Name: It's Yesterday
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: "It's Yesterday" is an upbeat song paradoxically about climate change, pandemics, our retreat into virtual reality...an ear worm to get people to think (and maybe also ease their day). Main guitars on this are a Gretsch hollowbody and a vintage modified Strat.

It's Yesterday

by Penelope's Thrill

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"It's Yesterday" is an upbeat song paradoxically about climate change, pandemics, our retreat into virtual reality...an ear worm to get people to think (and maybe also ease their day). Main guitars on this are a Gretsch hollowbody and a vintage modified Strat.

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“It’s Yesterday"
Words & Music by Timothy Walsh

Living long, singing a song takes me back where I belong.
It’s yesterday.
Summers hot and winters cold, seasons like the days of old—
it’s yesterday.

CHORUS
The world is full of fear as apocalypse draws near,
snowcaps melting like a sea of slush.
Refugees abound as famine spreads around.
It’s just too much—just too much!

Take me back where I belong, listening to that great old song.
It’s yesterday.
Walking round the same old town,
smiles turning into frown for yesterday.

CHORUS
Take me back. I can’t see the way ahead.
We’re drawing closer to the end.
Send me back to the place where we went wrong,
so we can set it right again.

Save me please this new disease spreading from a simple sneeze—
not yesterday.
Living in computer screens, searching for lost worlds of green
like yesterday.

CHORUS

Birds are gone, the birds are few…
how can we leave this world for you…
if only yesterday….

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released March 28, 2024
Words & music by Timothy Walsh
Timothy Walsh: Vocals, guitars, bass, synths
Recorded and mixed by Timothy Walsh at Yew Tree Studios
(that is, a tiny upstairs room in my house nestled amid century-old yew trees)
©2024 by Timothy Walsh. This recording ©2024 Timothy Walsh
All rights reserved.
Cover painting: Kelli Hoppmann "A Walk in the Park." Used with permission

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Penelope's Thrill Madison, Wisconsin

Penelope's Thrill is a lucky accident. Lured out of musical retirement by son Andrew, Timothy Walsh dusted off his guitars, including his favorite vintage Guilds and Gretsches, and picked up where he left off 25 years ago playing in garage bands in New Jersey and Boston.
Tim founded Penelope's Thrill as the vehicle for his songs, often pulling in other musicians for particular tracks. ... more

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