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L Y R I C S
[published by PaulIorioSongs; all songs copyrighted 2012]
Three-Legged Chair
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Three-legged chair, it's gonna hit the ground
Till it gets fixed, it'll keep fallin' down
(fix that)
Three legged chair
(fix the)
Three legged chair
Told my girlfriend to sit anywhere
She sat down, now needs emergency care
That three legged chair
One leg wasn't there
Neighborhood bank, on a steep grade
Post fell down in its collonade
It's gonna hit the ground
(Til it's fixed) It'll keep fallin' down
Government building near the train station
Missing some bricks on a weak foundation
It's gonna hit the ground
It'll keep fallin' down
Walked to one of the demonstrations
Breaking out across this broken nation
Gotta fix that chair
The three legged chair
The three legged chair
Three legged chair, it's gonna hit the ground
Till it gets fixed, it'll keep fallin' down
(fix the)
Three legged chair
(fix the)
Three legged chair
Three legged chair
Three legged chair
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INCITIN' (A RIOT)
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
I'm incitin'
(Incitin' a riot)
I'm incitin'
(Incitin' a riot)
Incitin'
(Incitin' a riot)
Heyyyy!
Can't afford food
Heyyy!
My future's screwed
Heyyyy!
Don't I count too?
I did my best, I finished school
Tried to live by the golden rule
Got a job, worked till I drooled
The system treated me like a fool
Incitin' a riot
Incitin' a riot
Incitin' a riot
They wanna give me insurance and pills
Unless I become seriously ill
They say my house is under water
Just lost my job to the boss' daughter
Heyyy!
Got nothin' to lose
Heyyyy!
I'm turnin' to booze
Heyyy!
I lose if I choose
So I'm incitin'
(Incitin' a riot)
Incitin'
(Incitin' a riot)
Incitin'
(Incitin' a riot_
Incitin' a riot
Incitin' a riot
Incitin' a riot
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Kissing by Firefly Light
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Everything goes on
And everything happens
Kissing by firefly light
Everything goes on
And everything happens
Kissing by firefly light
Kissing by firefly light
Ohhhh
Ohhhh
Everything happens
At midnight tonight
Everything happens
On the silver lake ice
Everything happens
In the Milky Way rays
Everything happens
So doncha be late
Ohhhh
Ohhhh
Everything goes on
And everything happens
Kissing by firefly light
Everything goes on
And everything happens
Kissing by firefly light
Kissing by firefly light
Ohhhhh
Night time is so full of light
Daytime is so full of blue
Fireworks inside my mind
Go off
It's your smile
It is time
It's your smile
Everything's turning on a dime in the sky
Three in the morning and bathed in blue light
Fireflies don't light the sky the way that you do
Getting kinda dizzy just looking at you
Ohhhh
Ohhhh
Ohhhh
Everything goes on
And everything happens
Kissing by firefly light
Everything goes on
And everything happens
Kissing by firefly light
Kissing by firefly light
Kissing by firefly light
Ohhhhhh
Ohhhhhh
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CURRENT EVENTS
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Well, these current events have me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
Well, these current events have me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
If you wanna fly away
I won't try to dissuade
I ain't lookin' to stop you
If you wanna run away
You can walk out today
The door's open just for you
And you can walk right through
Well, these current events have me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
Well, these current events have me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
I'd better make you mine 'cause we're runnin' out of time
The clock's ticking down the years
One day we'll be old, so we'd better be bold
Don't waste your time on tears
Well, these current events have me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
Well, these current events have me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
What am I doin' without you?
What am I doin' without you?
What am I doin' without you?
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Sun Don't Set (in the Middle of the Sky)
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Lonny owned a clipper ship
Had a driftwood face
You know he was a patriot
For whatever nation paid
If he had allegiance, boys
He never said who to
He'd always take his paycheck
From whoever gave him loot
[If he had allegiance, boys, at all]
I say
The sun sets in the west
You say
The sun sets in the east
But I won't compromise
The sun don't set in the middle of the sky
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
I won't compromise
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
We went to the Canaries
Where only locals sail
He had a scene with a girl in Madeira
I guess he was trying to guess her weight
Headed to the Antilles where
There was gold along the glade
But don't go by Jackson island
It's run by a new a family and they're crazy
[A new family runs it and they're crazy, I'm tellin' ya!]
