blind
He’s too blind, he’s too blind
The salesmen, he don’t know
Anything about her
He’s too blind, in a bind
I wish that I could make him see
He’s just the vendor of the week
Yeah, he’s the vendor of the week

And she makes him weak

Sung to Flavour of the Week

by American Hi-Fi

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

By now you all know that when I lose it, unlike most bloggers who go over the edge, I go over the hedge. The last couple of times I lost it, I brought you Hammy‘s Song (If I Was A ‘Coon) and (Dark) Verne‘s Song (Get Rid of that Squirrel). This, in turn, caused many of you to wonder about RJ’s song. Well, I won’t leave you hanging any longer. Here it is.

Don’t Worry, Be Happy (RJ’s Song)

Here’s a little song I wrote

You might want to sing it note for note

Don’t worry, be happy

In every life we have some trouble

But when you worry you make it double

Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy now

Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy

Ain’t got no place to lay your head

Somebody came and took your bed

Don’t worry, be happy

The loan shark say your check is late

He may have to litigate

Don’t worry, be happy

Look at me, I am happy

Don’t worry, be happy

I give you my cell number

When you worry call me

I make you happy

Don’t worry, be happy

Ain’t got no cash, ain’t got no style

Ain’t got no gal to make you smile

But don’t worry, be happy

‘Cause when you worry

Your face will frown

And that will bring everybody down

So don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy now

Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, don’t worry, don’t do it

Be happy, put a small on your face

Don’t bring everybody down like this

Don’t worry, it will soon pass whatever it is

Don’t worry, be happy

Sung to Don’t Worry, Be Happy by

Bobby McFerrin

Takin’ Care of Business (The SI FAQ)

You get up every morning
From your alarm clock’s warning
Take the 8:15 into the city

There’s a whistle up above
And people pushin’, people shovin’
And the girls who try to look pretty

And if your train’s on time
You can get to work by nine
And start your slaving job to get your pay

If you ever get annoyed
Look at me I’m self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day

And I’ll be …
Taking care of business, every day
Taking care of business, every way
I’ll be taking care of business, it’s all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime

Work out!

If it were as easy as fishin’
You could be a musician
If you could make sounds loud or mellow

Get a second-hand guitar
Chances are you’ll go far
If you get in with the right bunch of fellows

People see you having fun
Just a-lying in the sun
Tell them that you like it this way

It’s the work that we avoid
And we’re all self-employed\
We love to work at nothing all day

And we’ll be …
Taking care of business, every day
Taking care of business, every way
We’ll be taking care of business, it’s all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime

Work out!

Take good care of my business

When I’m away, every day, whoo!

Takin’ Care of Business
by Randy Bachman, Bachman-Turner Overdrive

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Get Rid of that Squirrel!

As I’ve said before,

most bloggers, when they lose it, go over the edge.

I, however, prefer to take a trip over the hedge.

And, sometimes, when I take that trip over the hedge, I notice that, deep down — deep deep down, Verne has a dark-side. And I imagine, after a day like Wednesday, this is what goes through his head as he crawls under his log at night.

Get Rid of that Squirrel (Dark Verne’s Song)

See that ‘coon, he looks so fine

But he’s got a squirrel friend, my oh my

Go Go Go

I’m gonna hit it in the head

I’m gonna knock it down

I’m gonna drag it by the fur all over town

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel tonight!

Its fur’s so brown and its tail’s so long

So I put my Mabelines’ record on

Kill Kill Kill!

I’m gonna drag its tail down to my log

I’m gonna use an axe like Madame Defarge

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel tonight!

Every time I see squirrel, it’s full of cheer

I’m gonna make its legs all wobbly

‘Cause I’m going to kick it in the rear

Then that squirrel will be history

So when we pass its tree on the way to food

I won’t have to deal with such a hoopy frood

Get rid of that squirrel

Get rid of that squirrel

See that ‘coon, he looks so fine

But he’s got a squirrel friend, my oh my

KILL KILL KILL!

I’m gonna hit it in the head

I’m gonna knock it down

I’m gonna drag it by the fur all over town

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel

I’m gonna get get get get rid of that squirrel tonight!

Get rid of that squirrel …

Get rid of that squirrel …

Get rid of that squirrel!

This one is to the tune of

Get Rid of that Girl by The Donnas.

Purchasing Blues

Editor’s Note: This is a reprise of “Summertime Blues“, which was originally posted on July 7, 2007.

Well, it’s time to raise a fuss
and it’s time to raise a holler
About diminishing returns
from the corporate dollar

I just heard from my boss
who governs me
If I don’t save the cash
he’s gonna fire me

Sometimes I wonder
What I’m gonna do
If there ain’t no cure
For the purchasing blues

My CFO he told me to
go beat on the supplier
That his margins must be high
while ours are under water

So I talked to the supplier
he said costs were elevated
He was losing all his money
at the rates we had created

Sometimes I wonder
What I’m gonna do
If there ain’t no cure
For the purchasing blues

So I found a consultant
told her about my problems
And she went and discovered that
the supplier was just stalling

Material costs were falling
and the exchange rate was fair
I had wasted all my time
just pulling out all my hair

Next time I have a problem
I’ll find me a solution
I’ll find a sourcing expert
and get my retribution

No more will I wonder
What I’m gonna do
I’ll find me a cure
For the purchasing blues