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The Children's Hour - 2025 Remix
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Written for a childhood friendship that has stood the test of time.
piano ballad mellow nostalgic
Folk music for postmoderns
Note about the "2025 Remixes." Since I don't currently have the resources to book studio time or musicians, I am polishing my old demos in Suno. I'm doing my best to keep Suno from making alterations to my compositions, and succeeding about two thirds of the time, but it is an uphill battle. For the sake of transparency, I am making an effort to delineate all of the (usually very slight) alterations Suno has made to the recordings, but it will take a while. In the meantime, once you've heard a "remix" to hear how I want the song to sound, you may want to scroll down to the original demo, which, in a few cases, will be a better representation of how the song _goes_. Until I've finished those notes, I can tell you that "Loafy's Blues," "Misfit Moon," "It Does Not Mean a Thing," "Home," "Saturn Road," "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Old Friends Come Back," "Scarecrow," and all the instrumentals are pretty much perfect reproductions of my original compositions. I'll endeavor to make notes on the others, describing precisely how they were altered. And again, you can hear my original, much less slick demos of those songs further down on the page, for comparison. ====== I am what you might call a musical generalist. I listen to pretty much everything and I compose in pretty much any style, though I concentrate mainly on folk, folk-rock, rock, synth-pop, alternative, comedy, musical theatre, jazz, new-age, film music, avant-garde, and the occasional lullaby (why sing your kid to sleep with "Rock-a-bye Baby" when you can can create something personalized?). I've done most of my professional (i.e. paid) work in the theatre, where I've been musical director for dozens of productions. I was also musical director of Mental Floss, the legendary Miami improv group, for over 500 performances; I recently did a stint with Laughing Gas, which rose from the ashes of Mental Floss 11 years ago to become the longest running improv group in South Florida. As a singer-songwriter, I've concentrated most of my energy on my signature style of synth-driven folk-rock (sort of Indigo Girls meets Vangelis). I'm also something of a minor celebrity in the world of Filk (folk music for science fiction fans), where I am proud to be the object of the worlds smallest international fan base.
Song Info
Genre
R&B R&B/Soul/Pop
Author
Darren Zieger
Rights
1991, 2025
Uploaded
December 25, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 10.4 MB 320 kbps 4:33
Lossless
WAV 49.9 MB
Meta Data
Vocals
Male
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Lyrics
[verse] We hit the road Seven years ago Caught between the trade winds And the Gulf of Mexico I tried to match your speed And grab on to your shirt tails But we followed different leads And got lost in the details [verse] Now I could drive 'til the day turned to sundown And wash up on the shores Of your sleepy college town But they don't make a car That ever could outlast The road you have to travel To get back to your past [pre-chorus] And as wind from the sea gets lost further inland You think of me as your restless life allows And could it be, we've lost our objective Half past the children's hour? [chorus] After all this time, we're still side by side Although the distances divide us And let me make it very clear I would die if the dream were not inside us [instrumental] [verse] I once thought of you As a half-mad cavalier I sit down at the bar And you pour me a beer I tell you half rememb'rances Of childhood dreams we had I guess we didn't turn out so bad [pre-chorus] And as heat from a fire diffuses with distance We look ahead and are giddy with the doubt As we contrive to toast a new beginning Half past the children's hour [chorus] And after all this time, we're still side by side Although the distances divide us And let me make it very clear I would die if the dream were not inside us [chrous] After all this time, we're still side by side Although the distances divide us And let me make it abundantly clear I would die if the dream were not inside us Inside us Inside us
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