Back to the Riff

Story Behind The Song

Frustrating songwriting needs to be expressed

Song Description

The singer describes how the muse can strike him anywhere, antime, anyplace

Song Length 3:51 Genre Pop - General, Pop - Rock
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Content, In High Spirits Subject Music
Similar Artists Alan Jackson Language English
Era 1980 - 1989

Lyrics

Well I can move my tush
And shake my side
But it's back to the Riff
For inspiration
Creatin music is a roller-coaster ride
I'm strummin'it out
What perspiraton!

Chorus:
Back to the Riff
Back to the Riff

Verse 2

It coul strike me on the subway
Or when Darling says Woof!
Or reading Tchaikovsky
With my feet up on the poof
With my M&Ms beside me
And a cold one in my hand
On the beach my tootsies
Making circles in the sand

Chorus

1st Bridge
The magic of the moment may
Simply disappear
The magic of the moment
may never reappear
Might end up with my music
Drownin in my beer

Chorus
2nd bridge:
Sometimes it's easy, Sometimes ain't got a clue
The music's gettin closer
Tell me what I do??

Chorus

Could be half-way up a mountain
Could be deep down in the ocean
Could be posin for a photo
Or in perpetual motion
Could be havin Paul's dream 'bout scrambled egg
Or fancy fantasies 'bout my lover's legs

Chorus

1st bridge

Chorus

2nd bridge


Could be at the White Hart
Or the Theater of Dreams
A cadence or a sequence
Could be stronger than it seems

A musical cliche could be turned into a fuzz
Just turn up that delay
It gives me such a buzz



Chorus repeats and fades



Verse 2

Music Richard Wall Performance Richard Wall

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