Cherry Line by Brian Ohme
I spent (too) many years as a line mechanic in the fruit industry. Cherry packing season meant endless hours keeping the line running. I mean like two shifts, seven days a week for the entire summer hours. I recorded this sometime in the mid-eighties, while exhausted in the midst of this demanded stagnation, just to try to hold on to something I felt slipping away; my life.
Tracklist
| 1. | Cherry Line | 5:05 |
Lyrics
Cherry Line
Well I hear that bell
And I feel like hell in the morning
I can’t be late for work again
The boss gave me a warning
Life stands still on the cherry line
Had no sleep in such a long time
Noise and confusion, I think I’m losing my mind
Life stands still
Yeah, least it’s overtime
The line breaks down
Gotta make a quick fix, cause time is money
But I’m so damned tired it ain’t even funny
Oh no, oh no
Life stands still on the cherry line
Had no sleep in such a long long time
Summers gone in the wink of an eye
Life stands still, it’s a waste of time
Ain’t no smiling faces, everybody's tired
Going through the paces, everybody’s wired
Got chlorine in my eyes, makes me want to scream
When I finally get to sleep, I’m too tired to dream
Oh, oh, oh, oh no!
Life; where’s my life?
Living on a cherry line, living on a cherry line
My life stands still, life stands still
Loving on a cherry line, living on a cherry line
Bringing on the overtime, living on a cherry line
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Living on a cherry, cherry line yeah
Living on a cherry line, living on overtime
Line, yeah
Credits
Written and recorded by Brian Ohme
License
All rights reserved.
With a childhood spent wandering Ohme Gardens, the Gordon Ohme Trio performing, and my mother singing harmony with songs on the radio, well, what chance did I have? A shy kid, I didn’t make a sound until I left home at 17, buying a guitar on my way out. All I wanted to do was write and share songs. None are finished, nor will they be, but they have become my audiobiography. Thanks for listening!