| Theme Park Theme | ||
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| Lyrics | ||
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THEME PARK THEME Parvin & Patterson Copyright 2011 Was sweeping up back in high school And worked my way to the factory floor Would love to have gone to college But I loved the paycheck even more Then the factory gates were welded closed And I could find no open door Chorus: Well they finally razed the factory And built themselves a new theme park They razed that furniture factory And built themselves an amusement park I just love to watch the pretty lights From my seat here in the dark In line for rides in the summertime You hear the children's silent cries As they meet their cartoon heroes And a little part of that magic dies At the hands of the giant animals With phony fur and soulless eyes (Chorus) Keep boarding up our industries And moving them offshore We'll have tons of places to spend that cash With no place to earn it anymore But we'll have ourselves a theme park With fun and fantasies galore Well they finally razed the factory And built themselves a new theme park They razed that furniture factory And built themselves an amusement park I just love to watch the pretty lights Out of work and in the dark |
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| Credits | ||
| Lyrics Credits: Mark Patterson | ||
| Music Credits: Mark Patterson & Lee Parvin | ||
| Producer Credits: Lee Parvin & Mark Patterson | ||
| Performance Credits: Lee Parvin: Piano, Organ, Vocals. Mike Tyler: Guitars. Gary Davidson: Bass. Danny Montgomery: Drums. Nancy Hall: Vocals | ||
| Description | ||
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Short Song Description: Theme Park Theme is a medium-slow rock ballad about America's economic decline and increasing transformation into a consumer economy, as seen through one unemployed factory worker's eyes. |
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Long Song Description: Theme Park Theme is a medium-slow lament over the outsourcing of American jobs to overseas labor markets, as seen through the eyes of one displaced factory worker. The song features haunting organ arrangements in the choruses to illustrate the irony of building amusement parks in a country where uneployment seems to be constantly on the rise. |
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Story Behind the Song: Theme Park Theme is the story of an unemployed man who has witnessed the closing and demolition of the furniture factory where he'd worked since high school so that a theme park could be built in its place. The lights and sounds of an amusement park offer little to joy to the man, as he struggles with his ongoing unemployment. In the last verse, he points out the irony of American productivity and the employment it generates being replaced with places to spend - not earn - honest wages. |
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| Metadata | ||
| Song Length: 4:25 | ||
| Primary Genre: Rock-Classic | ||
| Secondary Genre: Rap-General | ||
| Tempo: Medium Slow (91 - 110) | ||
| Lead Vocal: Male Vocal | ||
| Subject Matter 1: Economics | ||
| Subject Matter 2: Frustration | ||
| Mood 1: Fuming | ||
| Mood 2: Stressed | ||
| Similar Artist 1: Bruce Springsteen | ||
| Similar Artist 2: Bob Dylan | ||
| Language: English | ||
| Era: 2000 and later | ||