Stars Mars and Bungalow Bars 

Here’s a little ditty that harkens back to the kind of music that the band America made famous. And, I’m speaking specifically of a mysterious 1971 tune they recorded called “A Horse with No Name.” I didn't intend to emulate that work, actually. In this instance, I was working with the Standard Chords of the Key of C and some lyrics that spoke to a blunt force trauma injury I incurred as a child while playing hardball (baseball) with my older brother and his “big” friends. 

The lyrics below, tell that story as I vaguely remember it. As it turns out, I believe that accident somehow, someway, put me on a path to a life as a creative individual. This song is a dream to me as a vague recall of a somewhat unpleasant childhood experience. And, this demo was recorded as a reiteration of that dream, with a pulsing, phased acoustic guitar effect to accentuate that feeling of uneasiness. Thanks go out to the ever-talented Amy Robbins-Wilson whose haunting A Capella version of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” lends to the haunting tonality of this track.
Though the song was originally recorded in 2014, it was remixed to turn up the acoustic bass to the max and mastered at emastered.com in May of 2016. Bazinga!
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Stars, Mars & Bungalow Bars by Michael Delgorio
VERSE
So, the Big boys ALL were gonna’ play hard ball
I stood tall, it was my call, n’ I was down for it all
With me in along, pray tell, they said it “wouldn’t end too well”
Don’t leave me behind, so I whined, n’ shortstop I was assigned
In all the rubble, n’ on the double, m’ brother said “Stay outta’ trouble!”
VERSE
Batter UP!, FATE got TOUGH, at that home plate
Tapped it twice, slice o’ life n’ motioned to the left-field gate
Standin’ tall, all-in-all, rocked n’ rolled behind the ball
Fallin’ short o’ that long haul, he gave it his all
That was when, I was 10, n’ a line drive rocked my head
CHORUS
Seein’ stars, and Mars and Bungalow Bars 
Mallowmars, Bumper Cars n’ Grape Jelly Jars
Moon Beams, Dairy Queens, n’ Jacks n’ Queens
Never been the same, ever since that game, no one to blame…but me
One dusky afternoon, was when I danced to a different tune
Chorus
Seein’ stars, and Mars and Bungalow Bars 
Mallowmars, Bumper Cars n’ Grape Jelly Jars
Submarines, In-Be-Tweens n’ Magazines
Moon Beams, Dairy Queens, n’ Jacks n’ Queens
Never the same, ever since that game, no one to blame…but me
One dusky afternoon, so long ago, was when I danced to a different tune


Stars Mars And Bungalow Bars - Remix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

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