Gas Station Lyrics

[Jane P. Suder]

Could one of you kind folks post the words to "Wind up workin in a gas
station"? I've been struggling with it all day, used 2 versions, still
haven't got it all.

Thanx in advance.

[Rob Sweet]

The most mysterious line in the song was clarified for me on this
newsgroup sometime back. It's Frank doing a pseudo-German accent saying:

"Manny de camper wants to buy some white."

Apparently a reference to white gas, something nearly every camper needs.
You're on your own with the rest of the song. Why not post it when your
done?

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[Stephen Muth]

In article <2lijad$1...@skat.usc.edu>, Rob Sweet <sw...@skat.usc.edu> wrote:
>In article <1994Mar7.2...@emba.uvm.edu> jsu...@moose.uvm.edu
(Jane P. Suder) writes:
>>Could one of you kind folks post the words to "Wind up workin in a gas
>>station"? I've been struggling with it all day, used 2 versions, still
>>haven't got it all.
>

> The most mysterious line in the song was clarified for me on this...

>"Manny de camper wants to buy some white."

Thanks Rob... now I can get some quality sleep tonight.
I tried to do the same thing as Jane did... I got this:

Thi.zis.. zng.. by the...(band?) yu..zum.... (very informative, huh?)
If it does it's because you're dumb! (hmmm a little better..)
That's the way it is where I come from... (no probs there...)
If it fits ya' too, let me see your thumb. (best I could do)

Hope it sparks something in yez brainz. - even if it ain't close.
SQM

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[Todd Poynor]

It's been a while, but here's a stab at it from my rusty memory...

: Thi.zis.. zng.. by the...(band?) yu..zum.... (very informative, huh?)

This here song might offend you some

: If it does it's because you're dumb! (hmmm a little better..)

: That's the way it is where I come from... (no probs there...)
: If it fits ya' too, let me see your thumb. (best I could do)

If you've been there, too, let me see your thumb.

I never did know what the heck that "Manny the camper" line was... thanks!

Todd

[she...@delphi.com]

is here song might offend you some

If it does it's because you're dumb

That's the way it is where I come from

If ya' been there, too, let me see ya' thumb...

Let me see ya' thumb...blah-blah-blah

Show me ya' thumb if you're really dumb...(repeat)

Wait now! Better make a decision
Be a moron and keep your position
You oughta know now that all yer education ("educashum"!)
Will help you no how
Yer gonna wind up workin' in a gas station...

Manny the Camper wants to buy some why-hy-hite...fish! (repeat)


According to an interview FZ did in 1989, 'whitefish' is gasoline.

[spb...@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu]

Thanks everyone! I didn't understand the first line OR the "Manny de
Camper" bit before. Next question : what is the business about thumbs supposed
to mean?

Pat Buzby
Oberlin, OH

[Stephen Muth]

In article <5+6Ifru...@delphi.com>, <she...@delphi.com> wrote:
>is here song might offend you some

This here song?

>If it does it's because you're dumb
>That's the way it is where I come from
>If ya' been there, too, let me see ya' thumb...

I'm sleeping LOTS better tonight.

>You oughta know now that all yer education ("educashum"!)
>Will help you no how

Oh, I'm so happy I could just cry....
... but is that nohow.... or Know how..... I guess nohow
makes more sense.

[Cliff Heller]

In <5+6Ifru...@delphi.com> she...@delphi.com writes:

>
>Manny the Camper wants to buy some why-hy-hite...fish! (repeat)
>
>
>According to an interview FZ did in 1989, 'whitefish' is gasoline.

No. It's Manny the Camper wants to buy some white.

It refers to white gas, which is something like propane that an RV would
reuqire. This is verified in the interview that the editors of Society
Pages conducted with FZ.

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[djg...@ritvax.isc.rit.edu]

this here song might offend you some
if it does its because you're dumb
that's the way it is where i come from
if you've been there too let me see your thumb
show me your thumb if you're really dumb (3x)
show me your thumb if you're dumb

hey now better make a decision
be a moron and keep your position
you oughtta know now all your education
won't help you no how
you're gonna wind up working in a gas station
pumping the gas every night
maybe the camel wants to buy some ???????

and that is all I know.......
dave

[Jane P. Suder]

From article <2lijad$1...@skat.usc.edu>, by sw...@skat.usc.edu (Rob Sweet):

> In article <1994Mar7.2...@emba.uvm.edu> jsu...@moose.uvm.edu (Jane P. Suder) writes:
>>Could one of you kind folks post the words to "Wind up workin in a gas
>>station"? I've been struggling with it all day, used 2 versions, still
>>haven't got it all.
>>
>>Thanx in advance.
>
>
> The most mysterious line in the song was clarified for me on this
> newsgroup sometime back. It's Frank doing a pseudo-German accent saying:
>
> "Manny de camper wants to buy some white."
>
> Apparently a reference to white gas, something nearly every camper needs.
> You're on your own with the rest of the song. Why not post it when your
> done?

Well.... Here's what I got, but it's not without it's questions....

