Song Origins
Papa's Home
Papa’s Home
'Papa's Home' has double vocals. It was originally written in one day for a Christmas album that an Athens publication called 'The Flagpole' puts out to benefit the Humane Society food bank, and all the local service organizations. All the Athens bands go cut a Christmas song. A lot of them cover 'Jingle Bells' and you know, Christmas songs. And we decided we'd write one. So we wrote it, and JB wrote some Christmasy words about -- it's kinda like waiting for dad to come home on Christmas Eve, and he's up on the roof putting the lights up on the chimney, and mom's holding sister and they're looking at pictures of Christmases gone by...
We started playing it and we found that it was really a great song to jam on. We wanted to record it for "Everyday" but we didn't feel that it should have a Christmas content. And since the Flagpole thing [The Mother Of All Flagpole Christmas Albums] was a very limited release, we changed the words to be more about a band being on the road, the crew guys joking during loadout, the promoter's happy. And you know, the secret agent, the double motives. Just things that happen to a band on the road. It's a great song. Sometimes the words get mixed up. Sometimes it's a Christmas road song. But it's one of my favorite ones to play.
[When it's not messed up is there no more Christmas content?] No, the words just get mixed up a lot; I don't know what influences that. If you listen to the version that's on "Everyday," it's about a band on the road. If you listen to the "Flagpole" version it's about Christmas. And usually when we do it it's mostly about Christmas.
-Dave Schools
# of times played: 465
First time played: 08/27/92
Frequency: 1 in every 4.39 shows
Longest drought: 19 shows (07/18/01 > 10/17/01)
Most common lead in: Drums (138 times)
Most common lead out: Drums (149 times)
Most common set position: 1st set, song 7 / 1st set, song 9 (59 times)
Notes: Appears on 'The Mother Of All Flagpole Christmas Albums' (Various Artists); ‘Everyday’; Better Than A Poke In The Eye (Various Artists)
Lyrics: http://bit.ly/1HolxXj
Chords: http://bit.ly/1HoltXv
Burnthday’s Picks: The Mother Of All Flagpole Christmas Albums http://bit.ly/1HomlLF
05/15/93 WERS 88.9FM Studios, Boston, MA http://bit.ly/1HomkY8
12/29/97 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA http://bit.ly/1HolVFb 10-31-93 University Center Ballroom University of Montana Missoula, MT. http://bit.ly/1Homf6P
03/25/98 Chesterfield Café, Paris, FR http://bit.ly/1Homhvp