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This Bum's Dream
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A beach-bum with no beach; a ski-bum with no skis.
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Vermont singer/songwriter; transplanted from the plains of Colorado over forty-five years ago.
Singer/songwriter living in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom with strong connections to the plains of Colorado, my childhood home.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #345
Peak in subgenre #44
Author
Dwight Lakey
Rights
Dwight Lakey and Brown Barn Publishing
Uploaded
December 25, 2010
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MP3 1.8 MB • 128 kbps • 1:57
Story behind the song
My son-in-law said I was dressed like a beach bum and I replied, "A beach bum with no beach."
Lyrics
THIS BUM’S DREAM By Dwight Lakey Intro Verse 1 This Bum just shaves on Monday Only showers when he stinks The health nuts sleep eight hours a day This Bum gets 40 winks This Bum’s an unwashed phenom Just a knock-off vagabond Dressed up in half-clean denim That was laundered in a pond Chorus Like a beach-bum with no beach Just like a ski-bum with no skis A hobo with no boxcar This Bum do just as he please Verse 2 This Bum don’t have a money clip Can’t transact retail sales Don’t even have a coin to flip It’s neither “heads” nor “tails” No fancy clothes for Sunday Have the wardrobe of a slob Don’t dress like it’s a workday This Bum’s never held a job Chorus Bridge The Revolution’s ‘bout to begin This time the bum’s may win Verse 3 This Bum a wandering nomad Kind of like Bob’s “Rolling Stone” The achievers are well-networked This Bum doesn’t have a phone This Bum is bound to travel Every drifter needs escape The cultured have their Grey Poupon This Bum’s a primal ape Chorus Outro
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