Painting by Mr. Pirozzoli
Tom Pirozzoli “Money Isn’t Time”
from Travels (1991)
“All my childhood friends
They are grownups now
They got station wagons and retirement accounts
And everyday goes by a little faster
Kids grown up you find yourself wondering what you are running after
I had a job one time
Went to work everyday
My old dad said to me you better slow down son
Or your life’s gonna slip away
I told him old dad its time you retired too
Said I think you are right son I’ll find something I like to do
That is what I’d wanna to do
I put the brakes on this old machine
Time and Life are not in a race for me anymore
This life is not a race for me anymore
If you think money can buy buy you back your time
If you think money can buy buy you back your time
If you think money can buy buy you back your time
You are out of your mind
I am a player of songs
And I work some nights
My old dad pretty much worked on anything he liked (up to 96)
He’d make wooden things in the wintertime
Go for a swim in the summertime
I ain’t gonna worry anymore
I ain’t gonna worry
I just say never mind
”
“There is a boundary to passions when we act from feelings; but none when we are under the influence of imagination.”
-William Burke 1780
This quote is at the top of Tom Pirozzoli’s website. It embodies his view of his art and music. Tom has released nine albums and is perhaps known for his most successful album, Travels, released in 1991 that became an often-played recording by WUMB.
-Alan West-