Our Plans are on Hold

[ken]

Berkeley Social Scene

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Hold on to your hat
it’ll be a bumpy ride
we’re headed for the stars
with rockets strapped to our side
flying like a bullet
climbing up the charts
passing other bands
and leaving them in the dust

Our plans are on hold
Good fortune unfolds
Our song’s been sold
Its pop music gold

Hang on to your seat
were going straight to the top
we’ve sold all our souls
and we’re unable to stop
Wear your sunglasses
and your sharkskin suit
we’ve stolen this train
full of forbidden fruit

Our plans are on hold
Good fortune unfolds
Our song’s been sold
Its pop music gold

Strapped to your back
a chart topping jet pack
a new sonic attack
we’ll never look back

Don’t let go
We’ll never grow old
We’ll all live forever
with our fortunes untold
Let’s drink our fill
with unbridled lust
forget the naysayers
just leave them in the dust

Our plans are on hold
Good fortune unfolds
Our song’s been sold
Its pop music gold

Strapped to your back
a chart topping jet pack
a new sonic attack
we’ll never look back

[SirkusPi]

(Odilon Green)

It was gonna be great
We had selected the date
And not a single detail left up to chance

A torrid night of romance
Engaged in that ancient dance
All to remind us that we're woman and man

But then just as we began
Showing off where we're not tan
We heard a most unwelcome knock on our door

We'd sent the twins out of sight
To their grandma's for the night
She said "I just can't take these kids any more!"

Our plans are on
hoooo
ooooo
ooooo
old

The kids were at a friend's house
It was just me and my spouse
And a whole afternoon of us all alone

But as we got in the zone
I heard a noise from her phone
That meant an email from her boss had arrived

And though we struggled and strived
The mood could not be revived
Until she took a look to see what it said

It may have been a Sunday
But there was work on the way
So just a kiss and to her office she sped

Our plans are on
hooo
(Where are we supposed to go?)
oooo
(What are we supposed to do?)
oooo
(How am I gonna find time)
old
(To spend some time with you?)

[They say that romance is dead
I think it's just bored and wandered off
Why stick around at a party where nothing's going on?
But maybe if we put some better music on
Spike the punch with a little something extra
We can get it on between dropping the kids off at soccer practice and our condo association
meeting]

This time we have a new plan
To make quite sure that we can
Finish doing what we started to do

The kids are on a scout trip
Your phone's ringer has been flipped
And there's nothing now between me and you

And it's a Saturday night
And we are feelin' alright
Or at least that's how those old lyrics go

But as I look in your eyes
We laugh as we realize
We'd rather grab this chance to get sleep, and so

Our plans are on hold ...

[RangerDenni]

BILLY AND THE PSYCHOTICS

You left in the middle of the night
that's not how it's supposed to go
You don't call. You don't write.
You just expect me to wait

all displayed in sexy underwear
(There's nothing quite like desperation!)
Back and forth a few more times...
this is not a revelation

CH
Our plans are on hold for a little while
But you're so damn cold
my dreamland
has slipped into the quicksand

Smoking ruins with nothing to show
it's all blown up before
you think I'd know now a little better

I'm not inclined to waste more time
waiting, believing ...
Believe me - It should be so easy
you say you're mine, then you're leaving

CH/
I will buy all the lies you believe

You left in the middle of the night
You don't call ...
You're like the ice king
and I'm frozen to your side

CH-2

[RangerDenni]

DJ RANGER DEN

'Let's talk about death,'
the little girl said at the cocktail party.

Then she told the man
she was running away,
but nobody cared.

Hey hey, don't you know
we should as we're told -
We know it's so cold in the winter.

so I will be braver and I'll never cry.
I'll dam all of the rivers

CH
and I won't forget that our plans are on hold
- by then I'll be dead in your soul

Pretend you can fly
or that you could shoot fire
just where would you go?
just what would you do

It's funny how nothing escapes you
when someone is following you

CH/
Let's talk about what hasn't happened yet
let's make stupid bets about what might be next
...shoot for the sky
...eat all the pie
with no regrets

Hey, you're gonna die
and they'll ask you why
you did the same old thing

They'll show you that photo
you wish you could change,
but it just can't be summertime everyday

CH

[glennny]

Our Plans are on Hold
Lyrics and music by glennny

Chorus1
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news
I have to report our plans are on hold
We’re running into roadblocks
..to get our ducks in a row
Eventually we’ll make it
For now, our plans are on hold

Verse1
We’ve got the best technology
And the brightest engineers
But 20% better at twice the cost
Are the numbers the finance people feared

Chorus2
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news
I have to report our plans are on hold
We’re running into roadblocks
Everywhere that we go
Eventually we’ll make it
For now, our plans are on hold

Verse2
We’ll get the DOE loan from Uncle Sam
So we can hurry up and build our state of the art factory
We’ll have to get our orders on the up
If we ever wanna, are ever gonna, compete with the Chinese

Chorus3
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news
I have to report our plans are on hold
We’re running into roadblocks
..to get our ducks in a row
Eventually we’ll make it
For now, our plans are on hold

Verse3
The costs are so costly
We’ve made less than we owe
When I look to the future
Our plans are still on hold

Verse 4
I’m exhausted
And you’re exhausted too
If it’s all over
If it’s all done, what are we gonna gonna gonna do?

Note: in 2007 I interviewed at Solyndra, about 10 of my colleagues went there after our previous business ended. This song is based on lunch conversations I used to have with them (before they went out of business). This song imagines I went to work for Solyndra, which was not the case. This song has nothing to do with my current employer.

Chords:
Chorus
| E | E | G#m7 | B7 |
| E | E | G#m7 | C#m7 |

Verse
| Amaj7 | Amaj7 | G#m7 | G#m7 |
|C#m7 | C#m7 | F#m7 | B7 |
| Amaj7 | Amaj7 | D#dim7 | G#m7 |
| D7 | D7 | F#m7 | F#m7 |

Bridge/ Solo
B7 vamp/jam

[Mike Lamb]

Kasper - Our plans are on Hold

I call you baby on the telephone
but it seems lately that you're not at home
i left a message but you don't return my call
your promises are not worth anything at all, all, all

our plans are on hold
(you said you'd call me maybe)
our plans are on hold
(ain't no way to treat me)
our plans are on hold
(i've been waiting for you)
our plans are on hold
(until you're with me baby)

i took your picture, you were out on the town
you were there with your friends, you were hanging around
was that your boyfriend? i saw him post on your wall
don't pay attention to him, he don't mean nothing at all

our plans are on hold
(i know that you can see me)
our plans are on hold
(he don't mean nothing to me)
our plans are on hold
(i'm here waiting for you)
our plans are on hold
(you know i'll always love you)

i hear them laughing
what do they say?
we'll be together.
i'll find a way.

our plans are on hold