The Children Have Gone In To Play
Updated 6/28 10:30pm This is the first mix we put together. We couldn't use the PA system like we'd hoped, so we ended up with this. Not bad, but still some bugs in the recording process. It's nice to finally hear Jeramie's part in with mine, though.
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Story behind the song
I guess it's a bit of a socio-political commentary in nature. An improvisational journey through my muddled brain and it's distorted view through my eyes. Fueled by political inner rage and an empty city park during one of my daughter's softball practices.
Lyrics
THE CHILDREN HAVE GONE IN TO PLAY
V1
The ball courts are empty,
The parks are quiet as a wake.
No pedal pushers to fill up the boardwalks,
No swimmers to splash in the lake.
B1
Too fat or too lazy, the motivation's gone on break.
V2
(No) pirate ships pilot the sandbox
Nor water-colors on display
Adventure and wonder have gone under deck to sick bay
Ch
The children have all gone indside to play,
What's wrong with our children today?
The kids all went inside to play.
V1
Old hound dog in the backyard,
Forgotten in his golden days.
The string fell from the calico's tail,
Curious mischief has wandered astray.
B2
Gratification be met instantly
Or the past is abandoned, the old constantly cast away...
Ch
The children have all gone indside to play,
What's wrong with our children today?
The kids all went inside to play.
Instrumental Break
B2
The joke is on us when no reason or rhyme,
Provocative protest, or marching in time,
Can be heard from the soapbox,
They forgot to post in the bay...
Ch
The children have all gone indside to play,
What's wrong with our children today?
The kids all went inside to play.
V
Cuckoo-clock forgot to track our time,
So we slept too late in the day.
Crystal ball clouded with resiny grime,
From smoke of the bridges we burned on our way.
B2
Present and future transcend all concern,
Repeating our history, no one discerns,
Big Brother abandoned
Our Mother out on Holiday...
Ch
The children have all gone indside to play,
What's wrong with our children today?
The kids all went inside to play.
What's wrong with our children today?
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