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Second Opinion

from The Threefinger Opera by Jeff Elbel + Ping

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“Second Opinion” is Ping’s first-ever country heartbreak song. The arrangement features the Bakersfield sound of Ben Waligoske’s weeping pedal steel and Nashville harmonies by Michelle and John Thompson of the Wayside. Elbel plays his late mother’s 1902 Baldwin upright grand, repurposed in the late ‘60s by a Shakey’s Pizza as a saloon piano with tacks in the hammers.

lyrics

I loved you, my darlin’
and trusted you so
We’d build fine things and dance on strings
Oh my, the places we’d go

But now it’s just memory
I stew and I stare
You’ll tremble and try in a poor pantomime
But the feeling just isn’t there

Oh-ho, you had to ramble
You left with the one
That took you so far out of line
Kate said it’s too bad
The fix is severe
It’s only a matter of time

But what once was a forgone conclusion
Now shows cracks of light through the side
You’ve heard it before
And I’ll tell you it’s true
You should always get a second opinion

Let ‘er run once she’s started
And go the next mile
You may have to play with the hand you’ve been dealt
But a new card could be worth your while

What’s good for the gander
Ain’t fit for the goose
Some say that it’s so, while others say no
But it’s better that you get to choose

Oh, you had to ramble
You left with the one
That took you so far off the track
Karen speaks wisdom
My trust is undone
But darling, I still want you back

What once was a forgone conclusion …

credits

from The Threefinger Opera, released May 5, 2022
Pedal Steel on “Second Opinion” by Ben Waligoske, recorded by Ben in Denver, CO. Vocal by Michelle Thompson. Vocal and harmonica by John J. Thompson. Michelle and John (aka The Wayside) recorded by John in Nashville, TN for Gyroscope Productions.

John Blum: drums
John Bretzlaff: guitar
Mike Choby: electric piano
Jeff Elbel: vocal, guitar, Mom’s tack piano percussion
Maron Gaffron: vocal
Stacey Krejci: bass
Tom Sharpe: percussion
Chris Taylor: interior artwork

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