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1. "But I need four walls around me to hold my life and keep me from goin' a-stray. And a honky tonk angel to hold me tight to keep me from slippin' away." What is the chosen profession of this song's subject?
2. "I am just a poor boy, 'though my story's seldom told. I have squandored my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises...". How does this song's subject make his unhappy living?
3. "There's trouble on the streets tonight, I can feel it in my bones. I had a premonition that he should not go alone. I knew the gun was loaded but I didn't think he'd kill. Everything exploded and the blood began to spill...". What's the dangerous occupation of this song's subject?
4. "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run..." What kind of a job involves all of that multi-tasking?
5. The profession referred to in this song is music. To what kind of musician does the songwriter pay tribute? "Runnin' wild, singin' child, powered sound pushed you hard, lookin' to get down. Such a waste, y'left such a space, I shared your dreams, I felt your heart, did I hear you scream..."
6. "Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said? Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed. I try to socialize but I can't seem to find what I was looking for, got something on my mind." What occupation is the subject of this song?
7. What kind of job does this song's subject hold? "I'm just a-wandering on the face of this earth, meeting so many people who are trying to be free, and while I'm traveling I hear so many words, language barriers broken now that we've found the key..."?
8. "Nuclear arms in the Middle East, Israel is attacking the Iraqis, The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese and Baghdad does whatever she please...". What profession is this songwriter lauding?
9. "There's a man who leads a life of danger, to everyone he meets he stays a stranger, with every move he makes, another chance he takes, odds are he won't live to see tomorrow." What does the subject of this song do for a living...and possibly a dying?
10. What is the heroic profession of this song's subject? "I'm just trying to be a father, raise a daughter and a son, be a lover to their mother, everything to everyone. Up and at 'em bright and early, I'm all business in my suit. Yeah, I'm dressed up for success from my head down to my boots."
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