White Collar Holler

Nigel Russell 1973?

Russell was an early bandmate of Stan Rogers, whom he met in college and with whom he had a folk group called The Hobbits. Mudcat says Russell dedicated the song to the city of Bramalea, Ontario. 1973 is when Russell left Rogers' band.

Well, I rise up every morning at a quarter to eight
Some woman who’s my wife tells me not to be late
I kiss the kids goodbye, I can’t remember their names
And week after week, it’s always the same

Chorus:
And it’s Ho, boys, can’t you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I’m pounding out the data on the Xerox line

Then it’s code in the data, give the keyboard a punch
Then cross-correlate and break for some lunch
Correlate, tabulate, process and screen
Program, printout, regress to the mean

Then it’s home again, eat again, watch some TV
Make love to my woman at ten-fifty-three
I dream the same dream when I’m sleeping at night
I’m soaring over hills like an eagle in flight

Someday I’m gonna give up all the buttons and things
I’ll punch that time clock till it can’t ring
Burn up my necktie and set myself free
Cause no one’s gonna fold, bend or mutilate meĀ