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Billerica Honey

from Play the Part by Phil and the Flying Leap

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lyrics

“Woof woof” says he
From a pin off 95
This city slicker’s skipping town
If I have to learn to drive

With the back door open
And the back seat wet
Well lucky me, this pedigreed
Heavy petter’s gonna get a better pet

And I’m cooked in Cambridge
Somerville is on the shelf
In Mattapan I’m a wanted man
(I gotta look out for my health)

And his cup overfloweth
In the quest to quench my thirst:
He’s my Billerica Honey
And I said I saw him first

“Look, look,” says me
“It ain’t tricky to explain
That if you want sugar, Honey,
You can lick it off the cane.”

And his eyes turned beeswax
And the air turned blood
Oh, picture me a fleur de lis
Before you leave me belly-up within the flood

And I stayed your flower
And the hour turned to two
And before we blew it, Honey,
We had loved us black and blue.

And my fate I do not knoweth,
But for better or for worse
He’s my Billerica Honey
And it’s just the second verse

“But, but,” says me
From the other side of town
“Ever since you flew here, Honey,
I can barely pin you down.

And you put me through the ringer
With your stinger in my side –
Boy, you’re cute as hell
But I still can’t tell
If the admission worth the goddamn ride!”

“Hush hush,” says he
“What you wish is in my
power,
But to brew the truest honey
I gotta buzz from flower to flower.”

And I’ll burn him,
Lord I’ll smoke him
For to kick him out my hive
He’s my Billerica Honey
Wanted dead, but best alive

“Knock, knock, knock” says he
“What I got is all you need
And if you want Grade A honey
You gotta be prepared to bleed.”

And my gut turned royal jelly
As he rubbed my wounds with salt
My shriveled slug ain’t got no love
And it’s all your ego’s fault!

“Kiss, kiss!” says he
“What you are is what you eat!
And if you’ll be Daddy’s sonny
You can help inspect the meat!”
Well I’m really sorry, Papa,
No one speaks like that to me.
Keep your Billerica honey,
I’ve got Peaches in JP!

Keep your Billerica honey, Honey,
Don’t come back to me

credits

from Play the Part, released December 10, 2021
Produced by Forrest Pettengill and Phil Berman
Arranged by Brandon Wilkins
Engineered by Joel Edinberg at Q Division Studios and Zumix
Mixed by Noah Georgeson
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer Maria Rice

Phil Berman - Vocals, guitar, music and lyrics
Forrest Pettengill - Upright bass
Sue Buzzard - Violin, backing vocals

Brandon Wilkins - Clarinet, alto saxophone
Joel Edinberg - Tenor and baritone saxophones
Jon Weidley - Trumpet
Pete Fanelli - Trombone

Dave Brophy - Drums

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