Story Behind The Song

MIKE'S DAD SERVED ON GUAM IN WWII; JERRY'S DAD SERVED IN THE NAVY DURING KOREA. THE TORPEDOES HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A SOUL SONG...

Song Description

TIPS OF THE HAT TO THE GREATEST GENERATION AND THE MAGIC OF HITSVILLE USA

Lyrics

?MOTOWN?
(MORRIS-SCOTT)

MOTOWN, SOUL TOWN
MOTOWN, SOUL TOWN,

THE 2ND WORLD WAR
MY DAD WAS 24
AND I WAS JUST A GLEAM IN HIS EYE

HIS OUTFIT DROPPED THE BOMBS
WHILE HE SWEATED ON GUAM
WORKING ON THE B-29?S

BACK TO THE GOLDEN GATE WHEN IT WAS OVER
HE MARRIED MOM RIGHT THERE
WITH HIS DUFFLE BAG ON HIS SHOULDER

THEN HE TOOK HER TO,
MOTOWN, THAT SOUL TOWN
YEAH, MOTOWN (BABY), THAT SOUL TOWN

THEY HAD A DAUGHTER AND A SON, WHILE
POP WOULD PLAY SOME DRUMS
BETWEEN WORKING OVERTIME

THE CHEVY?S? SELLING GOOD,
FROM MAINE TO HOLLYWOOD
IT WAS 1955

THEY BOUGHT ?EM A HOUSE OUT IN NOVI,
PUT 2 GRAND DOWN ON THEIR
VERY OWN PIECE OF THE PIE, BUT THEY LIVED IN-

MOTOWN, THAT SOUL, SOUL TOWN
MOTOWN (BABIES), SOUL TOWN (REPEAT)

JUST LIKE THIS, THEY?D GO:
THE FUNK BROTHERS SHOWED ?EM HOW TO PLAY, DOWN IN HITSVILLE, USA

WE BABY BOOMER KIDS,
COULDN?T KNOW THE STUFF THEY DID
BEFORE WE CAME ALONG

SO WE GREW UP ON THE STREET
AND WE LEARNED TO MOVE OUR FEET
TO ALL THOSE SAME OLD SONGS,

THE BEAT GOES ON & ON & ON, Y?ALL
PAPA WAS NO ROLLIN? STONE
HIS GENERATION, THEY SAVED US ALL, SO WE?D GET SOME?

MOTOWN, THAT SOUL, SOUL TOWN (YEAH)
MOTOWN (BABY), THAT SOUL TOWN?

?THE TEMPTATIONS MIGHT SING SO SWEET
BUT PISTOL ALLEN?D MAKE YOU TO MOVE YOUR FEET

(& JAMES JAMERSON?)


FROM THE TORPEDOES CD ?DOWNRANGE? ON FAST FUSE RECORDS
COPYRIGHT 2006, LITE DAYS MUSIC (BMI)



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