"Archer's World"
Copyright 2012, Tano Music
Words & Music by Tom Sperrazzo
Day after day, never-ending night after night it goes;
Searching for the answers thrown in a tangled pile;
Grift and betrayal lurk behind the family smile.
Look underneath--What do you find but
Shrouded enigmas, strange wretched passions;
Then you dig deeper, only to discover
Scars and wounds for years unhealed.
There in the twilight waits an answer unrevealed.
Out of the fog comes a strange emerging, illusive form;
Vague like a phantom haunting the midnight air.
Eyeball and tail it-- lead me to the devil's lair.
Pull back the sheet--What do you find but
Shrouded enigmas, strange wretched passions;
Then you dig deeper, only to discover
Scars and wounds for years unhealed.
There in the twilight waits an answer now revealed.
Song facts:
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Inspired by Ross MacDonald's wonderful private-eye character, Archer, so often embroiled in dark and twisted family secrets