{"id":54181,"date":"2026-06-21T12:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54181"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:38:28","slug":"hot-potato-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/21\/hot-potato-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Potato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Fast, playful piano-rock with bouncing bass, handclaps, organ stabs, and chant-style call-and-response vocals]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nPass it round<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t slow down!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nNobody wants<br \/>\n(To hold the blame)<br \/>\nEverybody\u2019s smiling<br \/>\n(While they duck the game)<\/p>\n<p>Round and round<br \/>\n(It goes again)<br \/>\nFrom one set of hands<br \/>\n(To another friend)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s getting hotter<br \/>\n(By the second now)<br \/>\nBut no one stops<br \/>\n(To ask just how)<\/p>\n<p>They toss it quick<br \/>\n(And act surprised)<br \/>\nWhen it lands right there<br \/>\n(Before their eyes)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nPass it round<br \/>\n(Pass it fast)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t be found<br \/>\n(Holding last)<\/p>\n<p>Pass it round<br \/>\n(Pass it fast)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t be found<br \/>\n(Holding last)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe music\u2019s playing<br \/>\n(Everybody grins)<br \/>\nNobody wants<br \/>\n(To be the one it pins)<\/p>\n<p>You can laugh<br \/>\n(And fake control)<br \/>\nBut sooner or later<br \/>\n(It takes its toll)<\/p>\n<p>The room gets tense<br \/>\n(Though no one says)<br \/>\nHow close the trouble<br \/>\n(Really plays)<\/p>\n<p>One wrong beat<br \/>\n(One mistimed throw)<br \/>\nAnd suddenly<br \/>\n(You\u2019re in the show)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nCould be a problem<br \/>\n(Could be debt)<br \/>\nCould be a promise<br \/>\n(We haven\u2019t met)<\/p>\n<p>Could be a burden<br \/>\n(No one claims)<br \/>\nCould be a fire<br \/>\n(Without a name)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Organ Solo]<br \/>\n[Piano Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\nDon\u2019t hold it<br \/>\n(Quick, quick, quick!)<br \/>\nToo long now<br \/>\n(Ouch and wow)<\/p>\n<p>Hot potato<br \/>\n(No time to sleep)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nPass it round<br \/>\n(Pass it fast)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t be found<br \/>\n(Holding last)<\/p>\n<p>Pass it round<br \/>\n(Pass it fast)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t be found<br \/>\n(Holding last)<\/p>\n<p>Pass it round<br \/>\n(Pass it fast)<br \/>\nToo hot now<br \/>\n(To outlast)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t wanna learn<br \/>\n(From the burn)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/In-Play\/\">In Play<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Arrangement: Fast, playful piano-rock with bouncing bass, handclaps, organ stabs, and chant-style call-and-response vocals] [Intro] Pass it round (Don\u2019t slow down!) [Verse 1] Nobody wants (To hold the blame) Everybody\u2019s smiling (While they duck the game) Round and round (It goes again) From one set of hands (To another friend) It\u2019s getting hotter (By [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54182,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54181\/revisions\/54182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}