#temporary blues

The Features - Temporary Blues...

For all of you looking for a job, needing a job, wishing you had a job, or working a crappy job........

Traded in my tennis shoes

For steel-toed rubber boots

I've got my own uniform to wear

They've given me a plastic hat,

Ear plugs and a funny net for my head

I'm well prepared

Time comes when you have to choose

An occupation you can use

Well, they say it should be something you like

But hard times just don't allow

A poor boy to be choosy how he provides

How you get by

Watch out now, here they come

My God, what have I done?

The temporary blues are gonna bring me down

One day we're gonna make a change

We're gonna turn this mess around

Underneath fluorescent light

Night is day, and day is night

Oh, we're waiting on a break to come

For some coffee with a honey bun

And small talk about the thing we wish we'd done

When we were young

Time's up boy

Watch out now, here they come

My God, what have I done?

The temporary blues are gonna bring me down

One day we're gonna make a change

We're gonna turn this mess around

Down the line, 

Down the line

We're sending it down the line,

Down the line

We're putting in overtime,

Overtime,

We're gonna stay late

Watch out now, here they come

My God, what have I done?

The temporary blues are gonna bring me down

One day we're gonna make a change

The Features "Temporary Blues" Live @ 12th & Porter June 21st, 2002

Hold up, followers! Let it be known that this is the original version of "Temporary Blues," one with completely different music. Same lyrics, different tune! Both have their merit, true, but which one do you prefer? 

Note, this is not a competition...but it's not like I'm gonna ignore votes that are cast. Either way, it's the Features, so we all win.

A VERSION APPEARS ON: Some Kind of Salvation, album release (2008)

LINEAGE: Was “Discotheque” (1999; this version shares a bridge)

The Temporary Blues- The Features

This song makes me incredibly happy.