“THE APOLOGISTS” AS SUNG BY DANIEL N. GALLO & DANIEL J. GALLO AS RECORDED BY A 10-YR-OLD CELLPHONE FROM A 5 YR-OLD RADIOSHACK TAPE RECORDER.  TO BE INCLUDED ON THE FORTHCOMING “ELASTIC NOSTALGIA EP.”

WORDS: THE APOLOGISTS: WE’VE GOT ENOUGH BONES TO PICK TO FILL A MUSEUM / WE’RE STRUNG WITH CRUTCHES AND CASTS / WE’VE GOT ENOUGH BONES TO PICK TO FILL A MUSEUM / WE’RE STRUNG WITH CRUTCHES AND CASTES* / AND THEY’RE ALL HAND-MADE / AND THEY’RE ALL HAND-MADE / AND THEY’RE ALL HAND-MADE // WHILE YOU’VE BEEN SPENDING YOUR TIME / GETTING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN / EVERYTHING’S BEEN MOVING AND CHANGING / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT!OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! // “HOW DO WE LIVE ONCE WE DISCOVER DEATH?” / ”HOW DO WE LIVE ONCE WE DISCOVER DEATH?” / ”BUT HOW DO WE LIVE ONCE WE DISCOVER DEATH?” / IT’S OK WE’LL DAISY-CHAIN THESE NIGHTS TOGETHER / UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE, UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE / UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE, UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE / UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE, UNTIL WE’VE MADE A LIFE // WHILE YOU’VE BEEN SPENDING YOUR TIME / GETTING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN / EVERYTHING’S BEEN MOVING AND CHANGING / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT!OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT! / OH, TIME WELL SPENT! OH, TIME WELL SPENT!

*I INCLUDE THIS BECAUSE I HAVEN’T QUITE MADE MY MIND UP ABOUT IT.  IS THE PLAY-ON-SOUNDS-AND-WORDS TOO PRECIOUS?  PROBABLY.  BUT IS IT WORTH-WHILE ANYWAY?  I DON’T KNOW.

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