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["Sergei Nickolaev" <nick@relinfo.ru>]

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>  anyone know why kimock left the tour?
>
I got this off the NRBQ e-mail list:


"The Ballad of Steve Kimock">>
         (sung to the tune "Maggie's Farm)
         (apologies to Mr. Dylan)

I ain't gonna work for Phil & Friends no more
Well, I ain't gonna work for Phil & Friends no more
I wake up every morning for rehearsals, What a pain!
The band line-up keeps changing and its driving me insane
It's a shame the way they make me share the floor
I ain't gonna work for Phil & Friends no more

I ain't gonna work for Mr. Lesh no more
I ain't gonna work for Mr. Lesh no more
He hands you a git-tar, He hands you a pick
He asks you with a grin, "Can you copy every lick?"
I feel just like a Grateful-frickin-whore
I ain't gonna work for Mr. Lesh no more

<Bass solo>

I ain't gonna work for Mr. Dylan no more
I ain't gonna work for Mr. Dylan no more
He's turning down our volume so that he won't sound so sick.
His tour bus windows... they are bullet-proof and thick
The double-ARP stands round his door.
I ain't gonna work for Mr. Dylan no more

<Harmonica solo>

Oh, I ain't gonna work for Grateful Dead? no more
Oh, I ain't gonna work for Grateful Dead? no more
They fill up every venue with Deadheads by the score
Everybody knows they're the "brains" behind the tour
They say we're "really great" I'm just not sure
So I ain't gonna work for Grateful Dead? no more

Oh, I ain't gonna work for Jerry's ghost no more
I ain't gonna work for Jerry's ghost no more
I try my very best to be just who I am
Everybody wants me to play just like Him
They say, "Sit, while you play?", I just get bored
So I ain't gonna work for Jerry's ghost no more

<HUGE guitar solo>

No, I ain't gonna work for Jerry's ghost no more
NO, I ain't gonna work for Jerry's ghost no more
I know that I just said that; I want to make it clear
And if you don't believe me, You can go ask Wendy Weir
At least I never played with Tipper Gore!
And I ain't gonna work for Jerry's ghost no more

Everybody now...

Oh, I ain't gonna work for Phil & Friends no more
Well, I ain't gonna work for Phil & Friends no more
Don't even get me started, It'll only make me sore
It ain't exactly like I haven't pulled this crap before
You can kiss my ass I'm walking out the door
And I ain't gonna work for Phil & Friends no more