Melspeth, The Other Blog

For your listening pleasure, please recall the classic Simon and Garfunkel tune, "The Sound of Silence" (and enjoy the new lyrics that Rick and I conjured up.  Its debut performance was at our friend Julie's birthday party on Saturday.

And now...

"The Sound of Salsa"
(music by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, new lyrics by Rick Kimberley and Mellissa Zillwood)

Quesadilla, my old friend

You’ve come to visit me again

And in my tummy pressure is creeping,

Woke me up when I was sleeping

And the vapour that implanted in my sheet

Was hardly sweet

It had the sound of salsa

 

In restless dreams I ate alone

For enchiladas to atone

In the middle of a nacho plate

I found my tummy wasn’t feeling great

And I knew that the feeling wasn’t right

It split the night

It was the sound of salsa

 

And in my nightmares, like before

Ten thousand tacos, maybe more

And the people were running screaming

Tears of pain from their eyes streaming

People writhing, for their breathing was impaired

No one dared

Due to the sound of salsa

 

Fools, said I, you cannot guess

Silence doesn’t serve you best

Hear the sound and you can flee it

You can smell it but not see it

But my words like cold taquitos fell

And you could tell,

Tell by the sound of salsa.

 

And all the people bowed and prayed

For fear of refried beans I’d made

And I tried to give them warning

Of the methane cloud then forming

And I told them the one I feel coming

Could strip paint off the wall

Excuse me, all

I whispered, in the sound of salsa.