Lyric by Briyan Frederick
Music and Arrangement by Briyan Frederick and Sunoai
Instruments and Engineering by Sunoai
Published by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP
© 2024 Brian F Baker
I manage a couple printshops. If you work in a shop with digital production machines you know our pain keeping them running.
Lately the fuser belts have been tearing and bringing the machine down for extended periods. Chanté, our illustrious lead told me tech James said it could be the stripper fingers were the culprit.
This after the fourth or fifth hari kari belt episode.
I wrote this because I could not NOT write about stripper fingers, could I?
This is available on the album What Beautiful Mysteries Are We on Bandcamp as well as streaming via the usual places.
Let me know what you think.
Stripper Fingers
We've been down for many days, you know the drill Make an appointment the guys come in, we pay the bill The machine may run or it may not The universe may send good luck The belt is torn again -- who can I call? How come you didn't tell me sooner? How come you let the problem linger? Finally someone came who knew the trick We'll get a long without these useless Stripper Fingers She's iridescent when she's running fine She's quite proficient, she can be quite sublime But my job tickets begin to mount when she keeps on going down The stress is gonna do me in this time How come you didn't tell me sooner? How come you let the problem linger? Rip out these stripper fingers! We'll get a long without these useless Stripper Fingers She's iridescent when she's running fine She's quite proficient, she can be quite sublime But my job tickets begin to mount when she keeps on going down The stress is gonna do me in this time Whitney, can you bail me out again? I hate to bother you but my wits are at an end Just tell me when! [break] I wonder if this really is the trick I better stop, I'll be the jinx of it Have you seen the price of gas? Who can say how long it lasts? Load up the cart with everything that fits… Until it quits. Rip out these stripper fingers! We'll get a long without these useless Stripper Fingers These useless Stripper Fingers Be damned Be damned… Stripper fingers be damned!
Stripper Fingers