Lyrics of Checkered Past
Poignant, playful and sweetly subversive with warm harmonies - acoustic music that zings!

"Solar Broken Home"

words and music by Steve Terrell (Copyright 1981 Sidhe Gorm Music, BMI)

Shown here as K.C. sings it, from the Mom's point of view.

I saw my two sons sitting behind the compost pile.

Josh was telling little Jason, “Daddy’s been gone quite a while.

“He left us our Creative Playthings, but he took the S-U-V

“He ran off with his Tai Chi instructor, and left Mommy here with you and me.”

 

Chorus:

    Oh, Sunshine, if you hear me, I know you believe in E.S.P.,

    Nothing seems real mellow, since you deserted me.

    Who’ll take care of little Josh and Jason? I can’t do it on my own.

    Who’s gonna feed ‘em their little bowls of granola

    In our Solar Broken Home?

 

A Solar house in Arizona, it was our dream come true.

We were the envy of all the Boomers, and some GenXers, too.

But now it seems so …empty… I must escape reality.

I’ll try to drown my sorrows in my Red Zinger tea.

 

CHORUS (repeat last line)