Hit Single in Progress: Livin’ a Life of Quiet Desperation

Backgrounder: After a hockey game last week I drove to a friend’s house to watch the Knights’ game on cable. As happens on occasion, the revs from the motor and hum from the tires combined to produce a melodious sound inside my head.

The following began to take shape:

Livin’ a Life of Quiet Desperation

[Three backup singers begin with... pada-pum-pum.]

Pada-pum-pum.

Livin’ a life of quiet desperation [Pada-pum-pum].
Wearin’ a shirt that smells of perspiration [Pada-pum-pum].
Wonderin’ if you’re the girl for me [Pada-pum-pum].
Wonderin’ how happy I would be...


With you [Backup echo: With you].
With you [With you].
With you [With you].
With you [With you].

Pada-pum-pum.

Do you know how this man thinks? [Pada-pum-pum].
Do you know hockey equipment stinks? [Pada-pum-pum].


Do you know I only wash it once a year? [Pada-pum-pum].
Do you know after a game boys drink beer?

That’s me [That’s me].
That’s me [That’s me].
That’s me [That’s me].
That’s me [That’s me].

That’s it so far.

I plan to fit in lines about ‘every man needs a shed’ and ‘together ‘til we’re dead,’ then do a quick wrap up.

My wife already just rolls her eyes but I think it’s a real winner, eh!!

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