Rick Denzien

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Laid Out

Rick Denzien

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On: Laid OutRadiate

About the song

I grew up in a working man's home. I could see the toll that 2-3 hours a day of driving back and forth to work took on my dad. That works our to be 27,200 hours just to get to the job! Or 3 solid years of non-stop hard time on the road with no pee breaks.. I can't imagine that kind of torture, but all dads do what ever it takes and he did too. Over his working lifetime he spent 136000 hours at work. That's 5,667 days or roughly 16 years. No wonder I never saw him except at vacation time.

Side Point: Another way to look at it is he was forced to spew over 240,000 pounds of poison gas emissions in to the air. What was his job? Making more cars at the Ford Plant in Buffalo. They say that people back then just didn't know that the car was putting out all that bad stuff. I say yeah really? How come they didn't pipe the exhaust into their dinning room then? At any rate, what's our excuse now?

Back to the main point. Workers everywhere give up something each hour that they are on their way working, working or on their way back from work. Working people have a right to collectively bargin for their common good. To band together, so that companies can't take unfair advantage.

From the Radiate CD pages on the original RickDenzien.com.

Lyrics

Title: Laid Out Words & Music by: Rick Denzien Verse 1: In standing here - I can see all of my brothers - In battlement and suffering I see their eyes I can see the sunken treasure And all the pain that their day brings “E” conomy we keep the stocks trading - No one stop to hear the children sing Just one more day - Getting way - way too much pleasure Daddy play with me - tonight is the only thing Pre-Chorus: And you’re laid out on the grass – mother your baby’s gone awry I know that you can see it in her eyes….. yeah Chorus: And suddenly it hits me - when I see you standing there Through the twisted edges and the razor wire - but I don’t care What cha gonna to do what cha gonna say laid out on me tonight - tonight Verse 2: Millennium the end of the beginning - Another place a rip in space and time Only a fool can keep from going crazy - Take a look at me and stand in line. And you’re laid out on the grass – mother your baby’s gone awry I know that you can see it in his eyes….. yeah Chorus 2: And it suddenly hit me when I see you standing there Through the twisted edges and the razor wire but I don’t care… Bridge: stolen birthright from the cradle - taught to think that we're not able can we see there's something greater? - on the path of light we wager Yeah, woah What cha gonna do what cha gonna say Laid out on me tonight, laid out on me tonight laid out on me tonight, laid out on me tonight I see their eyes I can see the sunken treasure © MCMXCIX Slot 1 Entertainment, Inc., (ASCAP) all rights reserved.

Source: Radiate (Bandcamp). Also on: Radiate CD (original RickDenzien.com lyric page).

Players & credits

Laid Out – Radiate CD (original RickDenzien.com song page)

  • Drums: Darren Keith
  • Bass: Kjell Benner
  • Electric Guitar: Alan James
  • Acoustic Guitar: Rick Denzien
  • Lead Vocals: Rick Denzien
  • B3 Organ: Wally Smith
  • Backing Vocals: Debra Lee - Lyra Project
  • Percussion: Andy Kravitz
  • Arranged, Recorded, Mixed & Produced by: Rick Denzien
  • Studio: www.BoffoStudio.com
  • Label: Slot-1

Laid Out – Radiate (Bandcamp) source

  • Drums: Darren Keith
  • Percussion: Andy Kravitz
  • Bass: Kjell Benner
  • Lead Guitar: Allen James
  • B3 Organ: Wally Smith
  • Acoustic Guitar, Piano & Lead Vocal: Rick Denzien
  • Backing Vocals: Debra Lee
  • Studio: www.Bah-FoStudio.com
  • Recording & Mix Engineer: Rick Denzien
  • Photography: Lauren Llyons

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