The Pecan Park Eagle

“Hey, Lady Gaga! Let’s do ‘Houston Heaven’ for all those Astros fans down there in the Bayou City!”
~ (What we wish Tony Bennett may have been thinking when he saw the lyrics to our parody of the old classic “Cheek to Cheek” that the two talents already do so very, very well.)

Houston Heaven

By Bill McCurdy

(Sung to the melody and meter of “Cheek to Cheek” by songwriters Maria ANDERSSON, Josephine FORSMAN,  Jennie ASPLUND, and Johanna ASPLUND, and inspired by the NBC New Year’s Eve 2014 performance by the wonderful Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. If the parody’s story here could only now come to life, maybe we can get Bennett and Gaga to cast their magic upon this version as well. – Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, but you gotta remember – when some of us dream – we only dream big – with no half way dreams given any room. At any rate, this little January 1, 2015 five o’clock a.m. inspiration will have to do as my first wish to all of you who share our Houston Astros fandom stripes for a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!)

Heaven, we’re in Heaven,
And our hearts beat so that we can hardly speak;
When the Astros find in April what we seek,
And they start the season winning, week to week.

Heaven, Houston Heaven!
When May’s wins just keep on coming as we speak,
And the joy they bring just seems to have no peak,
As the Astros keep on winning, week to week.

Oh! We haven’t got a mountain,
And our freeways are so bleak,
But it doesn’t matter half as much;
We’re winning, week to week.

On the Gulf, we still go fishing,
Eating out is still so chic,
But we don’t enjoy those half as much,
As winning, week to week.

Win for us,
We’ll wrap our arms about you!
That thing that you do,
Will carry us through, to Heaven!

Houston Heaven!
And our hearts beat so that we can hardly speak;
And we seem to find the happiness we seek,
When Our Astros keep on winning, week to week!

OH, YEAH! (As Louie Armstrong would have said it – or Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga would have riffed it.)