Words and music © 2025 by Tom Maynard Tom Maynard: Vocal, guitars
Joe Clapp: Keyboards
This song was inspired by a songwriting assignment based on silly phrases/cliches. It came out of a songwriting class given by Alastair Moock at the Winter Acoustic Music Weekend (WAMW). The phrases I took were “Loop-de-loop” and “Alakazam” fascinating where that then took me, into a shadow play about Time.
Lyrics
Loop de loop
Travel the hoop
Another year
Still standing here
Looking for more
Wishing hard for
Another sight
A bird in flight
The hands circle round and round
On faces in the lost and found
Search for secrets in the sound
Sand slowly slipping down
Alakazam
Over the dam
Much more to say
Words drain away
“Open”, says me
Where is the key
A magic door
Back to before
The hands circle round and round
On faces in the lost and found
Search for secrets in the sound
Sand slowly slipping down
Bridges burned
Treasure turned
Riches rust
And turn to dust
Instrumental
The hands circle round and round
On faces in the lost and found
Search for secrets in the sound
Sand slowly slipping down
And shadows stretching out so long
Til horizon steals the sun
Tom Maynard 