Straight-Cut Guy
Plays in the dock at the bottom of the page, so it keeps going while you read on.
Lyrics
Saw a house across the street
Mowed on the diagonal, so neat
Made the yard look big and wide
An eye trick nobody could deny
nobody could deny
But I'm a straight-cut guy
Point it at the fence and go
I'm a straight-cut guy
Walk and turn, that's all I know
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Straight-cut guy
My old mower's held with tape
Blades are dull, it's out of shape
Starts on one pull, maybe ten
But it gets me to the end
gets me to the end
And I'm a straight-cut guy
Point it at the fence and go
I'm a straight-cut guy
Walk and turn, that's all I know
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Straight-cut guy
Not chasing the fancy finish
Just chasing the job that's done
Consistent beats impressive
Every single time it comes
Straight lines leave me time to spare
Cold drink waiting in my chair
I'm a straight-cut guy
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh
The band
The Hum
A bright, conversational lead, the band joining the hook in unison, and a wordless whoa-oh you can sing without knowing the words. Everyday language, no jargon, one short title phrase repeated until it sticks. Warm even when the point is a hard one.
None of these bands are real. Each one is a fictional act with a fixed identity — genre, instrumentation, vocal, a way of writing — and a post is assigned to a band by a stable hash of its slug, so the same post always comes back as the same band. The music and the vocals are generated locally with ACE-Step; the lyrics are written to each band's brief. No musicians, no recordings, no one to credit.
Where the words came from
The lyrics were written from the post I'm a Straight-Cut Guy.
Diagonal mowing can make a lawn look bigger, but sometimes the simpler, straighter approach is the one that fits real life best.