'Scorpion Farm' by Steve Cooke

In these times of austerity, jobs are difficult to find. This song is about getting a job. But a very unusual job.

I wrote 'Scorpion Farm' in collaboration with performance poet David Bateman (www.publishingnorthwest.co.uk/author/39), with whom I have worked on several tracks. Joel Braverman (jbrave) contributed bass guitar and live drums to this recording.

There's a YouTube video of me performing it live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtM0O3zqdfM&feature=share&list=PL3421A8861A66BE39. ;

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SCORPION FARM

It's not the job he wanted
But he says he doesn't mind
He'd rather work on motors
But he took what he could find
Happy just to have a part
Happy in his role
He says the pay is crappy, but
It's better than the dole

Chorus:
Daddy's got a job
Daddy's got a job at last
Down at the scorpion farm

You have to be realistic
Cos this isn't paradise
And anyway, statistics
Show that scorpions are nice
Happy just to have a task
Happy with his prize
Filling up the poison-flask
And hoping for a rise

Repeat chorus

Now he's polishing up the pincers and he's sharpening up the sting
He's making sure the breeding pairs get on with their own thing
He's shining up the segments and he's cleaning up the claws
He's marketing the poison through all the usual stores

Repeat chorus twice

Words by David Bateman
Music by Steve Cooke
© Bateman/Cooke 2010