Excerpt from "talking union" words by lee hayes, millard lampell and pete seeger - inspired by woody guthrie's "talking dustbowl". "talking union" ©1958 st   Ng music, inc., bmi      Lately I've been picking up strange vibrations   I hear my music now on oldies stations   "put out a cd called "the best of what I was"   My picture's on the cover and no one knows      Just when you think you've got the wisdom of the ages   Nobody seems to want to turn your pages   I used to think I was the cat's pajamas   Now I'm about as hip as fernando lamas      (cause I'm) old enough   Old enough to be your father   Old enough   Old enough (and then some)      And now my kids are taking me to the shows   There's hip-hop, rap, grunge music I don't know   I like to think I'm still part of the crowd   But, how can they hear the lyrics   When the music is so loud? !      I dig rock and roll music   (I been saying that for a while)   But I wonder if you knew   That rhythm & blues begat the rock and roll style?    And just like that, way before rap,   Woody guthrie spread the news   He told it straight, let us relate   This talking union blues:      Well if you want higher wages, let me tell you what to do   You've got to talk to the workers in the shop with you   You got to build you a union, got to make it strong   But if you all stick together, boys, it won't be long   You get shorter hours, better working conditions   Vacations with pay, take the kids to the seashore      Well I remember I was seventeen   I was a birmingham high school rock and roll king   The paper talked about how I'd strut my stuff   I'd like to read it, but my arms aren't long enough      I kinda like my new senior status   I don't even care what the latest fad is   My g-generation's rediscovered me   And now I'm on the cover of modern maturity