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This one was posted a few weeks ago, and, although I was happy with how it turned out, it seemed to have somewhere else to go. When ziti agreed to play what I expected to be a straight lead break, I thought that might help. Little did I know that Fran would take the song by the scruff of the neck and in the process, take it somewhere else altogether! For me, this has been a rare insight into the impact that a seriously skilled player can have on a simple song. Fran plays 5 guitar tracks here – listen for the held note in the intro, the sirens in verse 2 and the intensity of the solo. I am so proud of how this has turned out.
Play this at that volume just short of your ears starting to bleed!
Play this at that volume just short of your ears starting to bleed!
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Lyrics
The Eggshell Walk
© 11/2005 Neil Porter
We lie awake at daybreak
And you ask me how the world gets on outside
Another shattered marketplace
Another scattered day of broken lives
Chorus
I’m scared to turn the news on
In the morning
Don’t know what might happen
In my sleep
They’ve got you and me
Doing the Eggshell Walk
Doesn’t seem like
Freedom much to me
Streets of Paris burning
Someone else’s city, could be yours
A signal of frustration
With the growing gap dividing rich and poor
Chorus
I’m scared to turn the news on
In the morning
Don’t know what might happen
In my sleep
They’ve got you and me
Doing the Eggshell Walk
Doesn’t seem like
Freedom much to me
They send ‘em home in body bags
2000 already, there’ll be more
We don’t count the other side
30,000 people, that’s the score
Chorus
Getting scared to wake up
In the morning
Anything could happen
In my sleep
They’ve got you and me
Doing the Eggshell Walk
Doesn’t seem like
Freedom much to me
Refrain
You put one foot forward
And you look around
You shade your eyes
And you test the ground
You jump at shadows
And you shy at sounds
If you wonder why you’re dancing
You’re doing the Eggshell Walk
Chorus
Starting to get angry
In the morning
Starting to have nightmares
In my sleep
They’ve got you and me
Doing the Eggshell Walk
Seems like an unholy mess to me
SEDITION
TERRORIST
SHOOT TO KILL
DETENTION CENTRE
Let’s think about it!
BALI
IRAQ
SUICIDE BOMBER
XENOPHOBIA
Just think about it
© 11/2005 Neil Porter
We lie awake at daybreak
And you ask me how the world gets on outside
Another shattered marketplace
Another scattered day of broken lives
Chorus
I’m scared to turn the news on
In the morning
Don’t know what might happen
In my sleep
They’ve got you and me
Doing the Eggshell Walk
Doesn’t seem like
Freedom much to me
Streets of Paris burning
Someone else’s city, could be yours
A signal of frustration
With the growing gap dividing rich and poor
Chorus
I’m scared to turn the news on
In the morning
Don’t know what might happen
In my sleep
They’ve got you and me
Doing the Eggshell Walk
Doesn’t seem like
Freedom much to me
They send ‘em home in body bags
2000 already, there’ll be more
We don’t count the other side
30,000 people, that’s the score
Chorus
Getting scared to wake up
In the morning
Anything could happen
In my sleep
They’ve got you and me
Doing the Eggshell Walk
Doesn’t seem like
Freedom much to me
Refrain
You put one foot forward
And you look around
You shade your eyes
And you test the ground
You jump at shadows
And you shy at sounds
If you wonder why you’re dancing
You’re doing the Eggshell Walk
Chorus
Starting to get angry
In the morning
Starting to have nightmares
In my sleep
They’ve got you and me
Doing the Eggshell Walk
Seems like an unholy mess to me
SEDITION
TERRORIST
SHOOT TO KILL
DETENTION CENTRE
Let’s think about it!
BALI
IRAQ
SUICIDE BOMBER
XENOPHOBIA
Just think about it
Jim Bouchard
Yum! Liquid lightning guitar...I liked this a lot before, and Fran has enhanced this greatly. Also it seems yet another side of ziti playing, this being less blues and more progressive rock. Good job all around.
I like the little coda on the end, interesting sound collage!