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Didn't Last Long Did It?

from Tuning In / Tuning Out by Bird Mancini

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Ruby:  One evening Billy and I were driving home with some classic Louis Armstrong playing. As we rounded a corner, we saw a sunset that turned the whole sky in front of us bright red.  But as the sun quickly set and the dark settled in around us, I said, “Wow, that didn’t last long, did it?”  “That’s a song,” said Billy.  “Hmmmm…”  A couple days later, I had this little tune written in a classic 30’s jazz style. Cliff Tetle plays a terrific clarinet on this one. 

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Didn’t Last Long Did It?
©Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP

A few seconds ago that sky was red
Now the dark is settling in
Oh didn’t last long, did it?

Sweet birdsong it fills the sky
Then a yellow feather fly
Oh didn’t last long

A few months ago the market was high
Now it’s on an endless slide
Oh didn’t last long, did it?

Now dollar, euro, yen and pound
Make the world go round and round
Said that war wouldn’t last long
Oh but they was wrong

Blue butterfly lights on a rose
And the summer comes and goes
Oh didn’t last long, did it?

Your baby child as sweet as can be
Turn around he’s 23.
Oh didn’t last long, did it?

Once upon a time you’re a gleam in your daddy’s eye
Now the dark is settling in
Oh didn’t last long, didn’t last long, didn’t last long,
Did it?

credits

from Tuning In / Tuning Out, released March 1, 2010
Ruby Bird vocals, accordion / Billy Carl Mancini 1974 Guild D35 acoustic /
Glenn Williams ukulele / Cliff Tetle clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax,
tenor sax / Ken Steiner upright bass / Larry Dersch drums

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Bird Mancini Boston, Massachusetts

“…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” -The Boston Globe

Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, better known as BIRD MANCINI, Boston's acclaimed accordion/guitar rock duo/band features eclectic and at times a bit psychedelic rock with lush vocal arrangements, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles. ... more

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