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Take A Flyin' Leap

from Go Figya by John Tabacco

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Words and Music © 1995 by John Tabacco
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

I think this piece was a warm up for the song "Sad Twisted Ties". I didn't get a handle on what it was supposed to be about hence, the nonsense lyrics. Musically it's a cross between Brian Wilson and Steely Dan. The chords changes for the chorus are pretty much from Steely Dan's "Bodhisattva". The ending clarinet tag of the chorus reminds me of Wilson's "I Know There's An Answer". The main melody, (very melodic) might have been influenced by...

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TAKE A FLYIN' LEAP

Lovers:
Silvery illusions from a nerve bending ball of light
Romance:
Raging sublimations mixed in delicate cups and kites
And sages:
Bragging double breasted seizures on the mast
Selling futuristic presents from the past
Like some salad crooked criminal in glass
It is said:

They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Got a try another angle when the big guy sleeps
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Gotta dump the old cabana for the soul to reap
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Better buy a pair of slippers and recline

Moon tax:
Waning mumble jumbo quoting lattice surprise so tight
Soft cells
Rising in a puddle full of rich hungry gods who fight
While sages:
Dump the angry vessel visions from TV
Betting devil innuendo prophesies
Bound in riddle stick religions to the tee
Don’t you know?

They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Got a try another angle when the big guy sleeps
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Gotta dump the old cabana for the soul to reap
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Got a try another angle when the big guy sleeps
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap
Gotta dump the old cabana for the soul to reap
They say go fool take a flyin’ leap

Buy a pair of slippers and recline

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from Go Figya, released September 20, 2014
JT : Vocal, Programming
Recorded and mixed at Sonic Underground Studios,
Stony Brook, NY
Added tidbits recorded at Suburban Hermit Studios II in 2016,
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.

For more info : www.johntabacco.net
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