Name: Sufferin' Joe
Duration: P00H01M56S
Description: In the hospital nurses and orderlies and volunteer workers try to get into Joe's head.

Sufferin' Joe

from The Suffering of Joe Bean by Mark Nichols & Bob McAllister

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In the hospital nurses and orderlies and volunteer workers try to get into Joe's head.

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This place, it’s so sad. Sad place for a bum.
He’s lucky though, that’s Joe. “Lucky Joe”
I hear they pulled him off the street, ‘ya know?
--Starved to death. --So weak and he don’t speak.
Or maybe he just won’t --hasn’t spoken since
he’s been here. Tried to get him to, but he don’t.

How many weeks now? How many weeks now?
Who is he?--Just a bum, right? --Just a bum off
the street, right? Picked him up by a streetlight?
--Just a bum off the street, right? Don’t be dumb.
Nobody’s just a bum. Everybody got to be
from somewhere. Everybody got somewhere
they come from.

Hey yo, Why you suffering Joe?
Don’t you know, you got to let the pain go.
You’re like the frog, climbin’ up a log,
One jump two slips back, hey Jack. Have a bowl
of chicken split pea soup for your soul.
Doesn’t really seem like enough for someone
who’s had it this rough.

I saw it on TV, This guy’s
had a bad year. His whole family, his wife, his
money All of it gone, And he don’t even shed a tear.
That’s a bad year. Why Joe? Why won’t you speak
Joe? Do you think it’d make you look weak Joe?
Why Joe? Why won’t you speak Joe? Do you think it’d
make you look week Joe?

Don’t worry Man! No
one would give you any flack If you just went off and
blew, Blew like a smokestack.

Hey Joe. He’s
suffering, He’s suffering Joe. Hey bro’…why’re you
suffering so? Hey bro’ What’d you do to deserve
this bro? Hey suffering, Joe. Hey Joe! Just let it go
Just let it go, Joe. Just let it go. Just let it all go,
Joe. Just let it, Go (Joe starts crying.)

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from The Suffering of Joe Bean, released December 12, 2012
Sufferin' Joe
© 2003 Music & Lyrics by Mark Nichols

Percussion: Jarrod Kaplan; Guitar: John Kornstein; Bass: Steve Newton; Piano: Mark Nichols; Wa Wa Sax: Skerik

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