Songs that mention a profession in them

[chickapin parterre]

The boxer Simon and Garfunkel

sking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Lie-la-lie...

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Leading me
Going home

 

[chickapin parterre]

Homeward Bound
Simon and Garfunkel

sitting in the railway station.
Got a ticket for my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands
my suitcase and guitar in hand.
And every stop is neatly planned
for a poet and a one-man band.

Homeward bound,
I wish I was homeward bound,
Home where my thought's escaping,
Home where my music's playing,
Home where my love lies waiting silently for me.

 

[chickapin parterre]

America

simon and Garfunkel



Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said, be careful, his bowtie is really a camera
Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
We smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery
She read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

Cathy, I'm lost, I said though I knew she was sleeping
And I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America

 

[Gary M]

"Brandy"-The Looking Glass (Sailor)

 

[chickapin parterre]

Jim Croce

operator

But isn't that the way they say it goes
Well let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it


Operator, well could you help me place this call
'Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes
You know it happens every time
I think about the love that I thought would save me


Operator, well let's forget about this call
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time
Ah, you've been so much more than kind
You can keep the dime

 

[chickapin parterre]

Send in the clowns

Isn't it rich? Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground and you in mid-air
Send in the clowns

Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around and one who can't move
But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

Cleaning Windows by Van Morrison

 

[chickapin parterre]

dan fogelberg same old layn synge



She said she'd married her an ARCHITECT
Who kept her warm and safe and dry


I said the years had been a friend to her
And that her eyes were still as blue
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I
Saw doubt or gratitude

She said she saw me in the record stores
And that I must be doing well
I said the AUDIENCE was heavenly
But the traveling was hell

We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how

We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to time
Reliving in our eloquence
Another 'auld lang syne'

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Another Simon and Garfunkle toon
After all Architects may come and architects may go

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

 

[MrJT]

I just referenced it earlier today, but here's another shout out to the KISS song, "Room Service". Unfortunately, it's not a family friendly song, so I just have to quote snippets of the song.

Then a stewardess in a tight blue dress

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[chickapin parterre]

WOW and I thought my Groundhogs AMC day thread was going to be good....but can't top this....so next year I reckon

 

[LuvOrlando]

He's a magic man

 

[LuvOrlando]

With them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
Workin' at the car wash blues

 

[marthachick]

 

[HiStitch626]

Here's another song about working at the car wash

 

[RedAngie]

Steely Dan-Don’t Take Me Alive

I’m a bookkeeper’s son
I don’t want to shoot no one
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don’t take me alive

 

[RedAngie]

Talking Heads-Uh Oh Love Comes To Town

Here come a riddle
Here come a clue
If you were really smart
You’d know what to do when I say
Jet pilot gone out of control
Ship captain on the ground
Stockbroker make a bad investment
When love has come to town