I say
The sun sets in the west
You say
The sun sets in the east
But I won't compromise
The sun don't set in the middle of the sky
Lonny knows the shortcuts
There's one even he won't try
(I said) "Why not take the coastal route"
(He said) "That route is classifed"
They told me not to sail so north
It's a diplomatic swamp
I said, "That's international waters/
I can go there if I want"
[I'll go there if I damn want]
I say
The sun sets in the west
You say
The sun sets in the east
But I won't compromise
The sun don't set in the middle of the sky
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
I won't compromise
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
I won't compromise
Sun don't set in the middle of the sky
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WATCHING THE CHARISMATIC GIRLS
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Well, they all come out to our club
Try to impress the ones that they love
Watching the charismatic girls
And there's one sure thing you can can plan
This day's gonna end different than it began
Watching the charismatic girls
Watching the charismatic girls
And they love to dance in bright light
'Cause really there's only just light
Watching the charismatic girls
Watching the charismtaic girls
And they try to prettify their pain
Like snails on the sidewalk after a light rain
Watching the charismatic girls
Watching the charismtaic girls
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EASIN'
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Easin'
Mid-autumn afternoon
Easin'
Drapes like a parachute
Sunlight
Streams through the willow trees
Sunlight
At a late-day angle
Easin'
Mid-autumn afternoon
Easin'
Drapes like a parachute
Bracin'
That breeze smells like snow on the way
Bracin'
A jaundiced sky way up high
It's that time of somethin'
Cats chewin' leftover pumpkin
Easin'
Mid-autumn afternoon
Easin'
Drapes like a parachute
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AIKEN WATERFIELD
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Car broke down
Way outta town
Bears all around
Lock the doors
And the Grizzlies roam
In the Brown bears's home
I'm in two time zones
Aiken Waterfield
Aiken Waterfield
Aiken Waterfield
Can't find my car
We hiked too far
Where the hell we are,
The trees all look the same
And the Grizzlies roam
In the Brown bears's home
I'm in two time zones
Aiken Waterfield
Aiken Waterfield
Aiken Waterfield
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THE FOOD SONG
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Food one
(I'm a food food food one)
Food one
(I'm a food food food one)
I like my food
I like my food
[talk and eat!]
I'm a food one
(He's a food food food one)
I'm a food one
(He's a food food food one)
I like my food
I like my food
[talk and eat!]
I'm a food one
(He's a food food food one)
I'm a food one
(He's a food food food one)
I like my food
I like my food
[talk and eat!]
Food one
(I'm a food food food one)
Food one
(I'm a food food food one)
I like my food
I like my food
[talk and eat!]
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YOU WERE GONE TOO LONG
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
dee dah dah dee
In this canyon of stars
One day th' authorities took you away, girl
dee dah dee
But you can't drown a fish in the water
I know you gave up your freedom for freedom
But when you came back, girl
Oooh, how you thought you would fit in
ohhh, but you were gone too long
oooh, how you thought you would fit in
ohhh, but you were gone too long, girl
ohhh, but you were gone too long
dee dah dee
It was falsely alarming,
Like the shadow of steam on the drywall
dee dah dee
Girl, I remember you well
Green spring, crossing the campus at midnight
And I remember you well, girl
Oooh, how you thought you would fit in
ohhh, but you were gone too long
oooh, how you thought you would fit in
ohhh, but you were gone too long, girl
ohhh, but you were gone too long
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CAR RADIO FADE
Lyrics and music by Paul Iorio
Driving from Cleveland today
Car radio fading away
My baby's fading away
'cause I'm driving this way
Leaving Cleveland today
Tires on the causeway
Louder than radio waves
My baby's fading away
Radio fade
Radio fade
Leaving Cleveland this time
Leaving my baby behind
Car radio's fading away
A song about drivin' away
Only radio static
Cruisin' on automatic
I finally left her behind
she's fading away like time
Radio fade
Radio fade
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SHE WAS JUST RETALIATING FOR HIS AFFAIR
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
On a summer's eve,
We committed adultery
But she was just retaliating for his affair
Her feelings seemed so strong
But I guess that I was wrong
'Cause she was just retaliating for his affair
Don't you get me wrong
It was sure a whole lotta fun (And I'd do it again!)
But she was just retaliating for his affair
I was sure she cared
But it was something more unfair
She was just retailiating for his affair
She was just retailaiting for his affair
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YOU ONLY KNEW THE CATERPILLAR
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
This day
You only knew the caterpillar
You don't know the flier
You only knew the caterpillar
So you think that I'm a liar
Well, you're the one who's lying
Why don't you fly along
This day
You never saw me fly around
So you don't think I can fly
A spider on a yellow tile
Thinks the whole world's yellow tile
The whole world's yellow tile
'Cause my wings don't need air
My wings don't need air
My wings don't need air
She makes me fly
This day
Why don't you fly along with me
Why don't you spread your wings?
Unless you're still a caterpillar
Why don't you fly along
Why don't you come along
'Cause my wings don't need air
My wings don't need air
My wings don't need air
She makes me fly
'Cause my wings don't need air
My wings don't need air
My wings don't need air
She makes me fly
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THE FUTURE AIN'T GONNA LAST
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
The future ain't gonna last
Every tomorrow becomes the past
The future ain't gonna last
Every tomorrow becomes the past
The past hangs around
It doesn't have anywhere else to go
The past'll change with time
Yesterday will change and grow
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FAQ and NOTES ON THE MAKING OF "THREE-LEGGED CHAIR"
Now that physical CDs of my new album "Three-Legged Chair"
are finally going out to people -- request yours at
pliorio@aol.com! -- let me correct some incorrect
information that seems to be going around. As I've stated
before, the whole album was solely written, performed,
arranged and produced by me. In addition to that, all
the song ideas originated with me. All my songs are based
on musical ideas or concepts that only I came up with. I do
not work with (and have never worked with) a songwriting
collaborator. Of my 178 copyrighted songs, none was written
or conceived with anyone else. As I've also said before, it's
quite inadvertently flattering when people do a double-take
and say, "You did all that yourself?" Answer is, yes!
[MORE TO COME]
