"Plastic Parrots"

I wake up
Jet lagged
Leftovers from the first class
Window seat
Studio
The fire's out
The embers glow
Out here on the street
The icy beat of the Elderly
Hop right out of bed
Let's get it done before we're dead
 
The time I waste, a lot, just taking the time to plot
A scheme designed to frustrate friends and family, I'm so glad you all came
But you got to go, I love your kids
Their seven-year-old universe moves me, but never sits down
I'll be out on the coast with the salt of the earth
By the crash of the wave, thousands of hours from birth
 
Say James take me home again
When I make my move I blend right in
Light blue leisure suit
Pork-pie-hat
I never lose
When I mingle with the ladies in the club
 
Take a step, take a step outside, take it outside
I can't take it when there are people outside, when I'm down for the count wanting only to hide
Get your bike of my lawn,  get your eyes off my moon
It was there the first day that I started to swoon
 
Take a step, take a step
 
Step out on the dance floor with the shoes I bought in 1954
No lady can resist me, I always sit in the balcony
Fate rests in little moves, I'm an old man I know what to do
High-rises I built, make me feel less of the guilt (repeat)

Lyrics by Davies/ Quinn; music by The Elderly
 
Chris Barrett: keys/drums/trumpet
George Hall: feedback
Will Davies: first vocal
Joe Kowalski: keys/loops/bass
Jim Gerdeman: record/eBow
Kevin Quinn: second vocal/bg vocals
Rafi Sofer: guitar/voice changer
Michael Spaly: violin

Produced/ engineered by The Elderly; mixed by Joe Kowalski
Mastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Sound, VT
Cover art by Kate Connell

Plastic Parrots

From the full length album "Early Birdin' with The Elderly," coming soon at http://theelderly-boston.bandcamp.com!

Music and lyrics by Gerdeman/ Quinn
 
Chris Barrett: synth/drum programming/synth bass
George Hall: guitar
Will Davies: snare/yelps
Joe Kowalski: synthesizer
Jim Gerdeman: vocoder/words
Kevin Quinn: choir/slide/words
Rafi Sofer: eBow
Michael Spaly: banjo/mandolin

Produced/ engineered by The Elderly; mixed by Rafi Sofer
Cover design by Kate Connell
Mastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Sound, VT
©2014 The Elderly

New West

From the album "Early Birdin' with The Elderly." Full album download includes activity book pdf with full lyrics and liner notes! 

http://theelderly-boston.bandcamp.com

Parking

From the album "Early Birdin' with The Elderly." Full album download includes activity book pdf with full lyrics and liner notes! 

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Moonlit Dilemma (music - The Elderly / lyrics - Jim Gerdeman)

A family curse
A moonlit night
I go berserk
Behind the door
My skin's so itchy

I've got a problem it's a...
it's a moonlit dilemma (caught in a dilemma of moonlight)
I've got a moonlit dilemma

The basketball team is counting on me
To howl my way to victory
But do they even like me?

You don't need an invite to howl in the moonlight

There's a girl in my high school she looks 27
And somehow she's dating a guy
From a rival high school who looks 29

You don’t need an invite, it’s only the moonlight

I can shoot and score
I can scare and roar
And I can huff and puff and blow this house down

My dad tries to talk to me
And make me see
Who I am
And who I'll be
When the moonlight... strikes... me...

I am a man!!!

It's the ﬁnal game
Everybody knows my name
I don't know what to do
Do I be the wolf or the man?
Or should I just be who I am?
It's a moonlit dilemma

Chris Barrett - keys/drums(bridge); Will Davies - drums; Jim Gerdeman - main vocal/stylophone/lyrics; George Hall - guitar; Joe Kowalski - synthesizer; Kevin Quinn - bass/backing vocals/lyrics; Rafi Sofer - guitar; Michael Spaly - oud/violin; Stephen Walther, Jr. - special guest invocations

Produced & engineered by The Elderly; mixed by Joe Kowalski
Mastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Sound, VT

Moonlit Dilemma

From the album "Early Birdin' with The Elderly." Full album download includes activity book pdf with full lyrics and liner notes!

theelderly-boston.bandcamp.com

Takeaway (music - The Elderly / lyrics - Jim Gerdeman, Kevin Quinn)

Say it’s mandatory, it don’t matter
I’m drifting to the drone
Soon as they break out the deli platter
Then I’ll be in the zone
A sip of diet Coca-Cola
Pretend to write things down
The graph looks like a roller coaster
But there’s no motion

What’s the takeaway, what’s the takeaway
Honestly man, who can say
What’s the takeaway, what’s the takeaway
Either way, I’m a slave (Suki lake)

