EMSP Official Songs

The following are a selection of works created in EMSP's songwriting class last year. The spirit of road maintainence has propelled our students to new heights of creativity, to wit:

EMSP Alma Mater

to the tune of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Optional bass line (Wimoweh): "A-Eemeet Mee-ker, Eemeet Mee-ker, Eemeet Mee-ker..."

In the driveway, the broken driveway, the freshmen move the car,
In the driveway, the crappy driveway, then they pour the tar.

(Refrain) Ee-ee-ee-eemeet Meeker's Paving School,
Ee-ee-ee-eemeet Meeker's Paving School

In the alley, the noisy alley, the sophomores mix concrete,
In the alley, the dirty alley, the sophomores fill the street.

Refrain

In the avenue, the crackèd avenue, the juniors place the cones,
In the avenue, the patchèd avenue, the juniors rake the stones.

Refrain

On the highway, the busy highway, the seniors can be seen,
On the highway, the four-lane highway, on shovels they do lean.

Refrain

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A Paver's Nightmare

to the tune of "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.
Oooh, that's a pothole
It's bigger than you and you are stuck now.
You need someone to fix it
The cracks in the asphalt
Oh no, it's breaking up
You need some help...

refrain:
That's me in the spreader
That's me in the back hoe
Come to fix the highway
Trying to smooth it down
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've paved too much
I haven't paved enough
I thought that I brought the roller,
I thought that I poured the tar,
I think I thought I spread the chips...

Every road cone and every detour sign I've
Set up by the highway
Trying to keep the traffic out
'Till the asphalt has cooled and hardened
Oh no, I've paved too much
I paved it all
Come look at this
Come look at this, I covered up the drain,
Come look at this as well
Cats stuck in the road, we failed,
What if all these cars get stuck
And I get sued and now I've paved
Too much
I thought that I did a good job
I thought that the foreman'd be proud
I think I thought I'd get a raise

That was just a dream
That was just a dream
(refrain)
That was just a dream
That was just a dream, just a dream,
just a dream, dream...

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The Ballad Of PennDOT

to the tune of "The Way" by Fastball
They got off the truck
And they started drilling
The detour sign's been up since Mother's Day
This exit's got eternal roadbed filling
But what were they saving by not ever
Paving the way?

They used their "SLOW" sign
To keep traffic moving
The pothole's getting filled now, so they say
Just leaning on their shovels, never proving
What they were saving by not ever
Paving the way

Anyone can see the road that they work on is full of cracks
The asphalt they're pouring is sticky and black.
The backhoe is digging
A hole in the Interstate
You can see the blinking sign saying "Please Merge Right,"
The roadway is full now,
The traffic's quite tight
They're fixing the highway,
The roads in PA are great...

They stopped for some lunch
And they shut the crane down
We'll get to Erie hopefully some day
'Cause PennDOT chose today to shut this lane down
But what were they saving by not ever
Paving the way?

Anyone can see the road that they work on is full of holes
They've got traffic cones
And some stop signs on poles
The blacktop is cracking
Right off of the Interstate
You can see the barrier horses show you where to go
Their paychecks are filled
With the taxpayers' dough
They're fixing the highway,
The roads in PA are great...

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