2) Shopvac- Jonathan Coulton 9-12-07

Recorded at the Paul Gleason Theater 9-12-07

We took the freeway out of town
We found a place to settle down
We bought a driveway and a swingset and a dog
You got your very own bathroom
I got my very own workshop in the basement

We sit around staring at the wall-to-wall
Take field trips to our favorite mall
Waiting for the day when all the kids grow up and leave us here

If you need me
I'll be downstairs
With the shop vac
You can call but I probably won't hear you
Because it's loud with the shop vac on
But you'll be OK
Cause you'll be upstairs
With the TV
You can cry and I probably won't hear you
Because it's loud with the shop vac on

We hung a flag above the door
Checked out the gourmet grocery store
I bought a mower I can ride around the yard
But we haven't got real friends
And now even the fake ones have stopped calling

Maybe if you forget to hide the keys
I'll take a ride to Appleby's
I'll come home drunk on daiquiris and throw up on the neighbor's lawn

If you need me
I'll be downstairs
With the shop vac
You can call but I probably won't hear you
Because it's loud with the shop vac on
But you'll be OK
Cause you'll be upstairs
With the TV
You can cry and I probably won't hear you
Because it's loud with the shop vac on

I like the Starbucks here that's better than the other one
Cause the other one's not as good
They really need to put a light there cause it's hard to turn
It's hard to make a left turn

And when it's time to go to bed
I'm still awake inside my head
I'm floating up above the house and looking down
I guess I gotta go back there
I guess there never was any other answer

And as the freeway hums the cars go by
The headlights roll across the sky
Many miles away but I can see them speeding through the dark

If you need me
I'll be downstairs
With the shop vac
You can call but I probably won't hear you
Because it's loud with the shop vac on
But you'll be OK
Cause you'll be upstairs
With the TV
You can cry and I probably won't hear you
Because it's loud with the shop vac on

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Music

Tags:

• Shopvac
• Jonathan
• Coulton
• Awsome

[xXxnels0nxXx]

DO IT by buying his cd's and playing them loud in yout local mall till some one askes who sings that song and say "jonathan coulton hes great go to his website" and sell stuff for him

[nateman010276]

why is this man not the biggest rock star in the country? people make this man a star.

[nahedh]

@jihadsoup In case you're still wondering 9 months later, A is correct - just be sure you're playing A major. You can even throw in a seventh if you want.

[pockyprincess12]

i like that he actually sings.

[jihadsoup]

Can someone please tell me the chord he plays after the Ab and C# of the chorus (right after "wall to wall")? Online charts say he goes to an A, but that doesn't even look right.

[LiamTheApple]

reminds me of Weird Al..

just that Coulton is A LOT better =)

[hyrulianshinobi333]

i was telling someone about the show "codemonkeys" and he asked if the theme song was "code monkey", i had no idea so i looked it up. i found his home page by total accident right after

[mcjoebudy]

For real, i found him on a sci fi pod cast, it was a bonus song at the end

[LlamasOnCrack]

ditto, JoCo for secretary of geek affairs! too bad he was already voted out.... :( oh well, MAKE HIM THE REAL ONE!

[blackkissi]

tpb t-shirt

[LTNuk3m]

Nah. He dropped it.

[killwayne]

did he say i broke my pick at the end?