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I've got latches for windows, handles for doors
Grinders and scrapers and sanders for floors
Rake for the gravel, chains for the snow
Always got the shovel - you never know
I never thought you'd go
Man's broken down
Man's broken down on the slip road
Got a slipped load
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
Hacksaws and hammers, brushes and mop
Then I've got the ladders up on the top
If something needs doing, I always say
You want it done the proper way
I need you to stay
Man's broken down
Man's broken down on the slip road
Got a slipped load
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
Give me a minute we'll be going again
Sound as a pound, right as rain
- right as rain
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
- to cry on
Grinders and scrapers and sanders for floors
Rake for the gravel, chains for the snow
Always got the shovel - you never know
I never thought you'd go
Man's broken down on the slip road
Got a slipped load
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
Then I've got the ladders up on the top
If something needs doing, I always say
You want it done the proper way
I need you to stay
Man's broken down on the slip road
Got a slipped load
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
Sound as a pound, right as rain
- right as rain
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
- to cry on
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Submitted by
dogswede On Sep 10, 2009
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What a great song. The guy is a handyman whose work truck has broken down on the freeway entrance (man's broken down on the slip road). He's sitting by the side of the road (the hard shoulder). But, being a jack-of-all-trades, he will have the truck back on the road in a jiffy (Give me a minute we'll be going again. Sound as a pound, right as rain).
But even though he can fix just about anything (windows, doors, floors, etc.), he can't fix his own relationship with the woman he loves. And when she actually leaves (I never thought you'd go), the breakdown of the truck causes him to lose his shit and he begins weeping on the side of the road (again, man's broken down on the slip road). Just like his work needs to be done "the proper way," his relationship should proceed in the proper way (I need you to stay). His assistant is wondering WTF he's sobbing for (it's a hard shoulder to cry on).
The man pulls his shit together, gets out and fixes his truck, and is on his way (sound as a pound, right as rain), but emotionally, he drives away a broken man, still sobbing on the hard shoulder.