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Senior Discount

from Summerfall by The Brothers Burn

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Inspired by a real-life surprise that wasn't really all that pleasant.

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Checking out one day
at the closest Einstein bagel store.
And I noticed that the price was not the same
as it was the week before.

So I looked real close at the receipt
that the girl had handed to me.
There it was in blue and white
Saved a dollar twenty three.

How can this be I wondered loud
Can this be the right amount?
Looked again and saw those words
Senior citizen discount!

Get my senior discount
Before it disappears
Want my senior discount
Payback for my years
Gotta have my senior discount
To wipe away my tears
Got my senior discount
And that’s music to my ears

I thought it all bad
When you’re older than dirt
And about to stop and retire

That it just got worse
And your knees will hurt
And you lose your sex desire.

But now I know
that they cut you slack
With this senior discount thing

Use it when you eat
and use it when you sleep
Just about everything

Get my senior discount
Before it disappears
Want my senior discount
Payback for my years
Gotta have my senior discount
To wipe away my tears
Got my senior discount
And that’s music to my ears

And as it turns out
I need a new car
So I went to the Tesla place.

And I asked for my discount
right then and there
And put on my poker face.

And even though
I talked real nice and
wore my best apparel.

He told me no
right to my face
Said “This ain’t the Cracker Barrel”.

I think about it
every now and then
And it makes me kinda sad.
But saving some pennies
here and there
Can’t be all that bad.

Get my senior discount
Before it disappears
Want my senior discount
Payback for my years
Gotta have my senior discount
To wipe away my tears
Got my senior discount
And that’s music to my ears

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from Summerfall, released January 5, 2022

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The Brothers Burn is Austin-based pop-punk-electro-rock-funk producer Scott Osborn, channeling David Byrne, The B-52's, and Frank Zappa with as much zeal as he and his gear and failing voice can muster.

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