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Same Now More Or Less

from Mostly Original Covers by John Tabacco

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Words and Music © 1994 by John Tabacco and Marci Geller
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) / Paisley Saucers Music (SESAC)

I wrote this song with Marci Geller at Sonic Underground Studios as sort of our political take on what was going on at the time with George Bush Sr. Neither of us were happy with his administration and we put our frustrations into this song. On the original version found on "Hits Duh Bah Tomb Lion" Marci does a great vocal on it with a full production that included Jim Dexter on guitar. Since the song was simple enough to play, fun to sing and still relevant even more so today, I thought it would be fun to cover it. This is just a one take drum track with some energy and me belting it out in a key one step lower than the original. I think Marci got her publishing name from this tune. "Paisley" was her word.

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SAME NOW MORE OR LESS

Rain cries
Flower children paint umbrellas
Mindless and void of reason
Like lemmings lead to the water
So it's so easy to discover fascist lies
Under covers you commit your compromise

Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning i guess
But it's the same now more or less

Safe nights
Sheltered by the stars that became the thousand points of light
Hear the guns click off a the new order
It's so easy to preach to others ethics and moral fibers
Time to realize you've become your parents in disguise....

Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning
Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning i guess
But it's the same now more or less

You're terrified
I'm paranoid
Can't verify our destination
Self sacrifice
Internalized
Why oh why oh why?

Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning
Paisley patterns thrown up on the wall
Never thought they'd fade this early
Peace sign candles lay cracked on the floor
Hoped they'd always keep on burning i guess
But it's the same now more or less

credits

from Mostly Original Covers, released September 1, 2014
JT : Vocals, One take drums, Bass, Piano, Acoustic / Electric guitar
Recorded and Mixed at Suburban Hermit Studios II, Stony Brook, NY

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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.

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