And here's the online edition of my new e.p. "Incitin' a Riot"!
First, the MP3s and then the lyrics:
1. INCITIN' A RIOT.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=1111859&songID=11201832
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2. BOTSWANA.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=1111859&songID=11226805
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3. CURRENT EVENTS.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=1111859&songID=11235809
OR
http://alonetone.com/pauliorio1/tracks/current-events.mp3
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4. AMERICAN NIGHT (LASTS ALL DAY).
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=1111859&songID=11211666
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L Y R I C S
INCITIN' A RIOT
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011
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
NOTES ON "INCITIN' A RIOT": Inspired by the Occupy movement, I wrote
this on November 1st and recorded it on November 7th of this year -- it
came very quickly. Already has been #11 on the Soundclick alternative
chart. Influences here: Clash, Sex Pistols, Stones, Dylan, Nick Lowe.
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BOTSWANA
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011
Botswana
Diddley diddley dum
Botswana
Diddley diddley dum
Wah wah weeeee!
Wah wah weeeee!
Wah wah weeeee!
Botswana
Diddley diddley dum
Botswana
Diddley diddley dum
Wah wah weeeee!
Wah wah weeeee!
Wah wah weeeee!
Whatcha gotta do to make the sky fall down?
Whatcha gotta do to stop the world goin' 'round?
'Cause how things are ain't the way they should be
I guess you can call me revolutionary
Whatcha gotta do to make the sky fall down?
Whatcha gotta do to stop the world goin' 'round?
'Cause how things are ain't the way they should be
I guess you can call me revolutionary
Botswana
Botswana
Botswana
Flashpoint
Flashpoint
Flashpoint
NOTES ON "BOTSWANA": Sort of folk funk. Sort of me doing a Larry
Grahamish-riff and then segueing into rap. By the way, it has
nothing to do with Botswana; I just liked the sound of the word!
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CURRENT EVENTS
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011
Well, these current events got me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
Well, these current events got 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 got me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
Well, these current events got 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
Time is best spent here
Well, these current events got me wondering
Just what I'm doin' without you
Well, these current events got 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?
NOTES ON "CURRENT EVENTS": McCartneyesque folk, inadvertently
inspired by a Facebook friend who recently used the phrase
"current events."
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AMERICAN NIGHT (LASTS ALL DAY)
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011
Welcome to the American nightmare
Dreams written in invisible ink
Gonna see my friends out in New York City
Hopin' that their boats don't sink
Well, I was riding through the mountains of Spain one time
Trying to bait a hook for a sink and a line
I wasted so much time
Just to find the American night lasts all day
American night lasts all day
American night lasts all day
Welcome to the American nightmare
Take your seat in the very last row
When they finish eating the banquet
You can have the scraps that rich people throw
Well, I was riding through the mountains of Spain one time
Trying to bait a hook for a sink and line
I wasted so much time
Just to find the American night lasts all day
American night lasts all day
American night lasts all day
Night falls, day's done
Night falls, day's done
Well, I was riding through the mountains of Spain one time
Trying to bait a hook for a sink and a line
I wasted so much time
Just to find the American night lasts all day
American night lasts all day
American night lasts all day
I wasted so much time
Just to find the American night lasts all day
American night lasts all day
American night lasts all day
American night
NOTES ON "AMERICAN NIGHT (LASTS ALL DAY)": I came up with the melody
for this many years ago, but wrote the lyrics last month.
