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Position Vacant -
Orlando Gough and the Wednesdays

Song Making

The raw material for the song.

One Wednesday afternoon in February 2005, the Group started joking about the ideal qualities of a carer. These are the snippets of what they said and this provided the basis for the lyrics of the song

properly trained
patience
gsoh fun lovin
iron stomach
well hung
very strong
24/7 job
six pack
able to life manual objects - us
no feelings
can't argue
does as he's told
doesn't cry
or walk oput the door\
or say he's got a headache
must be lary poppins
skin like a rhino
must be a he
and a nice body
better if he's gay
better if he's straight
must be robson green
rod stuart
Richard gere
Brad pitt
Elton john
Tom cruise
Victor meldrew
Alan milburn
Tony blair
Let him have a go

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