Paper Bag Redux

It's Paper Bag time again.

What's the Paper Bag? Why it's the world's only 70-piece rock band, silly.  A bunch of local musicians who get together once a year to kick off Summer in style with an all-night concert.  They don't all wind up on stage at the same time, of course.  It's a rotating thing.  And Gia is gonna be singing again with the Cheese Calzones.  That probably doesn't make any sense to you...I'm okay with that.  But she has her own solo again this year, and I'm psyched!

You can read all about the show on that link up there or go back to one of my old posts about it.  It's fun stuff.

For now, I'll leave you with one of our recent favorite tunes from Loudon Wainwright III.  This is a good one, kids!

Last Man on Earth

by Loudon Wainwright III

(click the title to play the album or song on Rhapsody)

In the year 2000

my age was 53

born in the first half

of the last century

I always was post-modern

but that's ancient history

Now I'm the last man on Earth

that's what the matter is with me

I guess I'm old fashioned

Retro to a degree

you could say I'm a throw-back

anachronistically

air conditioning is here to stay

and that makes me unhappy

cause I'm the last man on Earth

that's what the matter is with me

I don't have a portfolio

I gotta pleed guilty

the best things are the worthless now

that's just because they're free

and if your not a millionaire yet

boy, you better be

Now, I'm the last man on Earth

that's what the matter is with me

I should be optimistic

and go buy some bonds and stocks

They'll find a cure for Cancer soon

we may get trigger-locks

existence is no picnic

as statistics all have shown

we learn to live together

and then we die alone

everybody's got a website

but that's all Greek to me

I don't own a computer

I hate that letter "e"

I don't pack a cell phone

or drive an SUV

Yes, I'm the last man on Earth

that's what the matter is with me

I'm the last man standing

save the last dance for me

I've taken the last train to Clarksville

I'm the fifth monkey

nice guys always finish last

no one's nicer than me

Yeah, I'm the last man on Earth

That's what the matter is with me

Kid's used to say their prayers at night

before they went to bed

St. John told us that God is love

Nichiei said he was dead

this thing we call existence

who knows what it all means?

Time and Life and People

are just glossy magazines

I sat and watched those guys

debate each other on TV

politicians, wrestlers

they're all the same to me

hey, I don't give a damn

which idiot runs this country

Since I'm the last man on Earth

It don't matter to me

In the year 2000

my age was 53

I know that I'm grumpy

middle-aged crazy

but if you are a woman

you might have to sleep with me

Since I'm the last man on Earth

and I can guarantee

I'm the last man on Earth

and there ain't nothing wrong with me

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Note: Remember to play the Badgerdaddy Trivia Challenge every day. No, I'm the fifth Monkee!