Woke Up To My Frigging Life

Story Behind The Song

no job, no future, no life... what now? That was where I was at when this song came out of me. The beginning is a Fanfare I wrote that became part of this tune... funny thing, nobody writes fanfares anymore... right? Last one I heard was for the Olympics I think?

Song Description

down on my luck, pissed off at the world kinda song

Song Length 5:16 Genre Rock - Funk, Pop - Dreampop
Tempo Multiple Tempos Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Annoyed, Irritated Subject Failure, Poverty
Similar Artists Thomas Dolby Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Woke Up To My Friggin' Life


I woke up one day this summer in my midwest hometown looking for a job
I was running down my options in the music scene
when it occured to me maybe i should just take some time off
you know it's a funny thing when you're thinkin' that
the grass is always greener on the other side
find yourself in the pasture on the other side of the fence
knee high in cow shit with your thumb out for a ride!

down down down down
down down down down
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life ...

down in the dumps was not exactly the kind of place
I was thinkin' for my summer vacation
walking around my hometown lookin' at people who were happy and content
knowing exactly where their next paycheck was coming from
when I couldn't find a job to save my ass
I was living off popcorn, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches,
smokin' cheap cigars, down to a phonecall a week to hear
my memories remind me of how far I had come
"where is that young man in the mirror each morning
looking back at me with those hungry eyes"?

down down down down
down down down down
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life ...

will I go to Heaven on the day that I die?
or will remain here in my Hell?
will I find my Savior?
will He spit in my eye?
is this my true destiny, stuck in a whale?

down down down down
down down down down

heh heh, heh aha, heh heh heh heh ....
ya ya ya ya heh heh .... whooo yeah heh heh heh

" ... what the hell was that? some freakin' kinda nightmare?"
" where am I?" down "what time is it?" down down down
" is it time to wake up?"

woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life
down down down down
down down down down
down ...
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life
woke up to my friggin' life!
woke up to my friggin' life

Music Ron Rummage Producer Ron Rummage
Performance Ron Rummage
This track is on 1 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
Ionut Mirel Udrea Best Rock 6/16/2016

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