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The Severance ReelCopyright © 2008 Ken Ficara
Ken Ficara: Harmonica, guitar, vocal
Kari Denis: Fiddle
Tricia Khleif: Harmony vocals
Recorded Live at Ashokan, August 2008
20 years of climbing
Up the corporate chain
20 years of knowing
Things would always be the same
20 years of "I can't go
"Tonight I'm working late."
20 years when life and music
Always had to wait
But now I've walked away from it
Now I've signed the deal
Now I'm free to lift my feet
And dance the severance reel
I worked down by the river
But I never smelled the sea
The windows they were sealed shut
I could hardly breathe
No time to sit outside
Or watch the water flow
The ships went sailing by
And I never got to go
Corporate halls and conference calls
Reports and presentations
An ID card around your neck
And two weeks of vacation
Wasting time in meetings
Fighting bureaucrats
Making rich men richer
While they cut our benefits
I could have worked for years
Hoping for retirement
And then the boss could lay me off
Leave me without a cent
I'll take my time while I still have it
Do what I should do
And if I've made a big mistake
Then I'll do something new