2006-10-04 - 10:35 p.m. This was a good week for albums--the new Pernice Brothers record is swell, Beck's, Sean Lennon's and Robyn Hitchcock's albums officially came out yesterday (and a week after my cautiously positive opinion, I'm gonna make the bold claim that RH's new one is his best since Jewels for Sophia, and production- and performance-wise even better) and a host of other new-n-excitin' things were released... But the song I can't get out of my head, and which I've been singing and listening to far too often this week is the Mills Brothers' "Glow Worm." Why? Because it is a song about a grub who lights up, and it has the most unusually dense and stupid-but-smart lyrics I've heard in a fairly straight love song (i.e. it's not really a "novelty" song), and it is so very catchy, and the Mills Brothers are amazing. Here are the lyrics (by Johnny Mercer): Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Lead us lest too far we wander Love's sweet voice is calling yonder Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Hey, there don't get dimmer, dimmer Light the path below, above And lead us on to love! Glow little glow-worm, fly of fire Glow like an incandescent wire Glow for the female of the species Turn on the AC and the DC This night could use a little brightnin' Light up you little ol' bug of lightnin' When you gotta glow, you gotta glow Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, glow and glimmer Swim through the sea of night, little swimmer Thou aeronautical boll weevil Illuminate yon woods primeval See how the shadows deep and darken You and your chick should get to sparkin' I got a gal that I love so Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, turn the key on You are equipped with taillight neon You got a cute vest-pocket *Mazda* Which you can make both slow and *fazda* I don't know who you took a shine to Or who you're out to make a sign to I got a gal that I love so Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, glow Glow little glow-worm, glow thoughts? (9 comments so far) previous - next blog archive contact