I am the Orange Mam

Intro [PIANO MOTIF: playful classical pickup] [STRINGS: pizzicato answering phrase] [HARMONY: I - Imaj7 - IV - iv - I] [ARRANGEMENT: Mozart-style overture gesture, then drop into tight rhythm section] Verse 1 I am the orange man Floating through a marmalade land Paper moons and cardboard queens Dripping out of silver screens I wear a crown of tinfoil light I kiss the morning, bite the night Every trumpet in my head Plays in blue and paints in red [CHORDS: C - Cmaj7 - F - Fm / C - A7 - Dm - G7] [HARMONIC IDEA: bright tonic colored by sudden minor iv and secondary dominant pull] [ARRANGEMENT: piano leads, string quartet in short answering figures, bassoon doubles cello, brushed drums enter lightly] Chorus I am the orange man Spinning circles in the sand Candy thunder, lemon sky Watch the dodo dragons fly I am the orange man Waving from a melting van If the truth begins to crack Feed it sugar, paint it black [CHORDS: F - G - C - Am / Dm - G - C - A7 / Dm - G7 - C - Cmaj7] [HARMONIC IDEA: singable Lennon lift, theatrical secondary dominant, confident cadential landing] [ARRANGEMENT: full strings in legato bloom, French horn counterline, tambourine, timpani swell on cadence] Verse 2 I am the tangerine flame Every mirror knows my name Parachuting through a grin With a circus on my skin Telephone cats begin to preach From a stained-glass plastic beach All the clocks wear orange shoes Tap-dancing with the evening news [CHORDS: Am - E7 - Am - G / F - C/E - D7 - G / C - Cmaj7 - F - Fm] [HARMONIC IDEA: surreal tonic-minor shading, dominant-color tension, modal mixture return] [ARRANGEMENT: harpsichord sparkle doubled with piano, violins in contrary motion, clarinet obbligato, restrained drums] Chorus I am the orange man Spinning circles in the sand Candy thunder, lemon sky Watch the dodo dragons fly I am the orange man Waving from a melting van If the truth begins to crack Feed it sugar, paint it black [CHORDS: F - G - C - Am / Dm - G - C - A7 / Dm - G7 - C - Cmaj7] [ARRANGEMENT: fuller than first chorus, chamber orchestra widens, viola countermelody, horn answers vocal lines] Bridge La la la, the walrus sighed In a neon oyster tide La la la, the teacups ran Hand in hand with Uncle Sam La la la, the rooftops bloomed In a perfumed drawing room Big as laughter, small as fear Whispering what people hear [CHORDS: Eb - Bb/D - Cm - Gm / Ab - Eb/G - Fm - Bb / G7 - C - E7 - Am / D7 - G7] [HARMONIC IDEA: side-step dream modulation, sequence back toward tonic with classical logic] [ARRANGEMENT: sudden key-color change, woodwinds and strings in dialogue, operatic chamber swell, descending sequence return] Verse 3 I am the pumpkin kite Tangled in the satellite Broadcasting a jelly dream Down a butterscotch sunbeam The marching bees all wear cravats Argue law with Persian cats Every shadow in the hall Grows a mouth and starts to call [CHORDS: C - Em/B - Am - Am/G / F - C/E - Dm - G / C - A7 - Dm - G7] [HARMONIC IDEA: stepwise bass movement, lyrical voice-leading, pop clarity with classical flow] [ARRANGEMENT: staccato strings first half, legato lift second half, bass and cello lock, flute echoes the final line] Final Chorus I am the orange man Spinning circles in the sand Candy thunder, lemon sky Watch the dodo dragons fly I am the orange man Waving from a melting van If the truth begins to crack Feed it sugar, paint it black [CHORDS: F - G - Em - Am / Dm - G - C - A7 / Dm - G7 - C - Cmaj7 / F - Fm - C] [HARMONIC IDEA: bittersweet deceptive color before final tonic, plagal shadow at the close] [ARRANGEMENT: full chamber-pop climax, strings soaring, horn and bassoon support inner harmony, timpani and cymbal roll, final iv-I cadence] Outro I am the orange man Peeling through the frying pan When the rainbow takes the floor Nobody remembers more I am the orange man Laughing in a teaspoon band Round and round the day-glo sun Till the joke and I are one [CHORDS: C - Cmaj7 - F - Fm / C - A7 - Dm - G7 / C] [ARRANGEMENT: reduce to piano, quartet, and vocal; neat classical cadence with one sly unresolved woodwind