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this is one of those songs, inspired by Sly Stone, that takes doo-wop, turns it sideways, then serves it up with some badass downbeats.

the lyrics are about the irony of life as an artist.

you want to be spiritual, but your physical world interferes.

you hate the rat race, but you gotta pay rent

you wanna make art, but you gotta keep the lights on.

ugh!
life!

let's sing somethin'!

lyrics

IRONY’S LOST
Music and lyrics by Vernon

Bum ba bahdup bahdup, Bum ba bahdup bahdup
Bum ba bahdup bahdup ooooooo (6 times)

Standing in a crowd of fifty million
Staring at a darkening sky
Fearing that this is surely Armageddon
Hoping I got the strength to fight this fight
Singing to myself a childish sonnet.
Trying to sing it from my heart
Whining about the details and minutiae
Marching before the drummers even start
Dancing like I’m stomping incantations
Praying, meditation’s too damn loud
Pounding a heartbeat so I can feel it
Moving ‘til I can make my momma proud
Posing through a megaphone that’s broken
Screaming like I’m deaf and cannot hear
Crawling to get some ‘tention from the camera
Stronger than the sum of all my fears
Poor poor little ole me Your eyes have been opened to the truth
Poor poor little ole me The world don’t revolve around you
Poor poor little ole me Sorry not sorry boo hoooooo
Who’s your baby?

Irony is kinda lost on me
Destiny seems kind of far you see
Honesty chop down the cherry tree
Harmony is what you want from me
Irony is kinda lost on me
Destiny seems kind of far to see
Honesty chop down the cherry tree
Harmony is what you want from me

Bop bop bop bah-op bop bop….
Trombone solo

Bum ba bahdup bahdup, Bum ba bahdup bahdup
Bum ba bahdup bahdup ooooooo (4 Times)

Poor poor little ole me Your eyes have been opened to the truth
Poor poor little ole me The world don’t revolve around you
Poor poor little ole me Sorry not sorry boo hoooooo
Who’s your baby?

Irony Ironically it’s not really the end of the world
Destiny Destiny is one of those things that’s kiiiinda vague
Honesty yanno you’re trying to be honest with yourself
Harmony and just no harmony coming from it

Irony All you can really do is try to sing these songs from
your heart
Destiny Whining about details and marching before the
Honesty drummers even start. Not really being honest, is it
Harmony I dunno harmony? Just sing it, Yanno what I’m
Sayin?
Irony Irony is so lost on me
Destiny Destiny is way too far for me to see
Honesty I’m trying to be honest here
Harmony Harmony yes. That’s what I want

credits

from The Sticky Live Funk, released December 23, 2020
lead vocals: Vernon Williams
background vocals: Vernon and Amy
guitars: VW
bass: Daniel Mench-Thurlow
drums: Keith Fallis
percussion: Angela Gabriel
trombone: Micah J. Hood
tenor sax: Daniel Mench-Thurlow
keyboards: Christopher Sydney Ishee


written and produced by
Vernon W. and Amy Lindquist
Engineered by: Kabby Kabakoff
Mixed by: Peter Larkin
Mastered by: Will Dyer

all tracks recorded at Kabby Sound Studios, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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