New recording: Build it up
Posted in Call it what you like! on July 20th, 2009 by adminThis week’s song was begun about a year ago, born out of thoughts on the economic hijinks on Wall Street and beyond. Much of the specific inspiration, though, came from this piece, which was part of the fantastic comic-art show Marg had in 2007.
Seriously, a couple of years ago you couldn’t swing a dead cat in this town without hitting a brand-new condo building. Giant barfing construction anime-critters are the ONLY POSSIBLE EXPLANATION. Most of these places never seemed to sell many units, and yet the developers made enough to take a vacation in Paris and then build the next one. Made no sense to me until everything went down the tubes.
I imagine something bigger and proggier for this one eventually, but this version gets the ideas across, I think.
Build it up (get yer .mp3 RIGHT HERE, folks. Step right up!)
Words and Music © 2009 Mark Frey
Build it up
then walk away
buy it out
then make them pay
fill it in
but never stay
build it up
build it up
sell it off
before it’s done
burn it down
just for fun
write it off
while you’re on the run
build it up
build it up
it’s all we know
and change, change comes slow
these are the cards we show
it’s all we know
grab a piece
but don’t pay cash
wring it dry
and toss the trash
ride it high
then let it crash
build it up.