There’s a pigeon right outside my window
18 stories high
If I could trade places what I do know
I'd spread my wings and ﬂy
To a steeple high above the city where I can plainly see
But I’m stuck here and there’s no big picture
Just power-pointing

Let me just say one thing in conclusion
I’ve heard that one before
Listening to the masters of confusion
I’ve just one question

Chris Barrett - rhodes/clavi/backing vocals; Will Davies - drums/BeeBot; Jim Gerdeman - bass/vocal/lyrics; George Hall - guitar; Joe Kowalski - synthesizer/ofﬁce percussion; Kevin Quinn - main vocal/lyrics; Rafi Sofer - guitar, solo; Michael Spaly - jar

Produced & engineered by The Elderly; mixed by Rafi Sofer
Mastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Sound, VT

TakeAway

From the album "Early Birdin' with The Elderly." Full album download includes activity book pdf with full lyrics and liner notes!

theelderly-boston.bandcamp.com

Hittin' On You (music & lyrics - George Hall)

When the clock hands on the wall
Read a quarter to last call
And the options - such as they are - they grow few
When the barman turns to say
‘You gotta go soon, but ﬁrst you better pay’
That’s the time I’ll come hittin'
Hittin’ On You

I’m a straightforward man
And I just want you to understand
I’m not much to look at, that’s true
And if you’re no Catherine Zeta
You’re looking better
’Cause it’s getting later
But not too late to come 
Hittin’ On You

It was not so long ago
That the room was all aglow
With music & dancin’ & soft conversation
The odds were lookin’ ﬁne
Till there came a steep decline
And as the crowd thinned,
So too did my expectations

I could sure use another beer
But the barman acts like he don’t hear
Y'know, I think I got something home in the fridge…
I’m just sayin’


Now the hour’s getting late
And the waitstaff, they don’t wanna wait
It’s time to let some old beggars choose
For tonight I’ve come hittin’
I’m Hittin’ On You

Chris Barrett - organ/percussion/trumpet/backing vocals; Will Davies - drums; Jim Gerdeman - backing vocals; George Hall - vocal/guitars/solo/lyrics; Joe Kowalski - organ/accordion/piano; Kevin Quinn - bass/backing vocals; Rafi Sofer - meanderin' lead guitar; Michael Spaly - mandolin/nashville guitar/backing vocals

Produced & engineered by The Elderly; mixed by Rafi Sofer
Mastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Sound, VT

Hittin' On You

From the album "Early Birdin' with The Elderly." Full album download includes activity book pdf with full lyrics and liner notes!

theelderly-boston.bandcamp.com

Le Grand Festival du Pantalones (music - The Elderly / lyrics - Kevin Quinn)

I just don’t understand
I just don’t understand you, I just don’t understand
I know so much about you, that I don’t understand
And when you come over, it’s just more of the same
There’s just so much about you, I could never explain

Is there something communicated?  Is the use of words overrated?
Let the festival ride make life seem less real
Let it reveal, what is not real,  what is not real
Is everything you say meant to make a man insane? 
Can you find another way?

I don’t know, I don’t know
You could talk all night, I wouldn’t understand you

These polyester pants are embarrassing
These polyester pants are too form fitting
There is not a pair of pants in my size
Looking at my reflection in your eyes
There’s a dressing room mirror that tells lies
Selling me the illusion pants will change my life
Change, change, change, change my life

Chris Barrett - trumpet/bass; Will Davies - drums; Jim Gerdeman - accordion/electric mouth; George Hall - guitar; Joe Kowalski - synthesizer/piano/voice manipulation; Kevin Quinn - vocal/lyrics; Rafi Sofer - guitar; Michael Spaly - mandolin

Produced & engineered by The Elderly; mixed by Joe Kowalski
Mastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Sound, VT

Le Grand Festival du Pantalones

From the album "Early Birdin' with The Elderly." Full album download includes activity book pdf with full lyrics and liner notes!

theelderly-boston.bandcamp.com

Out of Wood (music & lyrics - Will Davies)

Just when you think things can be good
Can’t build a ﬁre when you’re out of wood
Say something, nobody hears
The sound will resonate over the years
And if you think the choice is yours
Think a little more

Don’t call me old just cuz I’m elderly
Don’t see no cobwebs hanging on me
Come back don’t go over the edge
Not for nothing thought I was better off dead

Chris Barrett - percussion; Will Davies - vocal/acoustic guitar/drums/lyrics; Jim Gerdeman - bass; George Hall - 12 string guitar; Joe Kowalski - organ; Kevin Quinn - backing vocals; Rafi Sofer - guitar; Michael Spaly - violin, cowbell

Produced & engineered by The Elderly; mixed by Rafi Sofer
Mastered by Pete Weiss at Verdant Sound, VT

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