From the recording High Tea for Poets/Father Time (2CD-Pak)
Jeff Cannon: Vocals and acoustic guitar
David Dick: Banjo
Susan Anderson: Fiddle
Ron Kadish: Upright Bass
Sean Staples: Mandolin
Recorded 2019, Jake Belser/Primary Sound, Bloomington, IN; Lorne Entress/Harmony Street, Tolland, CT; Sean Staples, Cambridge, MA.
JDC: A Bluegrass remake of the 1979 Southside Johnny classic about the nasty effects of commercial messages on our mental health. Yep. Ditto 24-hour news.
Lyrics
I’m So Anxious (Billy Rush [Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes])
Won't you come to Florida for a vacation?
The tan developer beckons from the television
They know they got me because I'm an insomniac
Records, detergents, here's the latest Pontiac
They got me so conditioned now that when they talk
I just react, why they throwing it all at me?
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so anxious
Hard sell pressure got to keep the motor running
Stimulate your need to satisfy something
You don't want to be the one who never gets in line
You don't want to be the one who's always left behind
Pick up that phone quick you're running out of time
Why they throwing it all at me?
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so anxious
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so anxious
I know you're worrying, what will the people say?
I know you're worrying, you've got bills to pay
Worrying will the backwash get you?
The undertow drag you out?
You don't want to be the one who never gets in line
You don't want to be the one who's always left behind
Pick up that phone, quick you're running out of time
Why they throwing it all at me?
Why they throwing it all at me?
Why they throwing it all at me?
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so anxious
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so anxious