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Working Class

from Debt'll Get'em by The Defibulators

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Album Credits:

Produced by The Defibulators and Brian Bender
Mixed by Brian Bender at The Motherbrain
Mastered by Tom Hutten at Bionic Mastering
Recorded at The IsOkOn (Woodstock, NY) & The Motherbrain (Brooklyn, NY)
Additional Recording at The Hook (Brooklyn, NY) & Rodeo East (NYC)
Engineers: D. James Goodwin & Eli Walker (IsOkOn), Brian Bender (Motherbrain),
Ben Kane (The Hook), John Hill & Andros Rodriguez (Rodeo East)

All Songs c 2013 PigCow Publishing (ASCAP)
All Songs written by Bug Jennings (ASCAP) except
"Rumble Strip" written by Chris Hartway (ASCAP)
"Pay For That Money" and "Real Slow" written by Bug Jennings, Erin Bru (ASCAP)
"Everybody's Got a Banjo" by Bug Jennings, David Dawda (ASCAP)
"Cackalacky" written by Bug Jennings, Michael Riddleberger, Spencer Zahn (ASCAP)
"Let Me See That Ponytail Run" written by Bug Jennings, Erin Bru, Ryan Goodrow

Album art concept and design by: Daniel Casarella tammanycompany.com

lyrics

I got stuck in the Working Class
It’s a class I ain’t ever gonna pass
I’m gonna punch a clock ‘till my neck turns blue
Tell me what the hell else am I supposed to do

My momma was a pauper & my papa was a prick
they sent me off to college but I didn’t learn shit
I got an A in drinking, and also F’n lit
Yeah I’ll be happy to admit I wasn’t cut for it.

I grew a crop of credit cards and never saw the bill
It didn’t seem to matter, I always had my fill
When I tried to do accounting, it wouldn’t add up
So I got into a truck and that door slammed shut

Chorus

I could’ve been a doctor, I should’ve been a shrink
But I didn’t see the point to earn more dough than I could drink.
I got some big ideas, I doubt I’ll hammer out
but if you buy a round of stout, I’ll tell you all about

I’ll give up all my time, if they can let me get my hours
Slinging sawdust in a pen or pushing paper in a tower
Just keep the checks a coming,I’ll keep my self employed
and when the weekend comes, oh boy, I’ll get myself destroyed

And I’ll wake up poor
And I’ll do it again
And I’ll struggle some more
Just don’t let nobody ask me who I’m working for…

Yeah, I’d like to be a honcho, I’d like to work from home
If some one out there wants to pay me to drink bourbon all alone
Instead I’ll keep my head down, do my eight and hit the gate
And if to this you can relate, you’ll prob’ly share my fate…

If you get stuck in the Working Class
It’s a class you ain’t ever gonna pass
Yer gonna punch a clock‘till your neck turns blue
Tell me what the hell else are you supposed to do.

credits

from Debt'll Get'em, released August 27, 2013
Album Credits:

Erin Bru - vocals, triangle
Bug Jennings - vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
Chris Hartway - lead guitar
Justin Smith - fiddle
Michael Ginsberg - harmonica, percussion
Michael Riddleberger - drums
David Dawda - bass, piano, vocals

Additional Musicians:
Spencer Zahn - bass on Cackalacky, Hee-Haw in Heavan
Corey Kaiser - bass on Pay For That Money
Philip Sterk - pedal steel on Pay For That Money
Eli Brueggemann - piano on Working Class

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The Defibulators Brooklyn, New York

“The Defibs are Brooklyn’s kings of alt-country—just minus the “alt.” This is true, fiddle-driven Americana here.” -VICE (Best Unknown Brooklyn Bands)

“Roots-heavy, post-punk music that reinvents the conventions of country music with a CBGB’s-meets-Grand Ole Opry feel.” -Crawdaddy

“Carter Family-meets-Ramones” -All Music Guide ... more

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