Brownie Points.

A song from the Nur Ein competition. At the Nur Ein, song titles are provided along with a non-optional songwriting challenge. This particular stage required a change in time signature in the song. Fun! I'm not sure what compelled me to write a song about a mom bilking the Welfare system, but I have known people who have taken that road, I guess.


Brownie Points

Monday - off to work we go
But you did it all years ago
And it's a good thing you got going in here
And they said you'd never find a career
You did the one thing that you knew how to do
Word is that you were good at it too
Now you're the warden of the family jail
Waiting for your brownie points in the mail

You can just sit around
And you can just wait around
'Cause you know it's gonna come around
And that's all you gotta do
To get what is coming to you

Payday - about God damn time
They don't even make you get in a line
But the mailbox is so far away
Maybe you'll go out and get it later today
You got things to do and things to see
With the little ones and the big TV
We all know that you work like Hell
Watching those kids try to raise themselves

But you're gonna sit around
'Cause you know you can just wait around
And somehow it's all gonna come around
And that's all you gotta do
To get what is coming to you

You can just sit around
You can just wait around
You know it's gonna come around
And that's all you gotta do
Excuse me, I gotta get back to work so that you
Can get what is coming to you


This song (and all the others on Onward To Yesterday) can be heard on the music player to the right.