This is “The Secret,” the 12th song in Vanilla’s “Pish Posh” assortment. Sometimes you just need to step up and take care of business without dragging everyone else into a problem—minimize the drama, fix the headaches and move on!
This is the second track from Vanilla’s Hyde Street Studios sessions recorded in San Francisco, CA, featuring the Tubes’ Prairie Prince on drums.
lyrics
A costly decision with no chance of revision seems I’m fucked right out of the gate.
I’m staring down the barrel of this wrath and peril and clearly no way to escape.
Could anyone notice
My look or my motive one glance could give it away
Should I get discovered and the secrets uncovered it could set the sun on this day
I could run from it all and let someone else take the fall
So I’ll keep my secret, never share a moment and never tell
Why
I’ll hide this story, refrain from the glory and keep what you can’t buy
No rhyme no reason, you can hang me up for treason. I’ve never been a patron saint. If it’s the secrets you want, don’t try to taunt me, cause all you’re gonna get is restraint
I could run from it all and let someone else take the fall
Ducking, weaving, thought concealing a well planned subterfuge
I’ll hold it tight because its’s something I can’t lose
But my nerves are shattered, psyche battered I just might give it away
But it won’t happen with me the secret stays
credits
from Pish Posh,
track released January 18, 2024
Written by Sean Gaffney (BMI), (C) 2024 for the Charlatan Record Cartel.
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