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UM PA DIDDY; DUM POO DIDDY

from I AM AM I (2024 Remaster) by The Santairs

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This is a bit of a strange one. The more I think of it, it could have fit right in with the Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stuff. I wrote the music back in 1987 or so, but I didn't write the lyrics until 2016. I originally had some generic lyrics and a melody, but I knew they wouldn't be used. The main theme, as I was thinking, was about fighting the demons from within yourself, but in the end, only the truth wins out. It's a philosophy I've believed in for awhile now, but until recently, I had forgotten this axiom due to some depressing circumstances. I think completing this when I did was the right choice. I knew the song would be very monotonous, so I decided to add a bizarre solo to it, using noises I recorded back in 1987 from a mono tape recorder. I think I added a Theramin in there as well.
This is song #359.

Recorded at The CELL BLOCK Studio in Auburn, WA.

lyrics

Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.
Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.

You Come Off Like You Own The World,
But In Truth, It's In Your Head.
You Think You Have The Power Of God,
But I Know Inside You're Dead,

Singing: Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.
Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.

You Have No Control Of Me.
You Play A Game With Life.
Before You Know It, You'll Lose All.
Emptiness, Cruelty Were Rife,

Screaming: Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.
Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.

And I Don't Know Who Would Ever Want You
For You're So Unkind.
You Lead Them A Fast Unto Death,
Incapable And Blind.

Repeating: Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.
Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.

Hate's An Unforgiving Word,
Describes You In Such Ways.
But I Can See That You're No Good,
While You Keep Them In Your Haze,

Chanting: Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.
Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum. Dum!
(Solo)
Time To Go And Time To Live
Before You Have Us Die.
Who Needs You To Deceive Us?
We Live In Our Own Lies.

I Know One Thing And What Is This:
To Me, You're Not So Rich.
You Take The Life Of Poor, Depressed,
But Truth Can't Be Bewitched,

Praying: Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.
Um Pa Diddy, Dum Poo Diddy, Um Pa Diddy Dum.
(Repeat And Out)

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from I AM AM I (2024 Remaster), released February 18, 2016
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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