I got the blues….

I don’t really. But I was doing some cleanup in my study the other day, which means I was sifting through geological layers of magazines, children’s artwork and report cards, papers that seemed vitally important six years ago, etc. And I found these lyrics my husband and I wrote a while back.

Suburban Middle-Class Blues

My Lexus done broke down

Cleaning the pool is a chore

Starbucks is crowded and

My iPhone don’t work no more

Chorus:

I got the blues

I got suburban, middle-class blues

I got a 401k

Don’t mean I can’t have the blues

I just stepped on a Lego

Scraped up dried-up fruit snack

Today’s my turn to drive carpool and

One kid puked in the back

Telemarketers callin’

‘Bout lower interest rates

Tween daughter is textin’ boys and

Pretty soon she’ll want dates

Got five appointments this week

Dentists, doctors, et al

And if I want a new pair of walking shoes

I’ll have to go to the mall

Pizza boy can’t get here

In thirty minutes or less

So I keep goin’ by drive-through and

My waistline is a mess

Feel free to add your own stanzas in the comments….

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