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Bayside
by Gary E. Andrews - 10/19/26 10:48 PM
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https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=13867669Lamenting the old days when music fueled our heart Our records were vinyl album covers were our art But times are a-changing just like Dylan thought We still love the goldies but I'll tellya what Shift happens It Started with Adam And an apple on a tree Shift happens We Can't stop a train Comin' straight at you & me Yes my friend Shift happens Longing for muscle cars like big block Chevrolets Heard their thunder comin’ and ran to give a wave We never thought ever they’d be dinosaurs A gas guzzling relic just rich can afford Shift happens It Started with Adam And an apple on a tree Shift happens We Can't stop a train Comin' straight at you & me Yes my friend Shift happens Can we change our thinking Accept the newer beats Stop traffic from stinking Drive electric’ly Shift happens It Started with Adam And an apple on a tree Shift happens We Can't stop a train Comin' straight at you & me Yes my friend Shift happens
Last edited by Neil Cotton; 04/26/19 10:27 AM.
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bump with new version added
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Very catchy, Neil. One for us old codgers! I fondly remember handling album covers and poring over the lyrics. Often they were no better than a lot of what I read here, but, hey! - they're on an album cover, which makes them about as sacred as if they had been carved in marble 
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Gavin,
Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end but,,,Shift Happens. LOL
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Funny song.
I loved it.
Have fun!
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Funny song.
I loved it.
Have fun!
Merci Guy!!!
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Neil,
The sound of this is really solid—nice old rock’n roll sound . . . good choice there. And I like the “Shift Happens” hook. It’s a clever word play . . . reminding me of Blake Shelton’s “Some Beach” . . . which, unfairly, makes me wonder if the lyrics could take a different direction, focusing on situations that go unexpectedly wrong for the singer, leading to the hook.
But I stress “unfairly” . . . because that would make it a very different song . and it works pretty well as is.
Enjoyed it, Neil.
Hope all is well with you,
Deej
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Neil,
The sound of this is really solid—nice old rock’n roll sound . . . good choice there. And I like the “Shift Happens” hook. It’s a clever word play . . . reminding me of Blake Shelton’s “Some Beach” . . . which, unfairly, makes me wonder if the lyrics could take a different direction, focusing on situations that go unexpectedly wrong for the singer, leading to the hook.
But I stress “unfairly” . . . because that would make it a very different song . and it works pretty well as is.
Enjoyed it, Neil.
Hope all is well with you,
Deej I understand your point of changing lyrics. Yes it would be different. I wrote this thinking about people who are stuck in the past , in older ways of thinking. (deny climate change, stay with gas engines instead of hybrids etc.) Rather than preach, I have tried to make it relevant.
Last edited by Neil Cotton; 04/26/19 09:46 AM.
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