with homages to Tom Waits ("junkman's choir") and Eight Toe'd Joe (a dear friend of my brother and ubiquitous character in many of his films and comic books)
lyrics
Join me for a moment in the junkman’s choir
Promise me you’ll never let your voice retire
No matter how old, No matter how tired
Your singing voice is always on your side
Sing it up high
Sing it down low
Sing it on the bayou like Eight Toe’d Joe
Sing it loud
Sing it blue
Sing it for your momma like she sang to you
If you want a little dose of the happy stuff
Just take big breath deep down in your gut
Sing you a song, Feel it in your blood
That oxytocin, dopamine, endorphin rush
Sing it up high
Sing it down low
Sing it on the bayou like Eight Toe’d Joe
Sing it loud
Sing it blue
Sing it for your momma like she sang to you
I don’t give a damn if you can find that key
You better sing it for you, cause it ain’t for me
Ain’t nothin right, Ain’t nothin wrong
Just chase away your troubles with a big, bad song
Sing it up high
Sing it down low
Sing it on the bayou like Eight Toe’d Joe
Sing it loud
Sing it blue
Sing it for your momma like she sang to you
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