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Play the Part

from Play the Part by Phil and the Flying Leap

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lyrics

So your calls are un-inquired
And your casting ain’t grasping your sleeve
And a legion you’ve yet to inspire;
An achievement you’ve yet to conceive

Every doorway yields another
Your audition’s positioned to die
With a casual glance at your ‘drothers You’re askance in the drink of an eye

Here's a health unto your duty! Here’s a health to cheer the team!
May we toast the death of beauty
With a pint of gasoline!

With a hand you’ve accepted the offer
With the offer, a sense of relief
For what man would remain empty-coffered
When a life empty-coffered is brief?

Play the part. Play the part.
Do whatever the hell that they want.
If you do it half-well you have something to sell
Play the part. Play the part. Play the part.

Play the part. Play the part.
Without thinking you perished the thought. Send the check from your will
To keep footing the bill
Play the part. Play the part. Play the part.

Now your days are slightly shorter
And your step is in line and direct And your hours have fallen in order
And your credit is clean and correct

Every fold you forged is flattened
Every quirk is a shirt to be steamed
If your enemy’s far from combatant
Couldn’t this be the role of your dreams?

Soldier onward into battle!
Did ye seek perchance to find?
Keep your head amongst the cattle
Your opinion in your mind

With a word, you've delivered the message
With the message, a moment of truth:
No one misses what no one expresses
Do your messes bear burden of proof?

Play the part. Play the part.
You can't finish what you’ll never start When it’s off to the side
You forget what you hide
Play the part. Play the part. Play the part.

Play the part. Play the part.
Before your horse cannot carry the cart Live the best of your life
On the edge of a knife
Play the part. Play the part. Play the part.

How you swore to steer them truly
How you swore to stay the road
When your needs are noted duly It’s your back to bear the load

With a deed you confirmed a suspicion
With suspicion no option to flee
No one’s leaving without your permission
While you’re grieving who you’ll never be

Play the part. Play the part.
Would you throw this away for your art?
You can more than exist
With it left off the list
Play the part. Play the part. Play the part.

Play the part. Play the part.
Redistribute the wealth of your heart
Through the end of your days
You’ve a part in a play
Play the part! Play the part! Play the part!

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, Music and Lyrics
Forrest Pettengill - Upright bass
Sue Buzzard - Violin

Rachel Panitch - Violin
Anna Stromer - Viola
Valerie Thompson - Cello

Joe Barbato - Accordion

Brandon Wilkins - Clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe
Rachel Blumenthal - Flute, piccolo

Jon Weidley - Trumpet
Pete Fanelli - Trombone
Anne Howarth - Horn in F

Greg Jukes - Orchestral percussion

Abigail Courage - Backing vocals
Josh Mamaclay - Backing vocals
Brandon Martinez - Backing vocals
Parker Ousley - Backing vocals
Flora Spivak- Backing vocals

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New Americana Vaudeville music made proudly in Massachusetts, USA.

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