Name: Record Czar
Duration: P00H04M19S
Description: Elegy for an old-time record company executive

Record Czar

by The Glue Factory

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Elegy for an old-time record company executive

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Jeffrey was a record czar
He drove a big ol' Jaguar
He couldn't sing or play guitar
But he always had a hit

Jeffrey's bands were young and cute
They liked to snort, they liked to shoot
They brought him bags of uncut toot
And he always had a hit

He sold their style and he sold their looks
The music was baited with high school hooks
The radio jocks were paid off the books
So he always had a hit

The money flowed like beer on tap
He spent it on all sorts of crap
Parties, boats, jeans from the GAP
'Cause he always had a hit

He topped the charts in '92
In Canada, America too
His music made the critics spew
But he always had a hit

You pay a price when you fly too high
You may get rich but it's all a lie
The lies Jeff sold made young girls sigh
So he always had a hit

A major bought his label out
They sucked him dry, then kicked him out
Napster stole his yacht and house
And nobody gave a sh**

Now it's "Whatever happened to poor old Jeff?
"His health is gone, the babes have left
"When it came to music, the guy was deaf
"But he always had a hit"

You blow up big when you fly too high
You take too much, and then you die
The lies Jeff sold still make old girls cry
He always had a hit

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released August 8, 2009
Words and music: Michael Park
Keys, bass, drums, vocals: Michael Park
Guitars: Mark Morris

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The Glue Factory Ontario

The Glue Factory is Michael Park.
Dyspeptic musical blatherer, keyboard nerd, one-man DAW band, Yorkville relic.
Ain’t so big, just tall.

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