Excerpted from Pink Martini's concert DVD release "Discover the World," this performance was filmed live in concert at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland Oregon on December 31, 2005, featuring vocalist China Forbes. "Hang on Little Tomato" is one of Pink Martini's most popular songs, and was originally heard as the title track on the band's second album Hang on Little Tomato. The song was written by bandleader Thomas Lauderdale, lead singer China Forbes, and their friend Patrick Abbey, and was inspired by an ad for Hunt's Ketchup in a 1964 issue of Life magazine. It's been especially popular lately as a song of hope. This version features Thomas Lauderdale on the piano, China Forbes on vocals, and Robert Taylor on trombone.
LYRICS
The sun has left and forgotten me
It's dark, I cannot see
Why does this rain pour down
I'm gonna drown
In a sea
Of deep confusion
Somebody told me, I don't know who
Whenever you are sad and blue
And you're feelin' all alone and left behind
Just take a look inside and you'll find
You gotta hold on, hold on through the night
Hang on, things will be all right
Even when it's dark
And not a bit of spark
Sing-song sunshine from above
Spreading rays of sunny love
Just hang on, hang on to the vine
Stay on, soon you'll be divine
If you start to cry, look up to the sky
Something's coming up ahead
To turn your tears to dew instead
And so I hold on to his advice
When change is hard and not so nice
You listen to your heart the whole night through
Your sunny someday will come one day soon to you
LINEUP:
Thomas M. Lauderdale - bandleader and piano
China Forbes - lead vocals
Timothy Nishimoto - vocals and percussion
Phil Baker - upright bass
Dan Faehnle - guitar
Gavin Bondy - trumpet
Robert Taylor - trombone
Nicholas Crosa - violin
Pansy Chang - cello
Maureen Love - harp
Derek Rieth - percussion
Brian Davis - percussion
Doug Smith - percussion
Martin Zarzar - drums
with the Harvey Rosencrantz Orchestra
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