This is one that was a parody of many of the success driven artist I knew back at SUNY Purchase. This song has had many incarnations. In 1999 it even won an award from BACCA and was featured on both the Music from Purchase and LIMC Vol.3 compilatio
New/Old school Folk/Rock artist with a flair for poignant melodies and meaningful lyrics.
Thomas Palminteri is a singer/songwriter, composer with a subtle and varied gift for lyrics and melody in the tradition of Paul Simon and Randy Newman. He has written both songs that tell a story such as ïSpring Has Goneï and Waiting for the No.12 and composed instrumental music such as ïJourney to the Black Madonnaï the enigmatic Mass in C that defy categorization.
In his teenage years he developed a strong appreciation for Rock music beginning with The Beatles and later became enamored with the more eclectic groups of his adolescence such as the Talking Heads and Elvis Costello. Later in college when he decided to study music more formally Tom became deeply affected by Classical and Jazzï particularly J.S. Bach, Mozart, Faure and Debussy.
Story behind the song
This version of the this song was recorded with Eric's In Oregon with special guest Lisa Smith on vocals.
Lyrics
Waiting for the No.12
He said we have to get out, she said don’t talk so loud, someone over there might hear you shout!
She said we need to be found; he said I want to hear the crowd, you know I want to hear them loud and clear.
He said something’s bound to break, she said there no use faking, she said you know it’s hard times, he said you know we’ve been through this twice..
He said Maybe we’ll be famous if we change our names and move away, maybe we’ll be famous (famous, famous...)
He said it’s never too late, she said it’s not make it or break; ya know we can’t go on living on a thin line. He said we’ve got to break out, she said don’t talk so loud someone over there might hear you shout!
He said Maybe we’ll be famous if we change our names and move away, maybe we’ll be famous (famous, famous...)
Well, he said, he said, he said, he said …
She said, she said, she said…
Well, he said, she said, he said…
She hey, hey, hey don’t you think it’s time we get over it.
Hey, hey, hey, don’t you think we’re a little too old for this..
He said do you really believe that does the buck stop here…do you really believe that does the buck stop here... (Solo’s)
Coda:
Boy: Maybe we’ll be famous if we change our names and move away
Girl: Baby, baby, maybe maybes not good enough… (Harmonica end live)
Tom Palminteri
2006
