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Wooden Hands

from TeenAngster by GuidoWorld

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The herky-jerky rhythm of the initial section forms a counterpoint to the jazz improvisational flow of much of the other sections. The lyrics during the spasmodic sections are filled with images of factory workers laboring in a robotic machine like fashion. The workers are being worn down like wooden hands being shaved endlessly by the lathe they operate. The sterile metallic factory workspace bereft of fresh air or even windows is a suffocating world closed off upon itself.

While working in a metallic prison than never rusts the man dreams of fresh air, sunlight and the outdoors teeming with life. He dreams of throwing off his shackles and being able to experience and enjoy the free flow of nature and the simple company of friends.

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Wooden Hands 11/03/1979

Wooden hands ignoring the shavings and the dust
Slacken the floor beneath them, stares at metal that never rusts
The hands get smaller, metallic sheen haunting you
No hint of color in reflection, clear and silver no intruding hue

Walking out the doorway the clacking of the tiles
Wish it was cobble stones and horses in the night
It’s not to back up to former times
Yearning for some textures to feel coarse or hot

The steel stays cool nothing marks the day
Nothing dies and nothing blooms, but I feel time anyway
The shrinking of the wooden hands the only clue of use
Somehow I really know no one should be so reduced

To be a slave of labor to be a productive tool
Profit to the owner spare oats for the mule
Wooden hands ignore no more
Wooden hands don’t try to even the score

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from TeenAngster, released January 30, 2017
Vocals Jim Guido
Sax Jim Guido
Guitar Jim Guido (Brad Foutch)
Keyboards Jim Guido (Kent Cantwell)
Bass Jim Guido (Bob Minikel)
Drums Ryan Thompson (Brian Massimo)

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