Each month (more or less), we will install a lyric sheet here for a Shrimp City Slim original song that might be timely.
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Presenting "Prix". I wrote this psychedelic love song in 1973. I was still living in Boston and our all-original band 'Boris' was a commodity. A piano-only/instrumental version of "Prix" appears on "Tidal Pool" and usually gets a good response when performed live. I call it a 'blues minuet'. Decide for yourself!
February 21, 2021
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PRIX (words & music: Gary Erwin, copyright 1973, published by Blue Chasqui Music (BMI).
Verse 1: Tawny waif / and the roar of a smile and our leisurely haste / Calmly frail / and a regular coffee to go
Brimstone babe / knowing more than I told her, telling more than I know / Righteous trade / Give me a kiss and let it show
Chorus: Princess, the cautious emeralds story-dressed / Woman, the transit of caress
Verse 2: Lovers' Day / And the weekends in "Paris" feeling mighty and slain / Passage paid / poem on a pilgrimage to surrogate snow
Wander way / Give me some wine and I can shake it / Nibble prey / I collapse laughing under your load
Chorus
Verse 3: Bonnie bride / She's a blessing of bright in my balderdash eyes / Handsome night / Give me a wink and watch me grow
Darling wife / She's the love of my own for the rest of my life / Life Life Life / Give me some more
Chorus