FAWM: "First Town Check"

First Town Check

1 week ago by @kc_

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Liner Notes

@dailyprompt by @tcelliott What do you remember about your first job... This was fun... I had done the lawn mower and baby sitting thing but the summer after 8th grade I was a swimming intructor's aide at the local beach and was cut a town check for $11.97. Man, still remember cashing it every week at the corner store! Thanks TC! Great prompt!

Was thinking it would be cool if the chorus sounded like a radio communication LoL!

Lyrics

First Town Check

C Town Check, Town Check, 1197 Come in Town Check

V I Hingham Harbor, bathing beach First real job where I helped teach In the murky highs and mud flat lows Only place to learn, whole family goes

V II Paula Flint would call the class “Beginners, beginners” and kids amass Run to instructors they’d been assigned They all knew my name and got in line

C Town Check, Town Check, 1197 Come in Town Check of ‘77

V III Cut a town check every week Banking 10, 197 for me Looking back, had it made Real check job as an instructor’s aide.

C/outro Town Check, Town Check, 1197 Come in Town Check of ‘77 Come in Town Check of ‘77 Got my first town check in ‘77

Comments

@richaaaay 1w

I can totally envision that type of first job. Not that I ever had that job, however, I've been on the other side of it for my kids and probably when I was a kid too. Hingham Harbor...Cool!

@kc_ 1w

It was fun! Thanks for stopping by to read and comment. I also did a stint as a lifeguard and swimming instructor there. Love being on/near/at the water! :-) How are you doing for snow up there? We got an unexpected 6" yesterday and the impeller belt on the snowblower went - :-o ugh! certainly got plenty shoveling 'reps' in! LMAO!!

@rowleyjohnuk 1w

really good rhyming in these lyrics. Like the chorus, and yes radio tone for it I agree. Feel like this is a more dance type but not reggae, kind of vibe, a sort of celebration. Love it

@sheilakm 1w

Great song. I love songs that tell a story from the past.one that makes you feel like you know what it was like to be there!

@metalfoot 1w

Back when $12 felt like a lot of money! Nice trip down memory lane for you and for us!

@tcelliott 1w

I like the rhythm, the flow of the lines very much. And it's cool how vivid your memory is but also how it kind of jumpstarted memories of my own first job. Thanks for writing to the daily prompt and sharing!