So Ultraconservative

Words and music © 1985 by Joe Monzo


I heard a song by The Cars which rhymed "curious" with "delerious", and began wondering: what was the longest, most contrived word I could put into a song. I remembered "ultraconservative" from my old biography of Bart Starr, which I hadn't read in about 15 years. Bingo! So what, if I couldn't think up a rhyme for it? -- I liked it so much I used it anyway.

A note on the music: because the guys who played in the band I was in at the time were not very musically literate, I used to have to explain complicated chords to them by telling the guitars and the bass to play different things. I began writing this way, with the two parts somewhat independent, as evidenced in this tune, which gives this an intellectual twist on a punk rock song.

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        (intro)

        I feel so wild
        I like to do lots of crazy things
        and I don't wanna stop
        oh baby you know you really bring me down


        Sometimes she acts so ultraconservative
        sometimes she acts so ultraconservative
        sometimes she acts so ultraconservative

        (intro)

        when we spend money
        I like to buy you lots of fancy clothes
        but you like black and white
        oh baby you know you really bring me down


        Sometimes she acts so ultraconservative
        sometimes she acts so ultraconservative
        sometimes she acts so ultraconservative

        (instrumental jam)

        (intro)


        when we're together
        I wanna see you go to the top
        but you like it on the bottom
        oh baby you know you really bring me down


        Sometimes she acts so ultraconservative
        sometimes she acts so ultraconservative
        sometimes she acts so ultraconservative

        (intro - end)


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