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Why Do You Want To Work So Hard?

from Might Never Happen EP by Phil Doleman

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Why Do You Want To Work So Hard?

Why do you want to work so hard?
Why do you want to work so hard?
There’ll be no time to appreciate what you’ve done
So pour a drink, pull up a seat
Take the weight off your aching feet
Find some time to have a little fun

Why do you want to wake at dawn?
Why do you want to wake at dawn?
You’ll only have the hens for company
So stay in bed, rest some more
Before your feet hit that cold hard floor
Your jobs will be there in an hour or three

Why do you want to go to bed?
Why do you want to go to bed?
The night is young, the sun is barely set
There are songs to sing, cards to play,
Plenty of hours left in the day
So what’ll it be be? Draw, fold or bet?

Why do you want to work so hard?
Why do you want to work so hard?
There’ll be no time to appreciate what you’ve done
So pour a drink, pull up a seat
Take the weight off your aching feet
Find some time to have a little fun

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from Might Never Happen EP, released November 16, 2019
Phil: vocal and 5 string banjo
Music & lyrics by Phil Doleman
©2019 Phil Doleman

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"massively entertaining"
Blues Matters Magazine

"Genuinely good- time music”
fRoots Magazine

Phil's love of vintage blues, hokum, old-time, and jug band music shines through as he blows the dust off obscure old songs and gives new life to classics with his intricate picking and driving rhythms on both uke and banjo. for the last 35 years he has played all over the UK, Europe and the US.
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