LYRICS
Humpty Dumpty’s egg
Is on its last leg
In free fall
Off the wall
Please don’t forget
A bombardier’s regret
When bombs fall
There’s no recall
Their shadows foreshadowing
Where things are going
A race in motion
Commotion
Will stay in motion
Run its natural course
(Of course)
A race in motion
In need of notion
In need of an outside force
The coefficient of friction
Is too inefficient
Our vice — slippery ice
In free fall…
… falling down
With nothing
To slow us down
… no, nothing to slow us down
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Em Em7(11) D / CM7 Em7(11) Em7; 140 BPM Bossa nova
The phrase bossa nova means literally “new trend” or “new wave”.
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
From the album Premortem
Written between the corners of Market, High, Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA — Gay Church