FAWM: "What Is It?"

What Is It?

1 week ago by @mikegtz

What Is It?

mikegtz

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Liner Notes

This is a song for the RISA (Rhode Island Songwriter Association) songwriter showcase I will be part of along with Sandy Pliskin, Beth DeSombre and Jim Tata in March. The songwriters are given a title to write a song about and I came up with this idea. Last verse: sorry the punch in didn't quite work.

Oh, the answers are:
1. Southeast Light
2. The Breakers
3. Green Animals Topiary Garden
3a. Portsmouth RI
4. Roger Williams Zoo
5. Iggy's Doughboys (Iggy's is acceptable)

Lyrics

It Sits on Block Island, a beacon of light
It flashes on and off day and night
Like the red sun at night, it's a sailor's delight
What is it?

It's a big old house at the edge of the sea
Owned by the wealthy, turn of the century
There's a billiards room, pool balls on the walls
What is it?

If you go there, you're taken by surprise
Animals everywhere of all shapes and sizes
Jackie Kennedy was a debutante there
What is it?
Where is it?

Speaking of animals not in a cage
The festival of lights there is all the rage
Half price admissions in January
What is it?

Finally, there's a place to eat
Popular in summer and a little offbeat
Take the road there and you hit a dead end
What is it?

(outro)

Comments

@the3queens 3d

Oh I LOVE this! I love that it's a question so and there are answers not in the song. Very unique and interesting. I'm sure people who know the answers will like it even more, but it makes me wanna visit.

@odilongreen 1w

The feeling of immediacy is terrific; the hyper-local, concrete approach makes it feel very lived-in and "real," even to those of us not from the area (although, being in CT, I'm awfully close 😀 ).