Saturday, November 12, 2016

The brand new album by Paul Iorio -- posted here on
July 20, 2011 -- is "WATCHING THE CHARISMATIC GIRLS
(& 4 OTHERS)," and here is the online version!


The tracks are:

1. Watching the Charismatic Girls
2. Sneeze (The Tea Party Anthem)
3. You Only Knew the Caterpillar
4. Aiken Waterfield
5. Easin'

All songs composed, performed and produced by Paul Iorio.
Recorded at Paul's Home Studio in Berkeley, Calif., in July 2011.
Copyright 2011.

Here're the MP3s and lyrics. Enjoy!

1. WATCHING THE CHARISMATIC GIRLS (MP3)http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=10869128&q=lo&newref=1


2. SNEEZE (THE TEA PARTY ANTHEM) (MP3)http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=10869201&q=lo&newref=1


3. YOU ONLY KNEW THE CATERPILLAR (MP3)
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=10870188&q=lo&newref=1


4. AIKEN WATERFIELD (MP3)
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=10871154&q=lo&newref=1


5. EASIN' (MP3)
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=10871361&q=lo&newref=1

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L Y R I C S



WATCHING THE CHARISMATIC GIRLS
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011


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 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

NOTES ON "CHARISMATIC GIRLS": I came up with the melody years ago but never had lyrics to go with it. And then last month, as I walked down Ashby in Berkeley, the phrase "charismatic girls" came to me and I began humming it to the tune of my melody.


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SNEEZE (THE TEA PARTY ANTHEM)
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011



Well, I don't want the government telling me how to sneeze, oh yeah
And I don't want the government saying I can't pray on my knees, oh yeah
Well, I can't help but clench my fist
When I see my country go Socialist
I don't want the government telling me how to sneeze, oh yeah

I don't want the government running the used car lots, oh yeah
And I don't want the government taxin' everything I've got, oh yeah
Well, I ain't antisocial, miss
But I sure am anti-Socialist
I don't want the government telling me how to sneeze

Well, I don't want the government running like north of Niagra, oh yeah
I don't want the government rationing my Viagra, oh yeah
I see the president on ten TV channels
Telling me I gotta stand before some death panel
I don't want the government telling me how to sneeze

Well, I don't want the government legalizing sin, oh yeah
Telling my son he can't pray when the schoolbell rings, oh yeah
Well, I pledge allegiance to the Bible
Teachin' Darwin is some kind of libel
Well, I don't want the government tellin' me how to sneeze

You know, it's my damned right if I wanna catch H1N1, spread
it around to all my loved ones
It's my damn right if I wanna pay for my healthcare instead of
gettin it free like I'm on welfare
It's my damn right, says the second amendment, if I wanna
enforce the Ten Commandments
It's my damn right if I wanna pray to the Lord, instead of prayin'
to Darwin who the liberals adore

I don't want the government tellin' me how
I don't want the government tellin' me how
I don't want the government tellin' me how


NOTES ON "SNEEZE": A sort of Johnny Cashish tune with ironic
lyrics about Tea Partyers. I wrote this in '09 but didn't release it then
because I thought right-wingers might take it as an unironic
endorsement of their ideas. I now think it's meaning is clear.

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YOU ONLY KNEW THE CATERPILLAR
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011


This day

You only knew the caterpillar
You never knew the flier
You only knew the caterpillar
So you think that I'm a liar
Well, you're the one who's lying

This day

You've never seen me fly around
So you don't think that I can't 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


NOTES ON "YOU ONLY KNEW THE CATERPILLAR": This
one started in April with the "This Day" part. Then I came up
with the the "wings don't need air" melody and joined both parts
with an instrumental bit I came up with months ago.


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AIKEN WATERFIELD
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011


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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NOTES ON "AIKEN WATERFIELD": Stylistically, somewhere between late Cobain, early REM. I came up with the title "Aiken Waterfield" years ago, but never had use for it till I came up with the melody for it last month.

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EASIN'
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2011


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


NOTES ON "EASIN'": Initially I was trying for a George Jones sort of thing, with part of the chorus sung by many voices. But then it evolved into something more melodic.

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PAUL'S MAIN MUSIC SITE: www.pauliorio.blogspot.com