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lyrics

W-2 Blue (E. Beaumont)

Up in the morning at five,
so tired I’m barely alive
At six I pick up the sticks
that my baby built into a house last night

6:15 I rouse my girl
Into the cold water our bodies we hurl
I quit the university – nutrition ain’t free
and my child’s depending on me

6:30 a.m. and breakfast we bolt,
to the bus stop, no time to revolt
I want her to walk before she fall
Day care’s not caring at all

and I could cry
because I care for my baby
and you know and I know but why
did we let the wealthy privatize their own lives
and drag us out into the street?
No time for complaining, no time to eat
This workplace is stifling with heat

9:30 a.m. I’m ready to drop
9:30 tonight I’m home, closed is the grocery
Who’s going to feed my girl?
We’re always so hungry, I’m hating this world

Too tired to read but I try
I tell my sweet, sweet child about cats in the sky
and of fiddles, of cows, slaves and of plows
Alarm rings and I rouse

and get the hell out of the house

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from Quality Items, released May 21, 2022
E.B.: vocal, guitar, melodica
Renato G. Umali: organ
Ben Foldy: bass
Michael Koch: drumkit, tambourine, vocal
Dave Cusma: trumpet
Jay Tollefson: trombone
Don Turner: baritone saxophone

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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