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Drag Me AroundNur Ein XVI
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Drag Me Around
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Entry from Drag Me Around in Nur Ein XVI.

Song must bridge your Round 0 and Round 1 songs

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Drag me around
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SpoilerThe musician in our round zero song felt they weren't good enough, and were frustrated by that feeling of not getting anywhere. Here, as they try to making touring work, they long for an easier life where they aren't broke all the time and have a job that gives them a living wage and benefits. In our Pareidolia song, we see that they have gotten their office job, but they are still unfulfilled, thinking of the simpler times of their childhood in the midst of the doldrums of day to day office life. Will anything be good enough for our hapless hero? Or are they condemned to a life of ennui?

Drag me around to Kentucky
Drag me around to Vermont
Drag me around to Mississippi, honey
But it won’t get me what I want

Drag me around to Wisconsin
Drag me around to New York
Drag me around to Louisiana
But I’ll still end up falling short

I need a day job
I need a paid job
I got bills and loans and liens
And I’m tired of eating beans

I need a day job
I need a paid job
This old tour bus got me down
It just keeps dragging me around
I gotta get a job

Drag me around to Peoria
Drag me around to Pierre
Drag me around to Punxsutawney, honey
But you wont get me anywhere

Drag me around to Toledo
Drag me around to Sioux Falls
Drag me around to Chattanooga Choo Choo
But you’ll still have me by the balls

I need a day job
I need a paid job
I got bills and loans and liens
And I’m tired of eating beans

I need a day job
I need a paid job
This old tour bus got me down
It just keeps dragging me around
I gotta get a job

Benefits, Healthcare, and dental
Without them I’m going mental;
It’s not enough to be creative
Starving artist? OVERRATED.

Drag me around the office
Show me around my desk
Where can I find the printer and the scanner?
I don’t want to be a mess

I got a day job
I got a paid job
I got bills and loans and liens
But i’m throwing out the beans

I got a day job
I got a paid job
This old tour bus broke down
It can’t drag me around
Now I got a real job

Reviews

2 posted notes

j$

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Ugh. Comedy Country songs about the difficulties of being a touring musician and ... tour buses? Really?? I like the vocal and it does what it says on the tin. That's just a tin I wouldn't have on my shelf.

JonPorobil

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I really like this old-timey style of songwriting. Even the choices of which states and cities you name-check have a Vaudeville feel to them, Peoria, Duluth, Chatanooga, etc. The rhymes are clever and the lyrics do a fine job of bridging the two songs. I have to say that the vocal is the weak link here, drifting around some of these complicated melodic turns. Listen really closely to the first line of the song, and how the vocal bends around the last syllable of "Kentucky." It starts off okay, then wanders sharp. There are little examples like that throughout the song. I also... Look, I know you're probably both tired of hearing "opera-style," when you're doing a lot to tamp down your opera-vocal instincts, but there's a rigid formality to the vocal performance here that doesn't suit the subject matter. It has a vibe similar to Pat Boone singing Elvis; I'd like to hear some more soul in here.

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