My Name Joe Lyrics - Lucy Kaplansky

Joe threw another tantrum 

He could not to be understood 

He cries like baby Samson 

His English is not good 

Joe's boss of the kitchen 

But on the outside he knows 

Low man on the totem's 

Wearing giveaway clothes 

Joe he fights the good fight 

He wears a white uniform 

The waiters are all artists 

Out chasing unicorns 

Joe works fourteen hours 

After ten he starts to booze 

He gets very sentimental 

He sings the buddah blues 

Oh, he sings the buddah blues 

My name Joe, my name Joe 

There is a king in Thailand 

And he plays the jazz drum 

He has a fine and healthy son 

Oh, no I'm not the one, my name Joe 

On the wall by the time clock 

Joe's beaming from a photograph 

Someone drew across his face 

The waiters began to laugh 

Joe picked up a hatchet 

And he tenderized the wall 

And when he got through 

Time clock wasn't punching anymore 

The waiters ran for cover 

The maitre'd began to lisp 

The drunkard in the corner 

Said his lettuce was not crisp 

Owner called immigration 

Said there's someone you should know 

He's an illegal alien 

And I think his name is Joe 

Oh, I know his name is Joe 

My name Joe, my name Joe 

There is a king in Thailand 

And he plays the jazz drum 

He has a fine and healthy son 

Oh, no I'm not the one, my name Joe 

Came the man from immigration 

Said, I've got a job to do 

Easy questions easy answers 

Just point me to the kitchen crew 

He asked Leroy from Harlem 

He asked Cisco from Mexico 

He asked the white trash from Tennessee 

They all said my name Joe 

My name Joe, my name Joe 

The maitre'd he sputtered 

The kitchen crew they roared 

And while they were arguing 

Joe slipped out the back door 

On the beach Joe tries to listen 

To the heartbeat of a whale 

How it echoes his own heartbeat 

And the distance he has sailed 

Oh, the distance he has sailed 

My name Joe, my name Joe 

There is a king in Thailand 

And he plays the jazz drum 

He has a fine and healthy son 

Oh, no I'm not the one, my name Joe 

My name Joe 

My name Joe