The Old Grindstone

from American Elegy by Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra

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lyrics

Tow the line don't get behind
Keep your nose to the old grindstone
Don'tcha know in some years time
You could have a home of your own.
Play square, and don't despair
And don't ya ever grumble or groan
And don't forget to keep your nose to the old grindstone

Been workin' double time by golly
Haulin' tail on a ten ton dolly
Foreman says I'm his good buddy
He's my favorite fuddy duddy
He told me the dear old CEO can never do wrong
And best of all he taught me to sing this song...

Tow the line don't get behind
Keep your nose to the old grindstone
Don'tcha know in some years time
You could have a home of your own.
Play square, and don't despair
And don't ya ever grumble or groan
And don't forget to keep your nose to the old grindstone

Gotta job and it's a pleasure
On my knees diggin' up that treasure
Wrap it up and hand it over
To the fat man with the four leaf clover
He's so lucky that someone died and left it all to him
Let's get up tomorrow morning and do it again

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from American Elegy, released October 19, 2018
Alex Greene: vox, guitar, trombone, bike horn
Marc Franklin: trumpet
John McClure: bass
Tom Lonardo: drums

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Alex Greene Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis songwriter Alex Greene builds his tracks on the bedrock of the Rolling Head Orchestra’s horns and pedal steel, mixed with his own primitive jazz interpolations.

Greene is best known for his guitar and keyboard work with the Reigning Sound, Big Ass Truck, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, and, in NYC, the Kropotkins. ... more

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