{"id":10,"date":"2016-10-05T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-11-13T05:04:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T05:04:17","slug":"good-day-to-you-mrs-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/good-day-to-you-mrs-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Day to you Mrs Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nGOOD DAY TO YOU MRS JONES<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel  Coventry April 1970<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAlarm clock rings and with it brings<\/span><\/div>\n
\nA sleepy head that feels like lead on rising.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThrow back the sheets, draw back the curtains<\/span><\/div>\n
\nLook at the frosty streets.<\/span><\/div>\n
Put on your clothes, everyone loathes<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTo get up in the morning.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nYour mind seems to settle as you put on the kettle<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAlthough still sleepy.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nFrying the bacon, fried bread and eggs,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIt seems there’s a mountain upon your legs.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBrush down your hair, taking great care,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nPaint on the make up, still trying to wake up<\/span><\/div>\n
\nbut you know that you can’t.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSlip on your coat, pick up your bag<\/span><\/div>\n
\nand off to the daily drag.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOpen the door and a cold wind bites,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nGo back on your woollen tights.<\/span><\/div>\n
Rush for the bus in the usual crush,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nCollapsing on the seat.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
\nRun to the gate, in case you’re late,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nYou know you’re not really worried.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nLook at the clock, must have got stuck,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nDoesn’t the time drag by.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n“Roll on today, Roll on tomorrow<\/i>“<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWishing your life away.<\/span><\/div>\n
Nothing gets done, you’re not having fun,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nYou’re needing a holiday.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWorking for the rich man as hard as you can<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd you don’t get nothing for it.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nHe’s getting rich while you’re living in a ditch<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut he don’t do nothing for it.<\/span><\/div>\n
Home-time comes, your head still drums,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAt train beat tempo.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nLay on the sofa, thinking it over,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nbut you’re much too weary to know.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nMaybe there’s an artist somewhere in you<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWith plenty of things to do<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut he never gets a chance.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nGood day to you Mrs Jones<\/span><\/div>\n
\nGood day to you Mrs Jones.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n……<\/span>
\nWrote this while working at the GEC in Coventry. I was feeling alienated and writing lyrics in the break time helped make the job more meaningful.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n

Version one cassette demo with Steve Gillgallon on lead.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n

A more traditional folkie version of Good Day To You Mrs Jones.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOOD DAY TO YOU MRS JONES \u00a9Trev Teasdel  Coventry April 1970 Alarm clock rings and with it brings A sleepy head that feels like lead on rising. Throw back the sheets, draw back the curtains Look at the frosty streets. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}