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The Disappointing Pancake

from Lisa Loeb - 3​,​2​,​1 Let Go (BTR053) by Lisa Loeb

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    90's MTV veteran Lisa Loeb returns with a brand new single called '3,2,1 Let Go' pressed on limited edition black vinyl available for the first time exclusively through Canada indie Blacktop Records. The record was manufactured by Gotta Groove Records and features the B-side 'The Disappointing Pancake' ft. actor.comedian Steve Martin and legend bass player Leland Sklar.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Lisa Loeb - 3,2,1 Let Go (BTR053) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    This is a limited test press from Gotta Groove Records of Lisa Loeb's 7inch 3,2,1 Let Go! Very rare and limited to 9.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Lisa Loeb - 3,2,1 Let Go (BTR053) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics

The Disapointing Pancake



Verse 1:

It’s always breakfast Thursday nights for dinnertime,

orange juice, oatmeal, eggs, and waffles served at five.

But once there was something I didn’t recognize.



It was harder than the table, so I thought it was my plate.

I hit it with a hammer, but it wouldn’t even break.

It slipped upon some syrup and the butter ricocheted.

Then it rolled and it rolled and it rolled and it rolled,

a disappointing pancake.

It rolled and it rolled and it rolled and it rolled,

a disappointing pancake.



Verse 2:

Rolling toward the baseball field just down the road,

the pitcher on the mound was winding up to throw.

The crowd yelled, “Batter, batter!” he felt so at home.

He rolled right up to the catcher who had somehow lost his mitt,

who put the pancake on his hand and like a glove it fit.

And then he caught the final ball he surely would have missed.

And they cheered and they cheered and they cheered and they cheered

for the disappointing pancake.

They cheered and they cheered and they cheered and they cheered,

the disappointing pancake.



Verse 3:

The catcher tossed his pancake mitt into the sky.

The wind picked up, the pancake soared four miles high.

And when it fin’lly landed, it was just in time…

For a bike rider who hit a bump, his tire needed air.

The pancake rolled right in and made a temporary spare.

He pedaled to the bike shop where they’d get a quick repair.

And they rode and they rode and they rode and they rode on a disappointing pancake.

They rode and they rode and they rode and they rode on a disappointing pancake.



Bridge:

It was a manhole cover in Manhattan, a lily pad in Padua, a sombrero in some little town in Spain;

a satellite in Saddle River, a knee patch in Saskatchewan, a coaster on the chilly coast of Maine.

The pancake made its way around the world,jumping in and helping where he could.

Then I looked outside and saw a glow.

Maybe it’s the moon or just a U. F. O.?



Verse 4:

The pancake fell down from the heavens to my bed and landed like a pillow underneath my head

where I dreamt sweet pancake dreams, as I slept.

The pancake disappointed me at breakfast, yes, it’s true.

But there are many other things that this pancake can do.

I’d like to think that pancakes are a bit like me and you.

And we roll and we roll and we roll and we roll like a disappointing pancake.

We roll and we roll and we roll and we roll like a disappointing pancake.

We roll and we roll and we roll and we roll, not so disappointing pancake.

credits

from Lisa Loeb - 3​,​2​,​1 Let Go (BTR053), released February 17, 2017
* The Disappointing Pancake

Written by: Lisa Loeb, Dan Petty and Michelle Lewis

Furious Rose Music (BMI), Bambalam Music (BMI), Bea the Dog Music (ASCAP)





Lisa Loeb - acoustic guitar & vocals

Dan Petty-guitar, mandolin

Steve Martin- banjo

Leland Sklar -bass

Jay Bellerose-drums

Doug Petty-piano

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