The Hard Taco Project
is a Simple Concept

I will write and record one song a month,
every month, until I am dead



I have been doing this since
1993 and so far my health is good.

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Ichabod Crane (Reprise)

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From "Sleepy Hollow: The Rock Opera"

Baltus:
So no one can explain
Why Ichabod Crane
Disappeared or where he went to.

Young Griswald:
Some say it was the phantom,
But a pumpkin on the bridge
Was the only clue.

Brom:
And greed was the bane
Of Ichabod Crane
So we all can learn a lesson or two.

Katrina:
Try not to set your sights high
Or a similar thing could happen
To you.

Townspeople:
To you,
To you,
To you!


(Jeff Falk - vocals
David Fernandes - drums and bass
Lauren London - vocals
Josh Siegel - vocals
Ivan Watson - vocals)

Copyright 1997 Zach London

Ichabod Crane

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From "Sleepy Hollow: The Rock Opera"

Simple little kids with their simple little lessons
Feet, clock,
Play with the chalk
Fiddle with the pointer and wait

I don't want to see you looking so stupid
Bend quick
Ten with the stick
I don't need a reason to hate you

My years of disciplining kids have led to conclude
I'm not to spare the rod and spoil the mood

So bend to the cane of Icabod Crane
You could all learn a lesson or two
Well-bred, and certainly he's well-read
And he only reads things that he knows are true
And things that are plain to Icabod Crane
Are beyond the reach of people like you
My, isn't he a nice guy
Doesn't everybody think so
Me too.

Aren't you the kid with the mother with the pig farm
Tom, right
Well, you never were bright
A think a home tutor'd be best

Every Dutch mother is a sucker for a scholar
Thanks ma'am,
For seconds on ham
Leftovers go in the guest room

We need more clever little lads like Thomas at our school
'Cause my income breaks down to meals per fool.

So welcome to the brain of Icabod Crane
You could all learn a lesson or two
Well-bred, and certainly he's well-fed
Cause he chews the fat with people with the fat to chew
And things that pertain to Icabod Crane
Rarely ever make a difference to you
My, isn't he a nice guy
Doesn't everybody think so
Me too.

Behold and lo
You kids have no respect
For things that you don't know
The dark circles grow
So give Old Scratch his due
And watch out where you go



(David Fernandes - drums and bass
Molly Smith - flute)

Copyright 1996 Zach London

I Will Protect You

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From "Ground Beef"

There's no sun stuff
With a high enough
SPF for your fair skin
And they don't sell a
Citronella candle
Strong enough
To protect you like I can

I'm your minefield
I'm the sneeze shield
For your salad bar
I'm your camouflage
I'm the entourage
Of secret service
Jogging next to your car

I will protect you
From harm
I will protect you
And keep you warm
Keep you warm

Head colds, bomb threats
Unfiltered cigarettes
Enemies...
Surround you
But I'll repel them
I'll dispel them
Mark you off with orange cones
And direct the traffic around you

I'm your water wings
I'll take care of things
I'll keep you afloat
I'm your parasol
I'm Nonoxynol
I'm the monster
In your moat

I will protect you
From harm
I will protect you
And keep you warm
Keep you warm


Copyright 2002 Zach London

I Rock About You

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From "Black Bean"

She tip-toes like a cat on the mantle,
Poised like a fly on the wall,
But when rock and roll knocks
She's a jack-in-the-box
And she'll blow your speakers off of the wall.

So plant your pretty boys in the spotlight,
Hit the smoke and lay down the groove,
But you'll never get far
Without her on guitar
If you want to make the stadium move!

My baby's so extreme,
I raise my fist and scream
That it's true...
I rock about you!

She's a needle plunging into the red line
A stampede of runaway trains.
She's the coin in the slot
She's the juice in the shot
Pumps the rock right into my veins.

She's a piledriver in a tornado
Cities burn whenever she comes
'Cause she rips up the roads
When her cannon explodes
In tidal wave of lipstick and drums.

My baby's is so extreme,
I hit 'record' and scream
That it's true...
I rock about you!


Copyright 2000 Zach London

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