Bob Wire: Listen!

What's the Monthly?

(Bob Wire)

Ednor C. Therriault

Written around a comment I overheard while hanging out at ESP in Missoula one day. Guy was talking about people in the South asking, not what's the total price of something, but "what's the monthly?"

I was walking downtown about a week ago
On my way to the liquor store
And there in the window of Jimmy’s Pawn
Sat a red Stratocaster with the tags still on
It had Seymour Duncans and and alligator box
I ‘bout jumped out of my socks

Chorus
What’s the monthly?
I don’t want no bottom line
How much I gotta pay every 30 days
To make that guitar mine
I can’t buy it outright so let’s make a deal
I got to take it home so I can make it squeal
There’s just one thing I want to know:
What’s the monthly?

I finally had to give up my trusty old Buick
I tried to start her up but she just wouldn’t do it
I sold her for scrap and started looking around
At every second-hand car dealer in town
A ‘68 Cadillac with leather inside
Oh baby I just found my ride

Chorus
What’s the monthly?
I don’t want no bottom line
How much I gotta pay every 30 days
To make that Cadillac mine
I can’t buy it outright so let’s make a deal
I got to take it home and make the tires squeal
There’s just one thing I want to know:
What’s the monthly?

I was having a drink at my favorite joint
Watching the Giants score an extra point
When the front door opened and she walked in the place
She had legs up to here and a cover girl’s face
She looked my right in the eye and asked if I had the time
I knew I had to make her mine

Chorus
What’s the monthly?
I don’t want no bottom line
How much I gotta pay every 30 days
To make that little girl mine
I can’t buy her outright so let’s make a deal
I got to take it home so I can make her squeal
There’s just one thing I want to know:
What’s the monthly?