Piece of Work

RumFan · Post by **RumFan** » February 24, 2005 9:04 am

Not a big fan of this song opening of the show...any thoughts?

phinhead · Post by **phinhead** » February 24, 2005 1:06 pm

I love the song, and think it is a great way to get the show off to a rocking start. Although Ragtop Day was an outstanding choice for an opener. I could go with either one.
Phin

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 24, 2005 1:09 pm

i think it's a good opener because then Jimmy can get all the words right.

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » February 24, 2005 1:13 pm

luv it ! luv it ! luv it !

btw, what is your favorite line from the song . . . .?

mine is "I"m a dreadful sight and I just don't care ! "

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 24, 2005 1:18 pm

ohhhh mine is "i am who the hell i am"

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » February 24, 2005 1:23 pm

how 'bout . . ."filthy mind and a choir boy face " . . .

krusin1 · Post by **krusin1** » February 24, 2005 1:27 pm

"lightly browned in the fires of hell,"

been there, done that.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » February 24, 2005 1:34 pm

Wicked, holy, full on fake
Best known for my big mistake

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » February 24, 2005 1:42 pm

Check out the original by Will Kimbrough with Tommy Womack. A really great version. Jimmy's is great as well.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » February 24, 2005 3:54 pm

gotta go with: "flithy mind and a choir boy's face" ... it's just such a fit for the former alter boy.

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » February 24, 2005 3:58 pm

I like this song so much that I put my favorite line in my siggy.

Then, DonnaKayDunbar was kind enough to tell me I've got the line wrong.

I still like my line better. Maybe Jimmy will goof it up and sing it MY way!

It goes better with the incongruencies throughout the song.

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » February 24, 2005 4:02 pm

Along the lines of the filthy mind, I also thought it was, "a mind of dirt" but it's "a mind to irk"...

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » February 25, 2005 7:42 am

I really liked this song opening the show, I think it's a great way to get the show off to a great start.

I have to go with "I am who the hell I am"

BucsFanJim · Post by **BucsFanJim** » February 25, 2005 9:36 am

I like the song more and more. There's one line that i can't figure out though... are there lyrics anywhere?

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » February 25, 2005 9:40 am

BucsFanJim wrote:I like the song more and more. There's one line that i can't figure out though... are there lyrics anywhere?

http://www.margaritaville.com/discography/chill.htm

I'm a piece of work, I'm iron and lace
I'm shy, right up there in your face
I'm all dumbfounded, stubborn as an ass
Sharp as an arrow in a pile of glass
I'm a sweetheart, genius, restless jerk
Lord have mercy, I'm a piece of work

Well, the lord made me on a long thin limb
Made sure I'd remember him
Or her in the middle of a long, dark night
Creation crazy, death sheet white
Made in the image of a lion shocked lamb
I am who the hell I am
Ever better, bad to worse
Down to the letter I'm a piece of work

I’m a piece of work, I'm an angel's fiend
Bathed in lavender and gasoline
Scared brave, shallow in an ink black well
Lightly browned in the fires of hell
Wicked, holy, full on fake
Best known for my big mistake
I'm Zen wise, peaceful, gone berserk
Good god almighty I'm a piece of work

I'm a dreadful sight and I just don't care
Spent all morning pulling out my hair
I woke at dawn with a crazy spin
Half the day trying to glue back in
Mother, bloody mary, please
Wipe that smile right off your knees
I'm the CEO of the mailroom clerks
Lord have mercy, what a piece of work

I'm a piece of work, I'm a lovesick boy
Cloth cap, caviar and corduroy
All over the map, just a-lost in space
With a filthy mind and a choirboy's face
Heels up, head down, straight on through
Watch out, woman I'm-a get to you
I'm a gladiator with a mind to irk
Good god almighty I'm a piece of work
I'm a piece of work
I'm a piece of work
I'm a piece of work

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » February 25, 2005 1:40 pm

Thanks Jahfin for all the words... Now, I've really got this song running through my head all day. Except of course I can't remember the words...
When we were trying to figger out the "lion-shocked lamb" line on the drive back from the Columbia concert, at first I considered "lime-shot land," as in the Florida keys used to be covered with Key Lime trees, but that was just too obscure...

Still like mine better...

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » February 25, 2005 2:42 pm

carolinagirl wrote:Still like mine better...

Then go with it. Hell, Jimmy screws the lyrics up just about every time he sings it anyway

A1A BOUND · Post by **A1A BOUND** » February 25, 2005 2:59 pm

RumFan wrote:Not a big fan of this song opening of the show...any thoughts?

im not a BIG fan of it. but i dont hate it.

barbieann · Post by **barbieann** » February 25, 2005 8:01 pm

I actually like the song-- I was a Jimmy Fan long before I was a Toby Keith fan, but I really think that Toby fits that song because he is so arrogant anyway.

Parrotheadpressgrl · Post by **Parrotheadpressgrl** » February 25, 2005 8:34 pm

barbieann wrote:I actually like the song-- I was a Jimmy Fan long before I was a Toby Keith fan, but I really think that Toby fits that song because he is so arrogant anyway.

I saw Toby in concert a few years ago. I agree with on that he was the perfect choice for Piece of Work because it completely suits him.

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