a video series in four acts
by carl w. liss and syntony productions
featuring original songs by bryanthomas.

songs | apt d | bryan

and sometimes the phone will ring in the middle of the night.

and casey, in dream, will go to answer.

and her father, in dream, will be on the other end.

and she'll ask, 'when are you flying home daddy?'

'soon,' he'll say. 'soon.'

soon never comes.

she's the girl she's the world
she's the girl she's the cocaine
she's a girl with the girls
she don't hassle me
she's the love the drug the anesthesia
make a noise when there's no pain
she's lovin the world
with a toy and some vaseline

cuz her daddy suffered a little sea-change
into something rich and strange

daddy's underwater daddy' ahab
daddy's nemo daddy' davey jones
daddy used to be a sailor but
he failed her sailing 'cross the sky
daddy calls her collect from the sea
she hears it roar like a shell
from inside the phone
she's the girl with the pearls
that were once his eyes

cuz her daddy suffered a little sea-change
into something rich and strange

come unto these yellow sands,
take these strangers by the hand
curtsied when you have and kissed,
the wild waves whist,
foot it featly here and there;
and, sweet sprites, the burden bear.

full fathom five thy father lies
of his bones is coral made
and them there is the pearls
that were once his eyes
now he's nemo cuz there's
no such thing as zero
nothing of him fades

your daddy suffered a little sea-change
into something rich and strange
24-7 sea nymphs ring his bell
daddy still calls collect from hall

i'm gonna be your daddy tonite.
i'm gonna be your daddy tonite.
i'm gonna be your daddy tonite.
i'm gonna be your daddy tonite.

words and music copyright 1997
by bryanthomas

with much props to willy the shake
(you know - ‘neither a borrower nor a lender be')