passageway
‘Passageway’ is an album about transitions, not least from life to death. There are very few lyrics to these songs.
01 this way or any other
This is, in fact, a hidden ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo,’ so just borrow those lyrics from the Catholic Church.
02 first time on board
… travelling to an unknown land.
03 in a distant land
… and getting there.
04 body in evidence
Arms and legs
And minds and hearts
Intertwined in love and art
Explore them widely
Explore them deep
Fast by day
And slow to sleep
And minds and hearts
Intertwined in love and art
Explore them widely
Explore them deep
Fast by day
And slow to sleep
05 seeing around corners
06 passageway
07 hard winter
08 night
09 meeting the governor
Just before Gavin Newsom was elected Governor of California in 2018, my wife Kathleen and I were crossing Sansome Street in San Francisco. I pointed him out to Kathleen and she hared after him to shake his hand. He was most gracious. It’s just as well he didn’t know that her dream is for him to campaign naked.
10 love walked out across the room
Love walked out in 1985
Couldn’t have been more surprised
Said she’d discovered liberation
Thought she had been objectified
I asked my asshole brother-in-law
If he knew where she’d been
Said who cares, my boy?
Sure she’ll be back real soon
Asked my asshole uncle
Who told me much the same
‘Twas only Cousin Frank who told the truth
She’d always been a loon
Turns out she was living high in old Detroit
Driving a chromed-up Motown mobile
Surrounded by devoted lovers
Couldn’t have been more surprised
Said she’d discovered liberation
Thought she had been objectified
I asked my asshole brother-in-law
If he knew where she’d been
Said who cares, my boy?
Sure she’ll be back real soon
Asked my asshole uncle
Who told me much the same
‘Twas only Cousin Frank who told the truth
She’d always been a loon
Turns out she was living high in old Detroit
Driving a chromed-up Motown mobile
Surrounded by devoted lovers
11 such a great morning
12 trepidation
13. songbird
Songbird
Is over the moon
It's got the words
It's got the tune
Songbird
Can barely take flight
It's been singing all day
It's been singing all night
Songbird
Wishes it were a crow
It wants to be a rapper
But it's stuck with what I know
Is over the moon
It's got the words
It's got the tune
Songbird
Can barely take flight
It's been singing all day
It's been singing all night
Songbird
Wishes it were a crow
It wants to be a rapper
But it's stuck with what I know
14. in my dreams
15. arrival
Instruments used during the recording of ‘passageway’
Guitars:
Epiphone Les Paul Custom Shop Special
Epiphone Dot Studio
Fender Stratocaster (Mexican-built)
Gretsch Streamliner
Ibanez Gio
Savannah acoustic
Bass:
Sterling SUB
Keyboards:
Yamaha P-115
Epiphone Les Paul Custom Shop Special
Epiphone Dot Studio
Fender Stratocaster (Mexican-built)
Gretsch Streamliner
Ibanez Gio
Savannah acoustic
Bass:
Sterling SUB
Keyboards:
Yamaha P-115