So I’m a day late with my Song Lyric Sunday submission due to NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. Sorry about that, I’ll get back on schedule next week for sure.
Alas, we were tasked with a song about light and this was the best my brain-dead self could come up with. This little song sung by abandoned appliances in search for their beloved master – making the long trek from the countryside to the city.
So with that I give you the song “The City of Light” as featured in the 1987 animated film The Brave Little Toaster (written by Van Dyke Parks):
Life is like a journey
On a road that’s within
Head says you should stay
But your heart says to begin
So you go
Blanky, Radio, Kirby: But you don’t want to go
Toaster: Any life worth living
Isn’t life just filled with ease
You just stay forgiving
Through the forest and the trees
Toaster, Lampy: And you’ll go
Just where you want to go
Toaster, Lampy, Radio, Blanky: Time fly by in the city of light
Time stands still in the country
There’s no time for a fuss and a fight
As we travel the land
Lampy, Radio: And I’d be
Satisfied
Just to be
Not denied
Toaster, Lampy, Radio: To reside
With some pride
Toaster, Lampy, Radio, Blanky: While I ride
To the City
The City of Light!
Lampy: Light shines like a diamond
In the City at night
Radio: When that diamond shines
You know that everything’s all right
Kirby: But you know
We got a way to go
Blanky: Let us meet the master
We don’t wanna make him wait
Lampy, Blanky:
You just keep a-knockin’
Toaster, Lampy, Radio, Blanky: He will open up the gate
To the City of Light
Lampy: Master is a man with a plan I can understand
Toaster: Master is a man of great reflection
Radio: Master is a man who lays his hand across the land
Blanky: Master is the man of our affection
All: Time side by in the city of light
Time stands still in the country
There’s no time for a fuss and a fight
As we travel the land
Lampy, Radio: And I’d be
Satisfied
Just to be
Not denied
All: To reside
With some pride
While I ride
To the City
The City of Light!
Source: http://www.songlyrics.com/van-dyke-parks/city-of-lights-lyrics/
OK, a totally lame pick this week I know, but I’m still running on fumes. I’ll do better next week, I promise!
The Brave Little Toaster is a favorite in our house!
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Nice. Have you also watched the sequels?
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I didn’t know there were sequels. Any good?
I’ll have to ask my daughters if they’ve seen them.
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Yes.
The Brave Little Toaster To The Rescue was released last but is actually the 2nd in sequence.
Then the last in sequence is The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.
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I’ll have to check them out.
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Hahaha, this was awesome! There’s just something about the music in animated movies that fits so many different themes. I hope you had a great time! Thanks for posting even though you’re brain dead! 😉
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Between fatigue and freezing my ass off at the races that weekend (the NASCAR Xfinity Series race that Saturday was the coldest race in Texas history – 34 degrees at green flag) I was brain dead for sure. Thanks though.
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Of course! Being cold is the worst!!!
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And yes, I braved the cold in my skimpy shorts. Except I had leggings on underneath. Haha!
(My new profile pic was taken the Friday before when it was 90 degrees – yeah, Texas weather is just bipolar like that).
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It must be like Utah weather. It was snowing last week and today it’s 75! 😏
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Hah; yep. Oh well, I got to try a new cold weather look so I’m not complaining. Surprised I actually didn’t hear a word bad about it and a few compliments.
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That’s awesome!! Good for you!
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