Song Description
An electro-folk tune in the style of The Flaming Lips & The Beta Band, featuring a wide array of vintage electronic instrument sounds. The narrator is an inventor of electronic instruments who, now 70 years old, is one of the last of of his breed, among t
| Song Length |
4:06 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Electronic - Electronica |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Affable, Composed |
Subject |
Scientist, Instruments |
| Similar Artists |
Wilco, Bjork |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
The Tesla Coil is gathering dust,
The Jacob's Ladder gone to rust.
Its not like how I thought it'd be -----
Still in the lab at 70.
But dreaming up things is all I know to do
& wait until that day when the old is new.
But 'till then
Everything new is old again.
Everything new is old again.
Perhaps I'll be one of the greats,
But for now I'll have to wait,
'Cause everything new is old again.
The fathers of the Martenot
& Theremin died years ago.
Now "No one's here to take your call."
You might as well talk to the wall.
& still the ideas keep on coming through
They're on my workbench waiting for their debut.
But 'till then
Everything new is old again.
Everything new is old again.
Perhaps I'll be one of the greats,
But for now I'll have to wait,
'Cause everything new is old again.
You can tell you've got something good there
When solder's smoke is in the air.
I'd love to see their faces when
They play this for those company men.
If I could get head office to answer the door
I'd give them something they never heard before.
But 'till then
Everything new is old again.
Everything new is old again.
Perhaps I'll be one of the greats,
But for now I'll have to wait,
'Cause everything new 'till then.
Everything new is old again.
Everything new is old again.
Perhaps I'll be one of the greats,
But for now I'll have to wait,
'Cause everything new is old again.