Written and performed by Mike (drums programmed)
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Everyone’s got a thang
A thang they like a lot My thang’s bright and beautiful And it grows out of a pot I like flowers Chamomile makes me smile Daisies drive me crazy And when my day’s been a disaster I get right with the family aster I like flowers I ain’t afraid to sing it out I like flowers Cali poppies make me shout Elderflower gives me power Manzanita’s sweet-ah Just send some rose straight up my nose For an olfactory treat-ah I like flowers I like to smell ‘em, and eat ‘em too I like flowers I like to cut ‘em, and give ‘em to you So I toil in the soil And I flirt with the dirt Yeah, I’m a man with a watering can And my plan is to stand with the bountiful land I like-- —what do we like? WE LIKE FLOWERS [THIS NEXT SECTION COULD BE UP AN OCTAVE] And all the birds and the bees and the butterflies say: Pollination all across the nation Sage is all the rage [IDEALLY UP AN OCTAVE THROUGH THE NEXT CHORUS - I CAN’T SING THAT HIGH] A marigold—I’m sold ‘Cause there ain’t no finer thing Than a garden in the spring I like flowers Everybody sing it loud I like flowers Sing it out if the birds and the bees and the butterflies make you proud Sing it out Say it loud: WE LIKE FLOWERS I like flowers |
Do You Like Flowers?
If so, then you might enjoy this song I wrote for the Radioactives (and recorded in demo form). Do you know the Teddy Pendergrass song, Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose? The vibe of the music is lighthearted, but if you listen closely to the words, they’re deadly serious. What is Teddy deadly serious about? Partying. He is singing this song for a purpose, and this purpose is to let you know in no uncertain terms that he is here to party, and he is going to party come hell or high water, and if you are in Teddy’s general vicinity you had better get down to business and start partying too. (Threats are never specifically issued but, I believe, are implied.) So I wondered: what if a Teddy-like funkster sang with equal seriousness about their passion for the delicate, many-splendored beauty of flowers? Please note that I wrote this song for Will Hammond, Jr. to sing, but this is me singing on the demo, and I am not half the singer that Will is. I am just trying to point the way for him. Someday I hope you’ll get to hear it the way it’s meant to be, but I got impatient and wanted to share it with you. I hope you like it as much as I like flowers. |