Rubber and Glue

from The Virtualistics by Patrick Ames

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Produced by Jon Ireson

This song has been around for a few years in my world and it has that nice worn leather kind of feel.

Rubber and Glue shows my heritage. We were kids in the late 1960s, playing baseball on Toledo’s tough streets at the height of Motown’s pull, and songs like Rubber and Glue were everywhere on the radio – take a known expression and make it into a song. From I Heard It On the Grapewine to Cloud Nine, I played my best baseball to those endless R&B songs on a transistor radio tuned to CKLW (Detroit).

Jon Ireson, Producer says: A wonderfully simple, catchy tune. It makes you think of the days when all you needed was a little ditty about a girl and a melody that you could hum for days. The song has that laid back feel of a CCR track to me so I added some call and response guitar lines with that John Fogerty spirit in mind. The girls add the sugar to the recipe. Some syrupy sweet backups.

lyrics

Rubber and Glue, by Patrick Ames
© 2014 All Rights Reserved.

I like to move around /But lately I have found
You got the kind of face / makes me stay in one place
I'm rubber, you're glue / And I'm stuck on you

I drift around and I sing / You sit down to chat
I'm busy until I fall asleep / maybe you can help me with that
I'm rubber, you're glue / And I'm stuck on you

It's funny how things attract / Like magnets do when they smack
We're kinda different you know / But we still kiss toe to toe
I'm rubber, you're glue / And I'm stuck on you
I'm stuck on you
We're rubber and glue

Like a fly caught on flypaper / Life begs sooner than later
There's not a whole lot to do / But hang out in your dressing room
I'm rubber, you're glue / And I'm stuck on you
I'm stuck on you
We're rubber and glue.

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from The Virtualistics, track released June 16, 2021
Patrick Ames: rhythm guitars, vocalS
Jon Ireson: Producer, bass, lead guitars, keyboards, Mix and Master
Chana Matthews: vocals
Mikaela Matthews: vocals

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