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SILLY AND NAIVE AGAIN
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You are discovering the downside of being all grown up.
songs of experience melodic reflective ballad
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Sold a song to Disney at 12, masterminded a family band in my teens, wrote theater/cabaret in NYC in my youth, quit songwriting for a spell, now I’m back!
I love writing songs that capture strong feelings I’ve had about a time, person or place, and that wrap you in those feelings with a sumptuous arrangement and much to surprise the ear. I’m drawn to seductive rhythms and sophisticated chords, and themes of longing, carnality and joy. I want my listeners to be astonished!
Song Info
Genre
Pop • Retro Pop
Charts
#25 in subgenre Peak #1
Charts
Peak #2
Author
Lyrics by Sam Austin, music by Rob LaRocco
Uploaded
June 23, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.8 MB • 320 kbps • 2:58
Lossless
WAV 30.0 MB
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Story behind the song
The first verse of this song was sitting in one of my notebooks when Rob plucked it out and set it to music. I loved what he did with it and wrote a second verse. It's been featured in several cabaret shows (including our own revue Moments In the Air), but I never took a crack at it myself till now.
Lyrics
A hard-bitten cynic I'll never be I'm not bitter over dreams that died I've no broken heart I'm not torn apart By pain that I'm keeping inside It's apparent enough That my life's not leading To some great day when But at times I wish I were SILLY AND NAIVE AGAIN I'm glad they're behind me Those crazy days No more dancing on the circus wire I've said my goodbyes To the lows and the highs But I can't quite forget the desire So I'm safe and secure And I guess I'm happy Only now and then I would trade it all to be SILLY AND NAIVE AGAIN (INTERLUDE) So I'm safe and secure And I guess I'm happy Only now and then I would trade it all to be SILLY AND NAIVE AGAIN Yes at times I wish I were SILLY AND NAIVE AGAIN
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