Wind Up Working in a Gas Station by FZ

This here song might offend you some,
If it does it's because you're dumb,
That's the way it is where I come from,
Well if you been there too let me see your thumb
Let me see your thumb etc etc.... (WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??!??!??)
Show me your thumb if you're really dumb (X3)
Show me your thumb if you're dumb!
Hey now better make a decision,
Be a moron and keep your position,
You ought to know now all your education,
Won't help you nohow,
You're gonna wind up working in a gas station (X4)
Pumpin the gas every night etc....

Manny de camper wants to buy some white..... etc....

Hmmm Manny de Camper.... sounds like _he_ could have been a buddy of Herb
and Morty eh? :) anyway....

I've been singing this song for a week now.... and playing the YCDTOSA
vol6 version at very high decibel levels....

Thank you Frank.

and thanks to everyone who helped me decipher this song....

[Jane P. Suder]

From article <2llt5h$p...@news.cc.oberlin.edu>, by spb...@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu:

Yes.... can someone please explain... "If you've been there too let me
see your thumb" ??????

there it is.... heard it again... somebody said......

[Peter B. Harrington]

The thumb reference explains an obvious way to identify anyone who makes
a living working on automobiles. Automechanics typically have black
grease under the finger and thumb nails. In addtion, the thumb has a
tendency to take some abuse in this occupation, and after a while will
have a hammered on appearance. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be proud.

Pete -- "Pumping the gas every night" FZ

[Phillip A. Freshour]

>>From article <2llt5h$p...@news.cc.oberlin.edu>, by spb...@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu:
>>> Thanks everyone! I didn't understand the first line OR the "Manny de
>>> Camper" bit before.

Sorry to prolong this thread beyond reason but I just had a thought and
I hate to waste it, they're so few and far between -- is it possible
that the line could be "Many the camper needs some whi-i-ite" rather
than "Manny the camper needs some whi-i-ite"? Gives it a little different
spin. Just wondering. I had no clue what the line was before this very
informative little thread.

Regards,
Phil

>

[Kerry Yackoboski]

In article <2m31et$h...@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> db...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Phillip A. Freshour) wrote:
>Sorry to prolong this thread beyond reason but I just had a thought and
>I hate to waste it, they're so few and far between -- is it possible
>that the line could be "Many the camper needs some whi-i-ite" rather
>than "Manny the camper needs some whi-i-ite"?

I always thought it was "Man in the camper needs some white".

[Jane P. Suder]

From article <1994Mar11.1...@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, by djg...@ritvax.isc.rit.edu:

> this here song might offend you some
> if it does its because you're dumb
> that's the way it is where i come from
> if you've been there too let me see your thumb
> show me your thumb if you're really dumb (3x)
> show me your thumb if you're dumb

Thank you all for the help... I think the "real words" are very clear
now... however I still don't get the "Let me see your thumb" bit. What
could this possibly have to do with pumping gas (or being dumb)?

discuss.....

[Jane P. Suder]

From article <CMM97...@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>, by har...@helios.phy.ohiou.edu (Peter B. Harrington):

Speaking from personal experience? I think the grease thing is not
exactly right, although they do have dem greeeesy fingerz.... but the
hammered thumb thing might be it.....

Turn it up loud!

[line...@delphi.com]

Obviously, you've never been under the hood of a car before! As a
general rule, the thumbs and fingers of mechanics are noticably scarred
and calloused from working with cast iron and stamped steel. A seemingly
permanent black stain from the carbon in grease and oil is also common in
that line of work. In addition, mechanics are seldom regarded as members
of the intellectual elite, so the stigma of a black,scarred thumb could
translate to "destined for a lifetime of failure and mediocrity".
i.e. "Wind up working in a gas station"...

-LINETRAMP-
(former gas station attendant;currently President of Zerodyne Distributing)

[Jane P. Suder]

From article <BW-NwPy....@delphi.com>, by line...@delphi.com:

Well... it looks like you're moving up in the world.... :)

Thanx for the info, and you are right, I haven't been under the hood of a
car, at least not for any extended period of time. Damn it... I'm a
musician :) I appreciate the insight, and now that I understand the
song as a whole, I have some deffinate opinions about some people I have
met who continue to dispense petrolium products. and btw I deffinately
think the YCDTOSA vol 6 version kicks butt. viva Bianca.

" the royalty check is in honey....."

[line...@delphi.com]

Jane P. Suder <jsu...@moose.uvm.edu> writes:

>Thanx for the info, and you are right, I haven't been under the hood of a
>car, at least not for any extended period of time. Damn it... I'm a
>musician :) I appreciate the insight, and now that I understand the
>song as a whole, I have some deffinate opinions about some people I have
>met who continue to dispense petrolium products. and btw I deffinately

Then I take it you are a "GOOD" musician, or at least well paid. I got
quite a few of my "Thumb scars" under the hood of the F***ing ttour bus!!!
That is the wonderful thing about the "Buffalo Chip Tour" (i.e Montana,
Idaho,Dakotas,Utah,Neb). Any guy with a black thumb still gets laid if he
has a guitar and a bus! (groupies love to come in the bus).
The bitter irony of it all is now that I have stepped up the food chain
a little bit, there are damned few pump jockeys for me to abuse! (self-
service took the sting out of my revenge) -LINETRAMP-

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

One further extended guess:
(The) man in the camper wants to buy some bite (b*owj*b).