Name: Privilege
Duration: P00H02M55S
Description: A song about spelling contests and the lives they destroy. Drum machine and organ.

Ironbark - Privilege

from SpinTunes 20 Round 1 by Spintunes

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A song about spelling contests and the lives they destroy. Drum machine and organ.

lyrics

so here's me, age thirteen
finals of the statewide spelling bee
if i can just spell 'privilege'
i'll win the heart of the lovely karen wong
and a book voucher

relax, i know it starts with P
i sail right through the R I V
then just like that my courage fails
and everything goes hideously wrong
i even put a D in it

i'm mister opportunity
i missed a word, i missed my chance
i missed a life with the lovely karen wong
something in me changed that day
i know it sounds absurd to say
my life forever ruined by a nine-letter word

karen wong don't hang with no bad speller
karen wong deserves a clever fella
karen wong don't hang with nobody like me

karen wong don't hang with no bad speller
karen wong deserves a pretty clever fella
karen wong deserves someone better than me

do you ever feel like you're tumbling down a hill
hitting every single rock along the way?
do you ever feel you're tumbling down a hill?

now here's me, age fifty three
frying chooks at KFC
dreaming of the life that might've been
with the lovely karen wong
but i'm not bitter about it
(P-R-I-V-I-L-E-G-E)
no, i'm not bitter about it
yeah, i'm not bitter about it

(why'd you never speak to me
after that stupid spelling bee?
did i do something wrong?
yours sincerely, karen wong)

credits

from SpinTunes 20 Round 1, released March 21, 2023

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