Hey Folks - Here's an original song of mine called "Too Fast". I wrote most of the lyrics way back in the summer of 1990 when I was staying with relatives in Sicily. The music came a few years later and now I've finally gotten around to finishing this recording. If you want to download it click on 'More' above and then click 'Download now'. A huge thanks goes out to Chris Lamendola for helping out with this project. Cheers - JP

Too Fast (Words and Music by John Paul Roccaforte)

Sitting in the summer sun with a glass of lemonade 
It’s time to have some fun, we’ve got it made 
Listening to the birds sing and waiting for that afternoon rain 
Don’t want to ever see those school books again

Looking at the sun beams shining through an old pine tree 
Weaving through the shadows, heading for the sea 
Lying around at the beach on the white, hot sand 
Feeling the cool breeze blowing over the land

A castle in the background sitting on a mountain top 
The tall green trees are swaying and the blue sky never stops 
Kicking back in a meadow, cracking a bottle of red wine 
Pulling out the guitars, strumming sure feels fine

We’ll watch the sun fall off the earth and lie down in the grass 
We’ll stay up late each night and talk about the past 
But soon the days grow shorter and you find you’re wearing long pants 
That’s when we’ll all know that it’s gone by much too fast

John Paul Roccaforte: vocals, acoustic, electric, and lap steel guitars, bass, organ, piano
Chris Lamendola: drums

Gear: Martin DM acoustic, Fender Stratocaster, National lap steel, Fender P-Bass, Hammond B3 organ with 122 Leslie cabinet, Everett acoustic piano, Tama Rock Star drum kit

Thanks to Chris Lamendola for recording expertise and equipment.

John Paul Roccaforte

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