song lyrics  The Talkin Song Repair Blues lyrics
The mechanic raised up from under my hood
He shook his head and said, "This ain t good
Your timin belt s done shrunk one size too small"

"Those spark plug wires are a little too long
And your main prodsponder s nearly gone
Your injector ports are stripped and that ain t all"

"The torque converter s runnin low on torque
And that water pump s nearly down a quart
We caught it all in time, so you re in luck"

He said, "I ve got the time and I ve got the parts
Just give me the word and I m ready to start
I think we can bring her in for eight hundred bucks"

But don t be downhearted
I can fix it for you, sonny
It won t take too long
It ll just take money

Then he said, "Aren t you that songwriter guy?"
And I said, "Yes, I am," he said, "So am I"
He sat down and played me a song by the grease rack

When he finished singin , he gave me a smile
And I closed my eyes and pondered awhile
And he said, "What do you think? Now don t hold nothin back"

Well, I gave him my most sorrowful look
And I said, "This song s got a broken hook
And I can order you a new one from Nashville but it won t be cheap"

And I know you ve been using a cut-rate thesaurus
Cause your adverbs have backed up into your chorus
Now your verse is runnin on verbs that are way too weak

But don t be downhearted
I can fix it for you, sonny
It won t take too long
It ll just take money

And I said, "Hold on friend now I m not through
I hate to be the one to give you this news
But your whole melodic structure s done worked itself loose"

"It s got so many dotted eighth notes in it
I d keep her under fifty beats per minute
I mean, that s just me talkin , it s really up to you"

You ve got a bad safety problem with
That dominant chord with the augmented fifth
Just see how dangerously high it raises you up

So just go on over and work on my car
I ll sit here by the fan and chances are
I can straighten this thing out for eig ehh, nine hundred bucks

But don t be downhearted
I can fix it for you, sonny
It won t take too long

You guessed it
It may be a hit
I like it
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