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Jack and the Bean Stalk

from WAITT by Davey Dynamite and Friends

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    This is my new CD with a booklet I made, which is basically a physical copy of the pdf file you get with the album. It's a few bucks extra if that's cool. Also, it's black and white because color copies cost like 10 dollars to make and damn thats alot.

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lyrics

Jack sits down in a cold chair, sweat on his face, matching the stare
of a boss who sighs when he tells him: “You will no longer be working here.”

Now Jack walks down the sidewalk, wondering how to tell his wife and kids
they’re hungry and they need something more than this.

So Jack walks into a pawn shop, takes the watch off his wrist; it’s made of pure gold,
his grandma gave it to him when he was six years old.

The pawn man sighs and tells him: “You need this more than me,
but here’s 30 bucks and one magic bean.”

Now Jack walks home, never off the phone, calling banks and credit unions looking for a loan.
He’s gonna make it through this year if it kills him.

He finally gets home, pours himself a drink, wonders why the hell he sold his watch for a bean.
I guess in times of desperation, you’ll take anything.

Jack plants the bean in the backyard, waiting for his family to come around,
one more shot of whiskey and he’s passed out on the ground…

Well when Jack wakes up there’s a bean stalk, its grown as tall as the world can go,
so without a second thought he starts climbing, he climbs all night and day.

When he finally gets to the top, he falls on to a cloud.
If this is heaven, he thinks, he’ll stick around.

When he stands up he sees about 20 people, and they don’t look like angels.
He asks where they are, and they shrug their shoulders in unison.

They said, “We lost all hope, so we climbed up these bean stalks, looking for answers
but as you can see, it’s just a bunch of clouds.”

He asked then why are you still here? They said “We’re onto something,
you see, we started thinking, and we started talking…

You see now, Jenny was a baker and Tammy was a doctor, and
John over here, yeah he knows how to farm.
Laura knows computers, and Danny is an artist, and
Mike was a mechanic ‘til they cut him loose.
And Ronnie was a teacher and Grace knows how to sew,
Cheryl was an architect and knows how to build homes.
And some of us white collars can learn a trade or two,
and volunteer our time or trade food for tools.
Yeah all of us are willing to sacrifice some time,
learn from each other and live a modest life.
So Jack, what do you think about our plans when we get home?
We can skip that whole economy and just live on our own.
Anything you need, we’ll find a way to get it.
Anything you need, is yours.”

Well Jack thought about it for a while.
‘til he said: “Right now, all I need is a chorus.”
And they sang

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from WAITT, released June 4, 2013

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