{"id":18,"date":"2005-10-04T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=18"},"modified":"2015-09-22T17:56:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T00:56:38","slug":"paperback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2005\/10\/04\/paperback\/","title":{"rendered":"Paperback"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GetT<\/span>here was one thing on my mind when I wrote this song.<\/p>\n

I wanted to get in the line, “Get down, baby, get out tonight” — in something that couldn’t be mistaken for a party song.<\/p>\n

And I think I nailed that aspect. No one will party to this song and if they do, well, I’m not responsible.<\/p>\n

I was thinking about this song after the fact and realized that it fits nicely into my plans to re-invent myself as a bitter old has been. As opposed, you know, to a bitter old never was. <\/span>It’s probably a minor distinction to most folks, I suppose, but I think my brothers and sisters in the music biz will appreciate it. At any rate, I have a song, Tell All the Kids<\/span>, that’s specifically about my fall from grace. Or the fall from grace I never had. But, anyhow, that ain’t this<\/span> song.<\/p>\n

So<\/span>, as this <\/span>song spilled out not quite a decade ago, I realized I was telling its story from the point of view of some imaginary, long-suffering rockstar, addressing, for what he evidently hopes is the last time, his histrionic, soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend as she pursues a theatrically anguished voguing session attop the retaining wall of his penthouse terrace.<\/p>\n

Get down, baby.<\/span><\/p>\n

AYoS acoustic version:<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

Paperback<\/span>
\nAKA Get Down Baby (Get Out Tonight) <\/span><\/p>\n

Everywhere it sez you love me
\nbut ya never read the truth
\n’cause when I look into your eyes
\nI can see who’s getting screwed<\/span><\/p>\n

Get down, baby. Get packed,
\nget out tonight.
\nYou’re gone, baby,
\nthat’s right you heard me right.<\/span>
\n
\nA secret’s not a secret
\nunless it has been told
\nour private life’s not really ours
\nuntil all the rights are sold.<\/span><\/p>\n

Get down, baby…<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/span>
\nyou will get some mileage
\nfrom that small town trollop trip
\nbut the journey’s strictly one way, babe
\nand heavenward ain’t it<\/span><\/p>\n

Get down, baby…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

history will tell us
\nall about the truth
\nuntil that time I’ll do fine
\nyour quickie paperback will do<\/span><\/p>\n

Get down, baby…<\/span><\/span>
\nget packed, get out tonight<\/span>
\nyou’re gone<\/span>
\nbaby<\/span>
\nthat’s right
\nyou heard me right<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/10\/96<\/span>
\n
\n(C) 2005, TK Major <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was one thing on my mind when I wrote this song. I wanted to get in the line, “Get down, baby, get out tonight” — in something that couldn’t be mistaken for a party song. And I think I nailed that aspect. No one will party to this song and if they do, well, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,340],"tags":[95,99,97,102,100,96,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}