MUSIC and the SOUL

music of rick calderone, steve parrish, michele statt

par for the course

IT’S TOO LATE FOR SUNSHINE IT’S TOO LATE TO MAKE UP YOUR LITTLE MIND

IT’S TOO LATE TO CATCH YOU FROM BEHIND IT’S TOO LATE TO FAKE THE SIGN

 

THAT’S PAR FOR THE COURSE WHAT A POWERFUL FORCE

YOU BETTER GET OFF THAT HIGH HORSE ALL THAT I HAD WAS YOURS

 

TURN AROUND DON’T EVEN MAKE A SOUND

GET YOUR ASS OFF THE GROUND  THIS CURE WILL COST YOU A POUND

 

THAT’S PAR FOR THE COURSE SUCH A POWERFUL FORCE

YOU SHOULD DOUBLE-CHECK THE SOURCE IT'S RE-WRITTEN IN REMORSE

 

TALK ABOUT PASSING SHIPS MY LIFE IS TRAGICALLY HIP

1:24 IN A JETWAY THAT’S SUPPOSED TO CARRY ME TO “ONE DAY”?

(ANDREA DORIA AWEIGH OR A PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY)

 

MY STOMACH'S IN KNOTS I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE PLOT

SHALL I SINK OR SHALL I NOT? PRETTY PICTURES OR INK BLOTS?

 

I'D LIKE TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU INSTEAD OF SAYING “HOW DO YOU DO?”

STUMBLE THROUGH THE MINUTIA LET’S GET RIGHT DOWN TO HALLELUJAH

 

IT’S ALL IN THE SLOTS PULL MY HANDLE WIN LOTS

THIS TIGER IS SEEING COLORFUL SPOTS ANAGRAM “HERE COME DOTS”

 

(MAYBE I'LL TAKE A CHANCE...SHOW YOU HOW MY TONGUE CAN DANCE...

OOPS, DID I TRANSMIT THAT OUT LOUD? I THOUGHT THIS WAS A NOISIER CROWD)

 

THAT’S PAR FOR THE COURSE LOVE'S A POWERFUL FORCE

DRIVE THROUGH A HINTERLAND DISCOURSE A DRIVE THRU WINDOW INTERCOURSE

 

WHAT A SORRY STATE OUT OF THE BOX YOU KNOW I’M TOO LATE

I'LL PICK UP AN UGLY STICK I'M GONNA BEAT MYSELF WITH IT

 

THAT’S PAR FOR THE COURSE LOVE'S A POWERFUL FORCE

AN EMPTINESS HERETOFORE...I WANT TO CAPTURE YOURS..

 

thoughts

this started out as "the idiom song" as i was thinking of a bunch of pop cliche's, but it morphed into something else entirely...now it's a very complex song filled with pop cliches...

there are puzzle pieces here that were fun to put together and there was some silly wordplay ... maybe stuff for geeks or mayhap, i am the geek...i twisted the arms of Josh and Zach to patch a couple of keyboard parts into the mix...

the "muddy" Andrea Doria line has purpose and is a nod to my father...The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite classic books and also has purpose