As I put “The Engine Driver” in the column of “Occupational Songs,” so I put this acerbic gem into the small wastepaperbasket of “Fuck this, I quit” songs I have written over time. It should come as no surprise to most people that I have a wildly swingy love/hate relationship with this absolute dream job that I’ve landed, this being a singer and a songw…
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