Here's the online edition of my new album -- "'I'm an Infidel' (and
Six Other Songs)" -- featuring seven newly minted tracks by me.
Enjoy! Paul Iorio
P.S. -- I can be reached at pliorio@aol.com if you'd like a physical CD or other
info! (And thanks to the radio people who have already aired some album tracks!)
Here's the MP3 edition! (Lyrics below.) Just click on each title to hear it for free!
1. I'M AN INFIDEL.
2. IF YOU HEAR A SYMPHONY.
3. AIN'T THAT ALL.
4. REFLECTION IN A PUDDLE.
5. BLASPHEMY.
6. SUNDOWN ON FURTUNE STREET.
7. (I WANNA GET) OFF THIS TRAIN (AND SOMEWHERE MORE SANE).
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L Y R I C S
I’M AN INFIDEL
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
Ain’t got no freedom
Have to draw what I’m told
They say the earth
Is 6,000 years old
I’m an infidel
I’m an infidel
They ban free speech
But I don’t buy it
They say my song
Might cause a riot
I’m an infidel
I’m an infidel
I’m an infidel
I’m an infidel
Sweet blasphemy
[I’m an unbeliever because I’m not naiver.]
Copernicus and Darwin, too
Once denigrated the religion we knew
They’ve no respect for my secular views
They want me to bow to whatever they do
I’m an infidel
I’m an infidel
I’m an infidel
They put the pressure on the powers that be
But what’s so wrong with idolatry?
I’m an infidel
I’m an infidel
Sweet blasphemy
[Im an unbeliever because I’m not naiver]
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IF YOU HEAR A SYMPHONY
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
If I had a dime for every song that Waxwing sang at my window
I’d buy a ticket to where you are right now
And I’d sing this song outside your window
Knowing you’d just shut the shade on me
I blew my last chance years ago
But if you hear a symphony
You’ll know it was written by me
You’re the reason for’melody
It’s about you (only)
You’re the reason (for melody)
Guess I’ll just get out of the way
Guess you don’t want me to stay
I hear you got your feet so dirty
with my tongue
Look what I’ve become
I used to have more pride than I have now
I guess I can’t try to persuade you
And trying hard will only dissuade you
If it don’t happen naturally, I’m gone
If you hear a symphony
You’ll know just what inspired me
You’ll know it’s autobiography
It’s about you (only)
You’re the reason (for melody)
If you hear a symphony
You’ll know that you got to me
You’re the reason for’melody
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AIN’T THAT ALL
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
Hawaii
Bahraini
She looks great when it’s rainy
Wet topping
No stockings
Barefootin’ , oh she’s rockin’
Ain’t that all
Ain’t that all
Ain’t that all
Ain’t that a ball
Ain’t that all
Ain’t that a ball
She’s the girl with the powder dress on
Ex-boyfriend
Her escort
The electrician had a real short
Tell Darwin
She’s evolvin’
She’s a natural selection when she’s rockin’
Ain’t that all
[chorus]
Strange genitalia
How’d we end up alive?
Drunk bacchanalia
Till the day we die
She’s got it all
She’s got it all
She’s got it all
Got it all untied
Lon Cheney
He’s grainy
She dances to Ma Rainey
Ain’t that all
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REFLECTION IN A PUDDLE
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
Reflections in a puddle make me dream
Reflections in a puddle, so serene
When a puddle evaporates
So does the reflection in the puddle
Reflections in a puddle look inspired
Reflecting all the firs and birds and spires
When a puddle evaporates
So does the reflection in the puddle
Reflection in the puddle’s go some soul
Don’t wonder where its soul goes when it goes
It just evaporates
Just like the reflection in the puddle
Just like a reflection in the puddle
Just like a reflection in the puddle
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BLASPHEMY
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio\
Copyright 2013
Blasphemy, blasphemy
All I wanna do is blasphemy
Sacrilege, idolatry is better than theology
Heaven’s got no highways, yeah
Heaven’s got no highways
Blasphemy, blasphemy
All I wanna do is blasphemy
Sacrilege, idolatry is better than theology
Heaven’s got no highways, yeah
Heaven’s got no highways
Galileo once was jailed for sacrilege
The Sun goes ‘round the Earth or else you’r ein the brig
And don’t go acting like you own the copyright to deities
They belong to you and me
Blasphemy, blasphemy
All I wanna do is blasphemy
Sacrilege, idolatry is better than theology
Heaven’s got no highways, yeah
Heaven’s got no highways
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Sundown on Fortune Street
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
Change a friend, you lose a friend
Like it does
Those who we can’t see through
We will surely love
And in the fish market, do we change our voice
or does our voice change us?
Sundown on Fortune Street
It’s getting too dark today
Sundown on fortune street
It’s getting too stark to stay
One day, I’m gonna fly away
One day, I’m gonna fly away
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OFF THIS TRAIN
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
I wanna get off this train and somewhere more sane
I wanna get off this train and somewhere more sane
I wanna get off this train and outta the rain
I wanna get off this train and outta this pain
I wanna get off this train
Off this train
Birds sing staccato,
The few leaves on the trees
Look like notes scored on sheet music to me
Always buy umbrellas on a sunny day
You’ll keep from getting wet and rainy that way
I wanna get off this train
Off this train
Somewhere more sane
I wanna get off this train
Off this train
We dreamed of suicide outside the small building near the barn/blown
away by the cumulus, blown away by the cirrus/we forgot all about the suciide
Somewhere more sane
Somewhere more sane