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2 Steps Forward / 1 Step Back (Live)

from The Miseducation of Willie The Hill by John Tabacco

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Words and Music © 1988 by John Tabacco and Meryl Mathews
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) / Zackeroo Music (ASCAP)

This was recorded by the Lennon, Tabacco, Zappa band in Bad Doberan, East Germany in 2002. It was part of our set played at the Zappanale 13.
Considering the crowd was there to hear only familiar Zappa numbers this piece went over pretty well. I know Ed Palermo who plays sax on it said he liked the song a lot. That means a lot to me. The original version can be found on the CD "Fuzzy Gray Logic".

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2 STEPS FORWARD / 1 STEP BACK

Travel through the red zone
Scriptures fade to black
Searching for the hidden answers always set us back
Twisting to the surface
Unfamiliar faults

2 steps forward / 1 step back
2 steps forward / 1 step back

Open ended holidays
Stretching into years
Scattered piece of knowledge thrown beneath a wall of fear
When the wave of smoke thins
Hints of worlds to come...begin

2 steps forward / 1 step back
2 steps forward / 1 step back

Building block technology
Scores of disbelief
Visionary future set with promises of peace
Stumble into silence
Memory is old

2 steps forward / 1 step back
2 steps forward / 1 step back
2 steps forward and 1 step back
1 step back

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from The Miseducation of Willie The Hill, released October 29, 2014
JT : Lead vocal
Nigey Lennon : Backup vocals
Paul Adamy : Bass
Ed Palermo : Sax
Joe Meo : Guitar
Mark Berman : Keyboards
Ray Marchica : Drums

Recorded at Zappanale 13, Bad Dobern, East Germany
July, 28, 2002

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John Tabacco Stony Brook, New York

John Tabacco is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and visual artist.

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined.

For more info : www.johntabacco.net
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