Gift for cappy by Zee (Magic Mike)

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Title of vid: Working on the Highway
Recipient: cappy
Vidder: Zee
Fandom: Magic Mike
Music: Working on the Highway by Bruce Springsteen
Summary: Someday Mike is gonna lead a better life than this. NSFW--nudity.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Unsigned length: 03:07

Lyrics
Friday night's pay night, guys fresh out of work
Talking about the weekend, scrubbing off the dirt
Some heading home to their families, some looking to get hurt
Some going down to Stovell wearing trouble on their shirts
I work for the county out on 95
All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by
In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss
Someday, mister, I'm gonna lead a better life than this

(CHORUS) Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop
Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway, working on the highway

I met her at a dance down at the union hall
She was standing with her brothers, back up against the wall
Sometimes we'd go walking down the union tracks
One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back
So I'm...

(REPEAT CHORUS)

I saved up my money and I put it all away
I went to see her daddy but we didn't have much to say
"Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl
She don't know nothing about this cruel, cruel world"
We lit out down to Florida, we got along all right
One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black-and-white
The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day
And the judge got mad and he put me straight away
I wake up every morning to the work bell clang
Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang
I'm...

(REPEAT CHORUS TWICE)

Comments

[deelaundry]

Interesting! I haven't seen the movie, and the vid kept me watching all the way through. Thanks!

[zeegoeshere]

Thanks so much! It's great to hear that the vid worked for you even though you hadn't seen the source.

[likeadeuce]

Nicely done. I'm not convinced this ISN'T what this song is REALLY about.

[zeegoeshere]

HA, right? I'm so glad the vid worked for you, I had wanted to make a vid to The Boss for a while and this was soooo much fun to make. :)

[cappy]

Thank you Festividder! This is delightful.

[zeegoeshere]

I'm so happy you liked it! (and sorry for responding soooo late to your comment /o\)

[giandujakiss]

Oh this is great - I like how you captured both the lighter and darker sides of the movie.

[zeegoeshere]

Thanks so much! I'm obsessed with this movie because on the one hand, stripping, on the other hand, it's kind of heartbreaking. I'm really glad that came through in the vid.

[lithiumdoll]

Really well put together! I haven't seen the movie, but I adore what you've done in the vid!

[zeegoeshere]

Thank you so much!

[drunktuesdays]

THE MARRIAGE OF BRUCE + BUTTS IS DELIGHTFUL!!!!!!!!!!!

[zeegoeshere]

ISN'T IT THOUGH? (pretend I'm not replying to this comment a million years late <3333)

[semielliptical]

Great song choice! I think your vid definitely highlights that while Mike was trying to get ahead, he was really just getting by.

[zeegoeshere]

That is such a great way to put it, poor Mike. I'm so glad you liked the vid!

[ciaan]

Good work!

[zeegoeshere]

Thanks!

[frayadjacent]

Great vid! I don't know the source but I enjoyed the energy and timing, and the song choice!

[zeegoeshere]

Thanks! It's awesome to hear that it worked for you even though you haven't seen the movie.

[debris_k]

Awesome vid, kudos!

[zeegoeshere]

Thanks so much!

[franzeska]

LOL. Great song choice. This vid really brings out the unpleasant, banal, quotidian realities of his job.

[zeegoeshere]

I can't lie, I was pretty pleased with myself when I came up with the song choice. I'm glad it worked for you, too, and that you liked the vid.

[fan_eunice]

Really well done.

[zeegoeshere]

Thanks so much :D

[par_avion]

Hee! I loved "workin on the highway" juxtaposed with the highway stripping at :49 - :51.

[zeegoeshere]

Ha--I had completely forgotten about that vid until I re-watched the movie to make clips, and I had to do a victory lap around my apartment when I realized that he actually had a stripping routine of being a construction worker. :) I'm so glad you liked it!

[aurora]

So good!

[zeegoeshere]

Thank you so much!