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Written about people who like watching TV soap series. Not my cup of tea though. Demo recorded in a country style.

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(I’ve got the ) Soap Blues

( A Line Dance Anthem )

Words and Music By P.T.Butterfield c 1999

Verse 1

I packed the wife and kids, for a holiday

Left little old England, for the US of A

Picked-Up the camper, headed for the Freeway

Destination "Dallas", on the way to L.A

Verse 2

It soon became clear, we had all the ‘mod-cons’

We had 52 channels, but nothing was on

The radio "was-a", countrified

But all I could think of, was, Yep , "Brookside"

Middle 8

Yes, I miss "The Street", and I miss "The Farm"

I wish I was home, with those "Neighbours" of mine

I’m feeling rather lonesome, and I miss the news

On the way to Las Vegas, and feeling the bl-u-u-ues

Chorus (where box = TV ) 8 lines

I’ve got the Soap Blues, Baby, The TV Blues

I’ve got the Soap Blues, Baby, The TV Blues

I need a change of scenery, I need it real bad,

These Soap Blues, Baby, are driving me mad

I’ve got the Soap Blues, Baby, The TV Blues

I’ve got the Soap Blues, Baby, The TV Blues

Just sit me down, in front of a screen

I’m watching a Soap ! It must be a dream ! <- sing with amazement in voice

Verse 3 – key change up – for tension !

After just two weeks, I was getting down

The Wife and Kids, started playing around

They said " We’ll meet you at the "Crossroads", at the end of "The Street"

Just two blocks down, on the "Eastend" of town

Verse 4

On a positive note, I was starting to hope,

There might be some time, to see a Soap,

There must be a station in the whole of U.S. of A

With an episode of "Home and Away"

Ending :-

It must be a dreammmmmmmm

(shouted in silence :- "Home at last, Switch on the box, love" )

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from "Greyhound Trippin' CD # 2" - FREE CD of DEMOs, released January 10, 2014
all sounds by PTB

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Paul Thomas Butterfield Bushey, UK

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Likes; for what it's worth: Folk (wooden music), bluegrass, orchestration, pop and jazz. Dislikes more music than he likes, especially pretentious rap music, pushed by the mandatory dance video, trying to look Kool. Please no more dance videos, tattoos, mean looking posers and the jewelry. It will only look dated within months. . ... more

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