Don't Call Me Sir

https://soundcloud.com/orygun/dont-call-me-sir

Not a candidate for the Nobel literature prize, just an observation on getting older.
Thanks for listening.

I walk into a store  
The clerk comes up to me   
A sweet young thing she  smiles at me
May I help you sir? she  says to me
May I help you Sir?    
When did I cross that line
They call me
Sir

Never hear How's it going man?
Never hear Hey  What's happening?
What I get is May I help you Sir
Do you need some help with those  
Bags Sir
When did I become a Sir
When did I cross  that line   
Don't call me Sir

Ev'ry day I get a stack of mail
Letting me know about a hearing aid sale
An offer to move to Retirement City
The funeral home  has a deal for me
I can handle all those things  They don't bother me   
But don't call me Sir

 
The waitress comes around
I get an automatic senior discount
My doctor doesn't know about bladder control
My doctor is 12 years old
I admit I'm getting old But show me some respect
Don't call me Sir
No don't call me Sir

You and Laura (Skinnybones on here) should duet on this...
 
Guitars sound great.
 
Dan

Daryl
Thank you. Don't know why this "sir" thing drives me so crazy. It was fun to write a song about it, tho.

Dan
Not sure if the duet would help her résumé any, but the suggestion did make my day. 

I forgot to mention that I used Indiginus Resonator guitar here, so it's MIDI. I did play the notes with the keyboard and made corrections in PRV.

Leizer
Hey, tack så mycket!  

Yep. Thought this very thing once or twice . . . a day.
 
So it's obviously a clever musing, which is cool all by itself. Mix-wise, I think the drums are doing a swing feel but the rest are playing the 4/4 pretty straight. I'd drop the swing out of the drums to match the rest of it.
 
very cool, Bjorn!
 
-Tom

Yes, I can relate, especially when the ticket girl at the cinema asked me if I wanted an OAP concession ticket..I'm 56...

David
Thanks.

Tom
Thanks (again) for the suggestions.  Appreciate it.

Wookie
Made me smile that I was able to make you smile. Really appreciate the comment.

JamesG
I always get the scrutinous look at the ticket stand, like they're trying to figure out if they should offer me the senior ticket or not.

Kloon
Making lyrics rhyme is the hardest thing about songwriting for me.  Whatever meaning you're trying to convey gets changed a bit because you have to rearrange the verse to get that last word to rhyme with the previous line.

Bjorn, I'm 65 and understand this well. LOL
FYI.. I went to grade school just down the river from you in St. Helens. Had relatives in St Johns and picked greenbeans on Sauvie Island as a kid.
 
Nice song and concept. The bass drum simply is not working with the song though. I've played drums since I was a kid and it just doesn't seem to fit due to the swing. I like the midi dobro sound. It is pretty good sampled simulation and that is coming from a pro pedal steeler who also plays dobro.  Enjoy the Roses this year!

bjornpdx
Steve
I have family members who lived in St Helens so I know the town pretty well.
I take pictures of birds on Sauvie Island (bald eagles, sandhill cranes,etc) Great natural area.
I've messed up the drums before so I need to pay way more attention there. Thanks I appreciate the comments.

Small world. I still have relatives in both St. Helens and Scappoose.  I went to Mcbride Elementary and St. Helens Junior High. If you've been in the area for a while, you might have heard of my "Grandma Stallings" from Scappoose. She lived to 101 years and was very widely known both locally and nationally following several media articles about her. Sometime around late 60's my cousing Gene Allen Stallings was the youngest mayor in the USA when he became the mayor of Scappoose. He owns a world famous art/glass company but no longer lives in Scappoose. The Kennedy's and the Rudes in St Helens are kin.  There use to be a Mormon church at the end of S. 22nd. We lived across the street while my Grandma and Grampa Buzzard lived at 62 South 22nd. I belong to a Facebook St. Helens Musician group and plan to play pedal steel at a meeting at some point.   We'll see. It's been over 30 years since I visited the area but my wife and I bought a RV/Bus a couple years ago and plan to do a West Coast trip this spring.  Sorry to digress from the music. It just always amazes me how small the world can be.