Retirement Man

[JARG]

I get up at midday yeah

And drink a box of wine

Then it's on to The Macallan yeah

I'm drinkin' all the time

Well it seems to me I told my wife

Not to bother me when I'm on the can

I guess that's why she calls me

Calls me the retirement man

 

The kid is home by five o'clock

Says, "Daddy do you want another beer?"

Always seems to be wondering

Why I can't get my ass in gear

Well it seems to me I made a mistake

Thinking I could write like Rand

I guess that's why they call me

Call me the retirement man

[Lorraine]

:dweez:

[theredtamasrule]

Awesome

[FountainOfSyrinx]

Wonder if this would still be Geddy's favorite to perform live.

[MeanMeanPride]

He wants to stay in bed just as long as he can

yes, he sleeps in till 12. He's retirement man.

[blueschica]

:D :D :D

 

You can write lyrics !! Time to replace Neil !

[Lorraine]

:D :D :D

 

You can write lyrics !! Time to replace Neil !

 

Two TRFers replacing one Neil. We've got Earl on the drums and JARG as the lyricist. :)

[Babycat]

Rather clever! :D

[Del_Duio]

He wants to stay in bed just as long as he can

yes, he sleeps in till 12. He's retirement man.

 

He unexpectedly quit his vocation...

Time to take a big vacation!

But with Alex's hands

And Geddy's vocal glands

It was the right time of the DaAAAY!

 

He used to ride his cymbal through Hemispheres

But now he rides his bike through CanaDaAAAaAA

Was Moving Pictures, now it's birdie pictures

And don't forget his blog that he BABBLES ONNNNNnnnnnn!!!

 

(chorus)

 

He had a cool career that we thought wouldn't end

He's got a date with prune juice and a box of Depends

Plays with himself, gotta' help keep it stiff

Cos' our Neil is done, listen to this Alex riff..

 

*P-TWANGGGGgggggggg!

BOOM BOOM BOOM, BAP BAP

Edited December 9, 2015 by Del_Duio

[Del_Duio]

*deleted and added to the other one lol* Edited December 9, 2015 by Del_Duio

[JohnRogers]

I get up at midday yeah

And drink a box of wine

Then it's on to The Macallan yeah

I'm drinkin' all the time

Well it seems to me I told my wife

Not to bother me when I'm on the can

I guess that's why she calls me

Calls me the retirement man

 

The kid is home by five o'clock

Says, "Daddy do you want another beer?"

Always seems to be wondering

Why I can't get my ass in gear

Well it seems to me I made a mistake

Thinking I could write like Rand

I guess that's why they call me

Call me the retirement man

I can hear it in my head and Geddy sounds glorious.

[Lorraine]

Who needs Rush with all of our in-house talent?

[djflex]

Lmao!

[Lorraine]

Write some more for us, JARG!

 

[Lucas]

classic

[EagleMoon]

Good one. :)

[HemiBeers]

Having been recently retired and a little bored, I had thoughts of re-writing Working Man. Then I found this old thread by Jarg. Classic twist young man!

 

Here's my version of the first line. 

 

I get up at 3am

Cuz I got the urge to pee. 

Ain't got time for livin yeah

Gotta get a colinoscopy. 

 

Miss you Lorraine!

[Bahamas]

Congratulations HemiBeers   

I am semi retired and my wife has just over a year to go and counting every day of it. I read your post to her because it was so funny. She loves Working Man and we were just at a 40th anniversary wedding party and I heard two gentlemen tell me about hip replacements and other folks recommending cruise lines. I still go hike camping, they all do RV camping.

Then I saw your "Miss you Lorraine!"

I only connected with her for half a second on these forums but the interactions and humour and being such a big forum member, she really was a big person to me. Thanks for this.

May the sunrises, sunsets and full moons still look as spectacular as they did when we were all young