Snippets from the mind of an American hero. Random observations about life, love, fishing, dementia, music, sports, and yodeling. General strangeness. Intellectual badassery.
Where do we go from here now that all other children are growing up?
And how do we spend our lives if there’s no-one to lend us a hand?
I don’t wanna live here no more, I don’t wanna stay
Ain’t gonna spend the rest of my life, quietly fading away
Games people play, you take it or you leave it
Things that they say, honor bright
If I promise you the moon and the stars, would you believe it?
Games people play in the middle of the night
Where do we go from here now that all of the children have grown up?
And how do we spend our time knowing nobody gives us a damn?
I don’t wanna live here no more, I don’t wanna stay
Ain’t gonna spend the rest of my life, quietly fading away
Games people play, You take it or leave it
Things that they say, just don’t make it right
If I’m telling you the truth right now, do you believe it?
Games people play in the middle of the night
Games people play, you take it or you leave it
Things that they say, honor bright
If I promise you the moon and the stars, would you believe it?
Games people play in the middle of the night
Games people play, you take it or leave it
Things that they say, just don’t make it right
If I’m telling you the truth right now, do you believe it?
Games people play in the middle of the night
Today, I am feeling like a little old school prog rock from a band that is often overlooked and never given its due. From the mid-1970s to the late-1980s, Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson steadily churned out a string of quality albums that are criminally omitted from many best-of lists from that era. Interestingly, this is one of the few APP songs with Lenny Zakatek as the vocalist. Most APP songs featured Woolfson at the mic.
Interestingly, the phrase, “honor bright,” is a British term meaning “wonder no further.”
adverb, Informal.
1.
upon my honor; really and truly:
I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
I always thought he was singing, “Things that they say aren’t right.” Made sense to me. I’ve only been singing it incorrectly 35 years.
