The Calm before the Storm
o7
The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door
I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor
I seen so many things I ain't never seen before
I don't know what it is, I don't wanna see no more
a feller could have a pretty good time in Vegas (Dallas) with this stuff
Who gave him that vision?
o7
o7
>DANCE AMERICANA
even threw in a F101 Voodoo at the endโฆ
A total of 18 fanfares were written at Goossens' behest, but Copland's is the only one which remains in the standard repertoire. It was written in response to the US entry into World War II and was inspired in part by a famous 1942 speech where vice president Henry A. Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of the Common Man".