Time Rag

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Joan Baez

Joan Baez ( /ˈbaɪ.ɛz/) (born January 9, 1941 as Joan Chandos Báez) is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace, and environmental justice. more »

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1977

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Ripping along towards middle age 
And my music career kind of missed a page 
Record sales began to drop 
The management all began to hop 
Not worry, they said, you'll see 
What you need is some fresh publicity 
Just give us a nod and we'll all leap 
Towards putting you back at the top of the heap 
I said, Fine, I'll give it a whack 
I hung up the phone and I turned my back 
Began daydreaming I was somebody else 
When the phone jumped over from the wall to the shelf 
We just had a break, this is really fine 
We can make the January issue of TIME 
If you'll give us Monday, a week from today 
From two to four, now what do you say? 

I said, time, time mag, mag 
You got me on the rag, rag 
Take your insults about the queen 
And shove them up your royal Timese machine 

But I scribbled it down on the wall calendar 
And wondered about my interviewer 
Maybe he'd be just a real nice guy 
Bright and sympathetic with a roving eye 
We'd forget all about the assignment due 
Formalities, photos, and the interview 
We'd hop on into his big rent-a-car 
Go for a lovely drive, not far....maybe France 
As the big day approached it slipped my mind 
Till my secretary showed up at the house to remind 
Me to switch into gear for the big coup de gras 
The meeting with the man from the media 
I swept the driveway and polished the phone 
Put on a Kenzo knit in two-tone 
Fluffed the pillows in the burgundy chair 
Made up my eyes and brushed my hair...all in that order 
When he called to say he was three hours late 
My cheerful facade began to disintegrate 
The photographer'd be even later still 
She was hopelessly lost in the nearby hills 
He arrived not exactly the man of

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