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Mr. Z's Funhouse

from Sweeter Than The Wine by Andy Pratt

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From Andy Pratt's 2022 LP "Sweeter Than The Wine" (follow up to 2017 debut LP "Horizon Disrupted")
Recorded at home in Chicago
Mixed by Jon San Paolo @ Electrical Audio in Chicago
Mastered by Carl Saff
Produced & Performed by Andy Pratt

lyrics

at mr. z’s, there was a funhouse strewn across the backyard
in an otherwise unassuming quiet suburban town
the nice old man, he wore a grey hat as he puffed on his cigar
as he sat and watched the children in his carnival
they came on bicycles straight from school on days it didn’t rain
and the latch leapt from from the red worn castle wall
a juvenile jangle james and his jungle gymboree
and an old timer’s sleepy dreams of what once ever was
the usual suspects of the railroad tracks marching up and down the tree
to a shelter within the midwestern canopy
there was a zip-line from the treehouse to the white stripped old garage
and a bon?ire in a pit out in the yard
a trampoline with a basketball
a crawl space in the car hole
and those shingles you could step right out across
no one blinked an eye, no no one turned a head out on central avenue
no one thought any wrong to call
like a father’s gift to all his sons,
to them seemed the greatest gift there ever was
a mini theme park in the middle of nothing much else at all
everyone thought they were superman
everyone thought they could ?ly
back then kids they’d just be kids and them folks would just say goodbye
little billy, oh no he’d never fall, for you see then they’d have to close it all
and that would be the end of the old man’s carnival
at mr. z’s, there was a funhouse strewn across the backyard
in an otherwise unassuming quiet suburban town

credits

from Sweeter Than The Wine, track released September 9, 2022
All instruments performed by Andy Pratt
+ special guest performance by tenor saxophonist Alex Beltran

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Andy Pratt Chicago, Illinois

Andy is a Chicago based singer-songwriter & jazz guitarist.
His music has been featured in Magnet, Goldmine, The Vinyl District, & several other publications.
In the summers of 2017-2019, Andy toured across the country and Canada in support of his Horizon Disrupted & Further Disruption albums. Andy had the great opportunity to work with Steve Albini on these records. His new album drops on 9/9/22! ... more

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