Lucy Kaplanski My Name Joe written by David Massengill
Joe threw another tantrum
He
could not to be understood
He
cries like baby
Samson
His
English is not good
Joe's boss of the kitchen
But on the
outside he knows
Low man on the
totem's
Wearing
giveaway clothes
Joe he fights the good fight
He
wears a white uniform
The
waiters are all
artistsJoe works fourteen hours
After
ten he starts to booze
He gets
very sentimental
Oh he
sings the buddah blues
He sings the buddah
blues
My name
Joe my name
Joe
There
is a king in
Thailand
And he
plays the
jazz drum
He has a fine and
healthy son
Oh no I'm
not the
one
On the wall by the time clock
Joe's
beaming from a photograph
Someone
drew across his face
The
waiters began to laugh
Joe picked up a hatchet
And he
tenderized the wall
And
when he got
through
Time clock wasn't
punching anymore
The waiters ran for cover
The maitre
d' began to lisp
The
drunkard in the
corner
Said his
lettuce was not crisp
Owner called immigration
Said there's
someone you should know
He's an
illegal alien
And I
think his name is Joe
Oh I
know his name is
Joe
My name
Joe my name
Joe
There
is a king in
Thailand
And he
plays the
jazz drum
He has a fine and
healthy son
Oh no I'm
not the
one
Came the man from immigration
Said I've
got a job to do
Easy
questions easy
answers
Just
point me to the kitchen crew
He asked Leroy from Harlem
He asked
Cisco from Mexico
He asked the
white trash from
Tennessee
Thet all
said my name Joe
My name Joe my name Joe
The maitre d' he sputtered
The kitchen
crew they roared
And
while they were
arguing
Joe
slipped out the back door
On the beach Joe tries to listen
To the
heartbeat of a whale
How it echoes his own
heartbeat
And the
distance he has sailed
Oh the
distance he has
sailed
My name
Joe my name
Joe
There
is a king in
Thailand
And he
plays the
jazz drum
He has a fine and
healthy son
Oh no I'm
not the
one>From Lucy Kaplansky The Tide CD
Red House Records 1994
AGF Music/David Massengill Music ASCAP 1992