Decorated with whimsical acrylic paintings inspired by the lyrics of the "The Fish Song" combined with with E.G.'s "Ducks With Pants" "theme" and accompanied with an illustrated lyric booklet, this CD and its packaging are a reminder as to what's been lost in the digital age -- a chance to create something that is artful, expressive and also tangible to go along with the music we create.
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about
Basically a Swiftian (Jonathan, not Taylor) response to the sort of useless advice you tend to get from people who are in relationships when you are not in one.
During live performances, I tend to clarify that it's "fish" with an "F" but this largely because I perform in in places like the Lower Haight.
lyrics
They'll try ‘n cram platitudes in a man
Just jam 'em in — he's a tuna can
Like "There are many fish in the sea" ‘n
”God has touched each grain of sand"
Well, it sounds to me like someone has
Too much time on His hands
And I don't want to have to spend
All my life as a fisherman
If I catch a fish, should I
Draw her from her waters?
Watch her flop about my deck,
Before I cut and gut her?
Cook her up in olive oil
And serve her up for supper?
And once I have consumed her,
I should have to catch another?
Soon the seas shall be empty
For all men will go fishing
Until appetites are satisfied
And that's just wishful thinking
They're polluting all our rivers
With their lines and constant angling
They'll cast a net around the world
That's as choking as entangling
If you feed a man a fish,
You'll fill his belly for a night
But if you teach a man to fish,
He's famished but he's occupied
Me, I’m so sick of baiting hooks
With fancy lures and worms and flies
I'd rather sail on aimless-like
And hope that fish fall from the sky
Perhaps I ought to dry my skin
'Til it flakes and scales
Shed my forelimbs for some fins
And spin myself a tail
Hold my breath ‘til I develop gills
Or the blowhole of a whale
Then I can make some plans
To join all those fish in the sea…
…if they'll have me
credits
from Fish from the Sky,
released February 7, 2017
E.G. Phillips - vocals, acoustic guitar
Ryan Clark - drums, electric bass
Rory Cloud - lead guitar
produced and recorded by Ryan Clark
mixing, mastering and drum engineering by Steven Glaze at Tone Freq
E.G. Phillips is a San Francisco based songwriter who creates lyric driven songs with his own special blend of whimsy and cinematic imagery which he uses to give a wry take on dealing with the longings of the heart and the madness of existence.
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