Song Description

This song is the title track from a concept album about a little girl who brings music back to the sad little town of Whippoorwillville.

Lyrics

Sweet Petunia Modern & The Holograms of Düm

Sweet Petunia Modern and the Holograms of Düm
Took the stage at midnight underneath a waxing moon
And little Pet she stood a little shy of 5 foot tall
But I could see her from the cheap seats freckled arms and all

Oh yeah

She was so much prettier than on the record sleeve
her scarlet bramble hairdo an intoxicating weave
and the Holograms were sporting emerald velveteen
bodysuits with maroon boots and nothing in between


She?s a singer in a songless land
The only one who didn?t run
When Pudding took command
and when she grabbed the microphone well . . .

Something underneath
Would not let me speak
Petunia, all my silence is for you

As you know, the legend goes she only dated ghosts
and at her funeral you could hear the wedding bells and toasts
Now Ms Modern finally knows how much we loved her songs
Somewhere atop a cloud she?s painting flowers for the dawn.

She?s a singer in a songless land
An amulet around the neck
Of every broken man
but when she grabbed the microphone well . . .

no I don?t suppose
you ever smelled a rose
as beautiful as Sweet Petunia?s hair
I can smell it everywhere


Time, for me, goes still
And my spine begins to chill
Petunia, this sweet madness is for you
It?s all for you


She?s a savior in a summer dress
A prophet with a beauty mark
And I must confess
That when she grabs the microphone well . . .

Something underneath
Would not let me speak
Petunia, all my silence is for you

Words & Music by Jimm McIver
Copywright PtarmiganTunes 2005