Andrew rele… Read Full Bio ↴A singer/songwriter/composer, and a well travelled soul.
Andrew released his debut album Well Tread Roads on Monday 5th May 2014. It is a project that explores the highs and lows of creating music with the demands of a full time job, giving up evenings and weekends and being dedicated to the task. The album was written and arranged in Andrew’s bedroom. It was taken on, mixed and post produced by Jordan Critz, in Dallas, USA.
Andrew was born in Melbourne in Australia. His love for music began age 5, placed at a piano and brought into the world of traditional folk music. He wrote his first song at 12, taught himself the drums and guitar when he was 13. Songwriting always came easy. He developed a love of 197O’s Laurel Canyon artists – James Taylor, Jackson Browne, the eagles and later a fascination with Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.
Well Tread Roads explores depression [This Black Dog] a longing for family [Home City] and a desire to carve out his own path through the title song Well Tread Roads. It is a rollercoaster of driving pop/folk and acoustic songs, each with its own identity.
As well as his album and two EP’s, Andrew has had success with music placements in TV adverts for two major brands, Thatcher’s Cider and Vodafone. He has written for production music companies and films around the world including EMI and Imagem.
Passing By
Andrew Morris Lyrics
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Urban streetlights show their age
Waiting for the train
To carry them on to nowhere fast
City sidewalks tough and grim
No good fortune only sin
Waiting in the hope
Businessmen in overcoats
Got no change can't spare no notes
Passing by, passing by, passing by
Bottled blondes in diamond rings
Calvin Klein, Mercedes Benz
Passing by, passing by, passing by
Down the road the Pumpkin Man
Pull-cart trolley, orange hands
Gathering his load
To turn it all into soup cans
Businessmen in overcoats
Got no change can't spare no notes
Passing by, passing by, passing by
Bottled blondes in diamond rings
Calvin Klein, Mercedes Benz
Passing by, passing by, passing by
The song "Passing By" by Andrew Morris is a commentary on the busy and apathetic nature of city life. The lyrics describe a group of people gathered for a street parade, surrounded by the worn-out urban landscape illuminated by ageing streetlights. The people are waiting for a train to take them to their mundane destinations, with nowhere interesting to go. The city sidewalks are tough and grim, with no good fortune to be found, only sin. The only hope left for some people is to kindly spare some change, but even the businessmen in overcoats have no notes to give.
The song mentions the contrast between the wealthy and the working class, with bottled blondes in diamond rings driving luxury cars like a Mercedes-Benz, and then the Pumpkin Man with orange hands who works hard to gather his load, turning it all into soup cans. It is clear that the privileged and the powerless are passing by each other every day without even acknowledging each other's existence. Both groups are caught up in their own worlds, never making an effort to understand or help each other.
Line by Line Meaning
They gather in the street parade
A group of people have come together in the street to participate in some sort of communal celebration
Urban streetlights show their age
The streetlights of the city are old and in a state of disrepair
Waiting for the train
The people are standing still, waiting for public transportation to take them wherever it is they need to go
To carry them on to nowhere fast
The train will inevitably transport these people to a destination that is not fulfilling or worthwhile
City sidewalks tough and grim
The sidewalks of the city are uninviting and unforgiving
No good fortune only sin
The people on the street have not been blessed with good fortune or success, only suffering and wrongdoing
Waiting in the hope
Despite the lack of opportunity, these people still wait and hope for a chance to improve their condition
That someone will kindly spare some change
They are hoping for a small act of kindness, such as someone offering them some spare change
Businessmen in overcoats
Men dressed in formal clothing and coats that signify wealth and status
Got no change can't spare no notes
These businessmen either do not have any spare change or do not wish to part with any of their money
Passing by, passing by, passing by
These people are walking past the less fortunate without paying much attention or providing any assistance
Bottled blondes in diamond rings
Women who are adorned with expensive jewelry, and who are more focused on outward appearances than on the struggles of those around them
Calvin Klein, Mercedes Benz
These women are associated with high-end, luxury brands that emphasize status and materialism
Down the road the Pumpkin Man
This is a reference to a man who is selling pumpkins to passerby in the street
Pull-cart trolley, orange hands
This man is using a trolley to transport his pumpkins, and his hands have become stained from handling them all day
Gathering his load
The Pumpkin Man is working to collect as many pumpkins as he can in order to sell them and make a living
To turn it all into soup cans
He plans to take the pumpkins and process them into canned soup that he can sell for profit
Contributed by Sydney I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.