Lay It On Me

from We Go On by Bobby Mahoney

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I saw many truly incredible, awe-inspiring, and beautiful things while visiting Paris for the first time in August 2019. I took many pictures and wrote a lot of notes, it inspired a few songs, and I am certain that it will continue to inspire others in the future. However, this song was not inspired by some art piece that is hundreds of years and wars old, nor was it a gorgeous building, or the Parisian skyline. No, parts of this song were inspired by the very-American cowboy imagery in the extremely-American Disneyland Paris’ Hotel Cheyenne lobby. As an admitted shill for the mouse, I couldn’t visit Paris without spending a day or two seeing the local American theme park. I recognize the blasphemy of this. I will be reconciling these sins for the rest of my life, but I regret nothing, and would do it again. (Versailles was better, albeit even less ethical?)
In the Lobby of the hotel, they had old Western movie posters on the wall, and I wrote some titles and taglines down. Many of our favorite songs were inspired from cinema, and many of the best songs are movies in themselves. “Incident at Phantom Hill” was too good not to note, and “Fistful of Dollars” is a classic.
While reflecting on the ethics of an American theme park in France, and while reflecting on the general idea of what being an American is over the last few years, and wondering what it has ever meant plays into the second verse. “Flower power and violence” is directly about the protests we saw in 2020 for the murder of George Floyd, the fights many Americans have had to wage on our own soil in order to secure their own rights/freedom in our history- painfully recent history, and present. Who the fuck is anyone to deny another human being the same rights they themselves desire and demand? “Will we find redemption?/Tune in next week”.
The song ultimately is about recognizing our own boundaries, and how much each of us can take on at once without being burnt out, burned, or burnt alive.

lyrics

“Lay It On Me”
B. Mahoney, A. Saul, J. McIntosh, J. Chang-Soon

Lay it on me babe, I can take it
Lay it on me babe, I won’t waste it
Lay it on me babe, I can take it
Lay it on me babe, I won’t waste it

Ma’am I’m a gambler
Feelin’ lucky tonight
Got this fist full of dollars
Keeping me alive
After the incident up on phantom hill
I’m willing to reconsider the devil's deal

Lay it on me babe, I can take it
Lay it on me babe, I won’t waste it
Lay it on me babe, I can take it
Lay it on me babe, I won’t waste it

Look what they’ve done to the place
Maybe it was falling apart
Maybe it was never so great
Flower power and violence
It’s a balance, chief
Will we find redemption?
Tune in next week

Lay it on me babe, I can take it
Lay it on me babe, I won’t waste it
Lay it on me babe, I can take it
Lay it on me babe, I won’t waste it

credits

from We Go On, released April 8, 2022
Written and Performed by Bobby Mahoney, James McIntosh, Andrew Saul, and Jon Chang-Soon
Recorded and Mixed by Joe Pomarico
Produced by Joe Pomarico, Bobby Mahoney, James McIntosh, Andrew Saul, and Jon Chang-Soon
Mastered by Doug Gallo
Album Art by RB Roe
Special thanks to Matthew Koerner, Jon Alba, Zach Kornhauser, Cooper Davis, Carina Duffy, Madison Van Houten, Rebecca Stern, Zack Sandler, Hannah Greve, Mike Cubillos, Gregory Schwartz, Matt Fernicola , and the whole Telegraph Hill Records Team

(C) 2022 Bobby Mahoney Music LLC
(P) 2022 Bobby Mahoney Music LLC and Telegraph Hill Records

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