1) Originally my idea was to write a lyric called 'Pablo's Weeping Women' and have a verse about each significate partner he had. I was thinking the track would be an answer song to Jonathan Richman's song "Pablo Picasso Never Got Called An Asshole" I think it would be fun to have an accompnying video where we had lots of animated fake Picassos. In my head this would be a funky Blockheads number.
Pablo's True Colours
When you were young - Your art got you attention
Your talents won you compliments - your name was always mentioned
Matisse gave you a painting of his daughter Marguerite -
you hung his painting on your wall and then threw darts at it!
Oh Pablo - No Pablo!
Why do you do the things you do?
Oh Pablo - No Pablo!
Why do you do the things you do?
The Parisian dealers were all baffled by your art
they couldn't see the beauty in 5 sex workers wearing masks
At home in Sunny Spain everyone adored all your creations
Maybe in Gay Paree something got lost in the translation?
Oh Pablo - No Pablo!
Why do you do the things you do?
Oh Pablo - No Pablo!
Why do you do the things you do?
You had a tempestuous love affair
with (Madame) Fernande Olivier
when she needed a break and wanted a holiday
you bullied her and used her face as your ash tray
Oh Pablo - No Pablo!
Why do you do the things you do?
Oh Pablo - No Pablo!
Why do you do the things you do?
When you first met Marie Therese outside a gallery
You were nearly 50 she was barely 17
She gave you her youth and became your lover and your muse
You gave her attention but also abuse
Oh Pablo - No Pablo!
Why do you do the things you do?
Oh Pablo - No Pablo!
Why do you do the things you do?
Can I ask you Señor Picasso - what's it like to be such an asshole?
Can I ask you Señor Picasso - what's it like to be such an asshole?
Can I ask you Señor Picasso - what's it like to be such an asshole?
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2) 'Happiness Is A Dog Called Hamlet' or 'Rick Danko's 113 Dream'. I thought it could be a tribute to Dylan & The Band. Johnny Turnbull saw these lyrics and said they were good. I think there's potential. I wrote them after reading about Bob Dylan giving Rick Danko a poodle (that was as large as a bear) as a present. The dog was called Hamlet and in theory he would have heard them record their debut album (Music From The Big Pink)
Deep in the heart of the land of Coca Cola
Rick Danko found a place that his friends could stay over
In their salmon pink house - not that far from Woodstock
The Band could bolt the door and rock around the clock
and
Every word that The Band sang - they made it sound like they believed it
Every target that The Band had - they always achieved it
Ohhhhhh - oh - I love their Country Soooooul
Zimmerman arrived in a corduroy bomber jacket
he gave Rick Danko a poodle called Hamlet
At the drum kit there sat a paw boy from Ar-carn-saw
Hamlet saw Levon as like a piece of the jigsaw
and
Every word The Band sang - they made it sound like they believed it
Every target The Band had - they always achieved it
Ohhhhhh - oh - I love their Country Soooooul
Hamlet's ears pricked up at Garth Hudson's Lowrey keyboard
His merry go round music vibrated through the floorboards
He thought Richard Manuel's falsetto sounded haunting and tragic
and Robbie Robertson's Fender must be made out of magic
and
Every word The Band sang - they made it sound like they believed it
Every target The Band had - they always achieved it
Ohhhhhh - oh - I love their Country Soooooul
Dylan and The Band were like a match made in heaven
They both sang about whatever was burning up inside them
The Band to The Big Zim were just like a fountain of knowledge
He learnt more from them than he would have done at college
and
Every word The Band sang - they made it sound like they believed it
Every target they had - they always achieved it
Ohhhhhh - oh - I love their Country Soooooul
but what did Hamlet think
when he lived in Pig Pink?
(Did they make him wag his tail?)
Yes what did Hamlet think
when he lived in Pig Pink?
How did if feel?
To Be Hamlet?
How did it feel?
To Be Hamlet?
To be or not to be.....that is the question: WOOF WOOF!
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3) Send In The Clowns / Life's a Tragedy To Those Who Feel (I was thinking of the Lou Reed song 'Hanging Around' and the Ian Dury song 'This Is What We Find' - where we are introduced to different characters.
When Cuddly Dudley used to play the piano
All the ladies went wild in the aisles
they were bedazzled by his dexterity
And enchanted by the warmth of his smile
But four marriages ended in sorrow
And his last wife was bad for his health
He could make everyone happy
Everyone apart from himself
Kenneth could have been a great actor
But his Daddy was less than impressed
He hated his namby-pamby manner
and felt threatened by fame and success
Every night Ken wrote in his diary
About his feeling of loneliness
He never found love or got the parts he desired
Making comedies made him depressed
Our Francis was a little bit saucy,
his innuendos were a tiny bit rude.
He'd make us all laugh with his oohs and his ahhs.
His way with words would always keep us amused.
Frankie was known to own a toupee or two
He thought a wig made him attractive to men
In his dreams they’d all fall for his charms
And he’d seduce and then abandon them
(Chorus would be something like: "Life's a tragedy to those who feel, life's not all ha ha he hee, when we feel down, we have to send in the clowns"
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4) I'm So Glad That We Were Friends
I've tried tweaking lyrics to this one. Paul Speare's flute playing on the demo of this is great. The new lines are in bold.
I’m So Glad That We Were FriendsBeing with you was good for my healthI could let my guard down and just be myselfYou made me happy and feel so carefreeMy inspiration and salvationOnly you knew that there was good inside me(instead of "You meant the world to me")I had no confidence but now I do(instead of "No one can do the things you do")And It's all because of you(instead of "I feel so very proud of you"You lifted my spirits again and againAnd I’m so glad that we were friendsI’m so glad, I’m so glad, I’m so glad that we were friendsI used to feel hurt, sad and lost and lonelyBut you came around and brought about a change in meYou've been blessed with a gift (instead of "I finally learned what happiness is")You make people want to live (instead of "You were my hero, my reason to live")I had no faith but now I do (instead of "No one can do the things you do")I am so in debt to you(instead of "I feel so very proud of you"You lifted my spirits again and againAnd I’m so glad that we were friendsI’m so glad, I’m so glad, I’m so glad that we were friends“I’m so glad”
