Not An Exit recorded our version of "Swingin'" back in 2000, a few months after I'd written it following an introspective visit to Nutley's Yanticaw Park at night. While I certainly liked the way it turned out (a friend told me it reminded her of Frank Zappa, which I found flattering, if unexpected), I decided to re-record it on my own, and finished that in May 2003. My recording is very similar to NAE's; however, when we recorded ours, I somehow couldn't reproduce the guitar part I'd recorded on my first demo, and found myself forced to improvise an alternative. The second time around, doing my own recording, I was able to figure out what I'd actually intended to play; as a result, the guitar part is different, and the second solo is a bit more focused, too.
lyrics
CHORUS:
Swingin' in the park (after dark)!
Swingin' in the park (after dark)!
Swingin' in the park (after dark)!
Swingin'...
I was walkin' through the park,
Had you so much on my mind,
Alone there in the dark,
Hopped on the swings so close to cryin',
I was down 'n I was low, I was swingin' in the park after dark!
Missin' you so bad, babe,
I hoped that you would come back to me,
No one else in sight
As I launched myself... skywardly!
And before I really knew it, I was swingin' in the park after dark!
Well, it helped clear my head,
Though my heart was still sore.
I knew that you loved me
As much as before.
Had our brief moment,
Now we'll have to see
If we'll ever have more;
'Til then I'll be-
CHORUS
And that's the way it goes, babe,
I'm waitin' in the park for you,
Don'tcha take too long, babe,
Don'tcha leave this little boy blue,
I'm hopin' someday soon we'll be swingin' in the park after dark-
Together!
CHORUS:
Swingin' in the park (after dark)!
Swingin' in the park (after dark)!
Swingin' in the park (after dark)!
credits
from Joy in the New,
released August 3, 2004
written and recorded by Andersen Silva
Let Talking Heads, David Bowie, Trent Reznor, the Cars, Roger Waters, and half a Ramone take turns writing and playing songs
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