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On the Streets for Money

from Workin' Progress by Andrew Hoskins

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I wrote this song in Austin TX about our band at the time, The Music Box. It was around the time that I got the sparrow tattooed near my left elbow.

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On the Streets for Money
verse
E B E B E
Playin’ on the streets for money, and I don’t think it’s very funny
B E B E
For you to walk right on by without payin’ any mind
B E B E
Would you like to have a chat we could talk and all that
B E B E
I could tell you that you’re cool and maybe walk you home from school
B E B E B E B
Mmmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmmmm

chorus
A B E
We’re only doin’ this for you, we ain’t got nothin’ better
A B E
We could go around sniffin’ glue, but whiskey tastes so much better
A B E
We love to sing and dance it’s true, we could play forever
A B A B A
So if you’d just give us a chance, we could take off all our pants
B E
And show you what we really can do.

E A B E
We play with our fingers and our mouths
E A B E
We like it better in the south
E A B E
We got life pretty figured out
E
At least the part about havin’ a good time.
E A B E
We think that you’re all pretty swell
E A B E
Because you’re buyin’ what we sell
E A B E
If you’re not here than you can go to hell
E A
You might as well be kickin’ rocks anyways
E A E A
Cause we often say hey hey hey hey
B E
You’ll should really stay.

verse
We don’t play in stadiums, we only rock for dogs and bums
That is just what we do, we don’t generally like wearing shoes
We like to drink away our pain, and go skippin’ through the rain
So if you just stick around awhile I’m sure that we can make you smile
Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmmmm

chorus
We’re only doin’ this for you, we ain’t got nothin’ better
We could go around sniffin’ glue, but whiskey tastes so much better
We love to sing and dance it’s true, we could play forever
So if you’d just give us a chance, we could take off all our pants
And show you what we really can do.

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from Workin' Progress, released July 26, 2011
Jesse Sendejas - Washboard, backup vox

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