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    From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 29 23:01:25 2021
    I couldn't get two verses out of either interpretation. So you can
    view this as a song with two mostly-unrelated parts or as two
    fragments.

    Title: 9 To 5
    ttto: 9 To 5 by Dolly Parton

    We breed for decades, and train for years
    Try to make the best of their premiers
    The coaches, trainers, jockies all have drive
    But it's all worth it; the bets are popping
    I don't think we're gonna be flopping
    And the odds on this here horse are 9 to 5

    Well, it's 9 to 5
    That this horse will beat all others
    And he ain't no jive
    Even faster than his brothers
    You know he will strive
    Give you all that he's got in him
    And go just as fast as
    Some horny men chase women

    9 to 5
    Though he's not an odds-on fav'rite
    Comin' down the stretch
    Well, you know he's gonna save it
    For that burst of speed
    When he gets that winning finish
    It's a feeling that
    Nothing ever will diminish

    You're in the office, end of workday
    Thinkin' how to live on clerk pay
    Thinkin' of the long commute to come
    You hope there's no one drops off papers
    No phone calls no late-day capers
    So there's nothing you must let stand in your way

    Now it's 9 to 5
    Clearing desks and packing cases
    We will come alive
    In ten minutes in new spaces
    And the homeward drive
    Though you know it ain't relaxin'
    At least it's not this
    Job that's just so taxin'

    9 to 5
    Lookin' busy and clock-watching
    Doing nothing good
    But there's nothing that you're botching
    You just hope your boss
    Stays inside that window office
    And you'll get to have
    This evening's bright time-off bliss


    My lyrics copyright 2021 by Arthur Tansky. License granted for
    non-commercial, non-political archiving and performance as long as:
    1. copyright notice is maintained, and
    2. no money changes hands.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

    Guessing a lyricist's opinions from his songs is as futile as
    guessing an author's opinions from his novels.

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Tue Nov 30 08:38:29 2021
    On 11/29/21 11:01 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    I couldn't get two verses out of either interpretation. So you can
    view this as a song with two mostly-unrelated parts or as two
    fragments.

    Title: 9 To 5
    ttto: 9 To 5 by Dolly Parton

    You could throw in another verse about the score of a sporting event.
    Maybe even one about a German who has four drinks but declines to take
    the fifth.


    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Wed Dec 1 01:47:14 2021
    In Message-ID:<so59gm$l43$1@dont-email.me>,
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:

    On 11/29/21 11:01 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    I couldn't get two verses out of either interpretation. So you can
    view this as a song with two mostly-unrelated parts or as two
    fragments.

    Title: 9 To 5
    ttto: 9 To 5 by Dolly Parton

    You could throw in another verse about the score of a sporting event.

    Not a bad idea. But the only game where that score excites me would
    be (American) football, and touchbacks are awfully rare (though I did
    see, one time, a early score in a game of 5 to 2).

    Maybe even one about a German who has four drinks but declines to take
    the fifth.

    Not a bad idea, but I'd rather not commit myself in print as to what
    kind of idea I think it is.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Wed Dec 1 06:02:21 2021
    On 12/1/21 1:47 AM, Arthur T. wrote:

    Not a bad idea. But the only game where that score excites me would
    be (American) football, and touchbacks are awfully rare (though I did
    see, one time, a early score in a game of 5 to 2).

    One year when I was in high school, the last game of the season ended
    with us losing 2-0. The field was a sea of mud that day, and our star
    player slipped and fell in the end zone.



    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Jeff Urs@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Wed Dec 1 12:32:02 2021
    Arthur T. <arthur@munged.invalid> wrote:
    In Message-ID:<so59gm$l43$1@dont-email.me>,
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:

    On 11/29/21 11:01 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    I couldn't get two verses out of either interpretation. So you can
    view this as a song with two mostly-unrelated parts or as two
    fragments.

    Title: 9 To 5
    ttto: 9 To 5 by Dolly Parton

    You could throw in another verse about the score of a sporting event.

    Not a bad idea. But the only game where that score excites me would
    be (American) football, and touchbacks are awfully rare (though I did
    see, one time, a early score in a game of 5 to 2).

    Just this weekend, there was a safety in the Iowa-Nebraska NCAA game and, better, in the NFL, Seattle scored two points by blocking a Washington
    extra point and running it back all the way, making the score 9-9. Had Seattle's previous score been a field goal, rather than a touchdown with an extra point, the score would have been 9-5.

    --
    Jeff

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