Name: Coin Star Blues
Duration: P00H05M11S
Description: A meditation on the need to save for a rainy day

Coin Star Blues

by Paul Moeller

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A meditation on the need to save for a rainy day

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Coin Star Blues by Paul Moeller

Steady work is hard to find
Next thing you know, you’re way behind
Got a boatload of ambition
Just found a quarter beneath the cushion
Got no beer
And the rent’s past due
Just can’t shake
These coin star blues

Found some spare change in the car
Saved some pennies in this here jar
Now my fingers are really itchin’
To go thru that junk drawer in the kitchen
Worn out brakes
Worn out shoes
Just can’t shake
These coin star blues

I fret and I philosophize
Maybe I’m not doing all I should
But when I open up my eyes
There’s one thing that I recognize…
Some change would do me good

Got a voucher in my hand
But a big cut goes to the man
It’s hard to cook up a master plan
While eating tuna from the can
Wide awake
The whole night thru
Just can’t shake
These coin star blues

I fret and I philosophize
Maybe I’m not doing all I should
But when I open up my eyes
There’s one thing that I recognize…
Some change would do me good

Steady work is hard to find
Next thing you know, you’re way behind
Got a boatload of ambition
Just found a quarter beneath the cushion
Sometimes I win
Sometimes I lose
But I still can’t shake
These coin star blues

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released December 30, 2022
Written by Paul Moeller (Mangled Metaphor Music ASCAP)
Pat Kearns - Harmonica
Paul Moeller - vocals and all other instruments

Produced by Paul Moeller for Mangled Metaphor Music

Recorded at Barking Bird Studios, Joshua Tree, CA
Mastered by CloudBounce

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Paul Moeller - Desert Drama Club Joshua Tree, California

Paul Moeller is a performing songwriter who cranks out provocative original music offering a skewed kaleidoscope of intriguing observations into the human condition and the fabric of American culture.

Desert Drama Club is a project featuring Paul Moeller, Perry Hoberman and an assorted cast of musical compadres, ... more

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