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Lucy Kaplanski My Name Joe written by David Massengill
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Joe threw another tantrum
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He could not to be understood
Eb Bb
He cries like baby Samson
F
His English is not good
Joe's boss of the kitchen
Bb
But on the outside he knows
Eb Bb
Low man on the totem's
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Wearing giveaway clothes
Joe he fights the good fight
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He wears a white uniform
Eb Bb
The waiters are all artists
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Out chasing unicorns
Joe works fourteen hours
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After ten he starts to booze
Eb Bb
He gets very sentimental
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Oh he sings the buddah blues
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He sings the buddah blues
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My name Joe my name Joe
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There is a king in Thailand
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And he plays the jazz drum
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He has a fine and healthy son
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Oh no I'm not the one
Eb Bb F
My name Joe
F
On the wall by the time clock
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Joe's beaming from a photograph
Eb Bb
Someone drew across his face
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The waiters began to laugh
Joe picked up a hatchet
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And he tenderized the wall
Eb Bb
And when he got through
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Time clock wasn't punching anymore
The waiters ran for cover
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The maitre d' began to lisp
Eb Bb
The drunkard in the corner
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Said his lettuce was not crisp
Owner called immigration
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Said there's someone you should know
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He's an illegal alien
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And I think his name is Joe
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Oh I know his name is Joe
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My name Joe my name Joe
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb
There is a king in Thailand
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And he plays the jazz drum
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb
He has a fine and healthy son
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Oh no I'm not the one
Eb Bb F
My name Joe
F
Came the man from immigration
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Said I've got a job to do
Eb Bb
Easy questions easy answers
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Just point me to the kitchen crew
He asked Leroy from Harlem
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He asked Cisco from Mexico
Eb Bb
He asked the white trash from Tennessee
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Thet all said my name Joe
My name Joe my name Joe
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The maitre d' he sputtered
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The kitchen crew they roared
Eb Bb
And while they were arguing
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Joe slipped out the back door
On the beach Joe tries to listen
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To the heartbeat of a whale
Eb Bb
How it echoes his own heartbeat
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And the distance he has sailed
Eb Bb F
Oh the distance he has sailed
Bb Eb
My name Joe my name Joe
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb
There is a king in Thailand
Eb F Eb Bb Eb Bb
And he plays the jazz drum
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb
He has a fine and healthy son
Eb F Eb Bb
Oh no I'm not the one
Eb Bb F
My name Joe
From Lucy Kaplansky The Tide CD
Red House Records 1994
AGF Music/David Massengill Music ASCAP 1992
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