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The Tawdry Office Affair

by Fred Gardner

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1990. I was working at UCSF.

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I used to work in an office
It was a windowless fluorescent scene
except for that one ray of sunshine falling
on a lady by the fax machine

And when she would go out for coffee
the whole hallway would fill up with light
I'd sigh Beautiful Annie O'Brien,
where are you sleeping tonight?

But there was all those reasons against it
The "tawdry office affair."
And the likelihood of it gettin' real good
and all the tension in the air

Not to mention the boyfriend
and not to mention the wife
And the kids! The students! The epidemic! Prudence
just kind of overtakes you in life

And I'm an old man now and I'm sighin'
what did I ever do right?
And beautiful Annie O'Brien
where are you sleeping tonight?

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released April 8, 2015
words and music by Fred Gardner
Production and instrumentation: Camilo Landau

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