Catch 22 Déjà Vu

Wishing to be signed by a major label,

the record Co. in question was Pye,

we auditioned our latest composition with the A&R powers that be

who were handing out pie in the sky.

The suited Execs. informed us, ‘Your song is nothing like

whatever is currently Number 1 in the charts,

you should redo it and make it so,

if it would not break your hearts.’

I replied, “You’re wrong, we are who we are, it is what it is,”

but the boys in the band,

desperate for a record release,

went along and acquiesced to anything at hand.

By the time we’d rewritten, rehearsed and recorded our new song

to sound like what had once been at the top,

already replaced by something else,

it was guaranteed ours would then flop.

Two weeks later we returned to Pye and were informed

our song was nothing like whatever was now

Number 1 in the charts,

would we redo it and make it so,

if it would not break our hearts.

We could have stayed on their merry-go-round,

played this game through infinity too

but I resigned with, “That’s it, I quit, it’s all Catch 22 déjà vu.”

John  –  Terry  –  Peter  –  Martin  –  Richard

bass  –  guitar  –  vocals  –  drums  –  guitar

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