Susanna Hoffs
&
Chris Price
From ANDRAS JONES: SUSANNA HOFFS is our guest for this Pop Oracle session with Omnivore Recording Artist CHRIS PRICE. Yes THE Susanna Hoffs! She and Chris dish with their love of pop music and each other and then Ms. Hoffs lays her question on us. Inspired by Pablo Neruda’s “Book of Questions” she asks, “Why don’t they train helicopters to suck honey from the sunlight?” The answer, from Chris leads us into some deep and moving terrain for me personally as we ended up discussing my father and his long last days. You can hear that in the episode. What you won’t hear about is the deep cut sync that this podcast is coming out as Chris, his BeBopALula bandmates, and many of our favorite guests are currently in preparation for the Wild Honey tribute to Buffalo Springfield taking place on February 17th. Honey. Helicopters. Buffalo. Suns & Sons. It’s all in their. Taste it. It’s a sweet as Pablo Neruda’s mother’s tears. (Oh yeah, and my mother’s name is Susan).
FATHER TO THE MAN
Cries from the room across the hall
My old man has took a fall
Sprawled out beside the door
I can’t do this anymore
Once, he was terrifying
I wouldn’t dare to say a word
To stand up to my old man
Now he wouldn’t dare to stand
Without someone’s helping hand
He says, “Go on, put me away”
Days how I cherish better days
Without heartache and malaise
But those days were all before
I can’t do this anymore
I found a place up on a hill
Signed the papers, paid the bill
I tell him its for the best
He’ll make some new friends and rest
He doesn’t even try to protest
He says, “Go on, put me away”
“Go on, don’t hesitate”
You raised me up and taught me well
When I was young and raising hell
Now its my turn to care for you
And I just don’t know what to do
Time breezes by
and then the child is the father to the man
But men tend to fade away
And we don’t always go with grace
So kid, when you take my place
Go on, put me away
Go on, put me away
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