Another Work Day 
written/performed by Sheldon Senek

You get the day off
I have to pay off my debt
Wish I was free
You're always at play
And it's Just another workday

You’re sleeping in
Why meetings begin so early
Your out til 3
I can't afford to play
Just another workday

I see you laugh
And posting your pics
Gett’n your tan

While I got my bills
Trying to survive, I think I can, I hope I will

You’re meditating
I’m calculating my years
You act worry free
Your fancy get away
And it's Just another workday

You lost your grip
Hanging off buildings, bound to slip
Now you're broke like me
It's your turn to pay
And jJust another workday

You don’t laugh
You stopped posting pics
Since you fell from fame
I pay my bills
And you’re trying to survive, I hope you can, you hope you will

Just another workday

Another Workday

On the Road Tonight
Written by Sheldon Senek

Drivin' this rig again
truck’n every sin
maxing out my time
riding with the wind
out beyond the map
Don’t pass me on the right
Headin’ south of no where
I’m on the road tonight

wheel start'n to drift
I bought a Truck-stop gift
Stay between the lines
Even truckers need a lift
I may have missed your death
Haven’t talked since the fight
Some day I’m comin’ home
But I’m on the road tonight

Oh, I'm coming home
I'm on my way

weather slows me down
Lord don’t let me drown
pulling someone’s load 
Never see the town
I know I missed my stop
Back there on the right
dwelling in my choices
While I’m on the road tonight

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On The Road Tonight

On The Road Tonight (draft)

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This is a live recording of the opening four songs from our show at the Shillelagh Club in NJ on September 5, 2025.

MST at Shillelagh Club Opening:  Blue Suede Shoes, Monkey Business, Rock Around the Clock, Jambalaya

Thrill is Gone The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_21

Sleepwalk The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_5

20 Flight Rock The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_2

Boogie Woogie Country Girl The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_4

Flip Flop Fly The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_6

Mean Woman Blues The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_7

Three Times a Charm The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_8

Great Balls of Fire The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_12

Somethin' Else The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_3

You Never Can Tell The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_20

Red Hot The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_18

Twistin the Night Away The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_16

One Way Out The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_14

Jump Jive an Wail The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_22

Stray Cat Strut The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_29

Rock this Town The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_11

Move it on Over The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_10

Route 66 The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_17

Johnny B Goode  The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_15

Folsom Prison The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_24

Secret Agent Man The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_28

Jailhouse Rock The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_31

Blue Moon of KentuckyThe Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_9

Big 10 Inch The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_19

Goofin Around The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_23

Sittin at the Dock of the Bay The Mad Slap Tones at Shillelagh Club 9-5-25  Blue Suede Shoes Monkey Business Rock Around the Clock Jambalaya_30

Jump Jive Wail Speakeasy 10-11-25

My Favorite Things - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_13

Sleigh Ride - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_14

Jingle Bells - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_15

The In Crowd - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_16

Linus and Lucy 2 (temperature was colder) - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_17

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_18

Blackbird - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_19

Things Ain't What They Used to Be - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_20

Song for My Father - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_21

Down by the Riverside - Three Left Feet Trio  Hacklebarney 11-23-25_22

Going Down the Line - Words and music by Sheldon Senek
Copyright 2020
Guitar/keys/vocals: Sheldon Senek
Percussion: Charles Michelet

This song is about something we all have and that's problems. However, we keep on going down the line because we're hopeful.

Lyrics:
I went out to set sail today
Had to go far away
But I had no boat, so I laid in the sand

Drank a few made my outlook better
Fell in the water, now I'm wetter
stood up walked back land

But I'm...
Going down the line 
Going down the line
Going down the line again

Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down until I win

Had to escape my job for the day
Hiring the American way
But all I do is let People go

Living life like an old country song
Second dog sleeps all day long
And my second kid doesn’t go with the flow

But I'm...
Going down the line 
Going down the line
Going down the line again

I'm...
Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down until I win

Wanted fame, but couldn’t get any
I had money and begged for a penny  	
But it comes around around, around, you see

Been on the verge of losing my mind
Thinking heart attacks, but my body’s fine
raise a glass, have drink for me

'Cause I'm...
Going down the line 
Going down the line
Going down the line again

I'm...
Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down until I win

Girl next to me is beautiful and looking fine... 
Started to talk, and she’s got problems just like mine.
Just like mine.

Instrumental

Maybe I’ll rent a boat today
If I can get out of my own way
But chances are looking low

Every single person I pass, is wondering if their built to last
But this much I know

We’re all
Going down the line 
Going down the line
Going down the line again

Yes, we're
Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down until I win
Going down the line

But I'm...
Going down the line 
Going down the line
Going down the line again

I'm...
Going down the line
Going down the line
Going down until I win

Going down until I win
Going down until I win
Going down until I win
Going down until I win
Going down until I win

Going Down the Line

Sheldon Senek composer and musician. 
He is a keyboard player in 3 bands (Alden Street, The Mission in the Rain, The Mad Slap Tones). 

Sheldon has also created original music for podcasts (through Story Mechanics): 
- An Oral History of THE OFFICE, about the making of the TV show, which was released on Spotify.
- PANDEMIC ECONOMICS which was put out by The University of Chicago (hosted by Tess Vigeland and Eduardo Porter).

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