Honeymoon in Disneyland (lyric video)

A song inspired by my parents' 1974 honeymoon road trip from Connecticut to Florida. Original 1977 video footage by my grandfather Walter Einsel.

From the album ON THE WATER (March 2024).

HONEYMOON IN DISNEYLAND
Lisa Bastoni

She was standing on the front porch of his parents’ house
He was leaning on the horn out in the driveway
She wore a golden cross on a chain around her neck
His mother said “You’re not a Christian but you need all the help that you can get”
She spent half a year in Boston but she got married last week
She went from dropping out of school to dropping acid on Calf Pasture Beach

They were just babies having a baby
Salty as the water, smooth as sand
On the way down, on the long way down
Honeymoon in Disneyland

The radio played I Got You Babe
And though she couldn’t hold a tune she sang along
When they stopped for gas, he bought her a Twinkie
Got himself a six pack of Jax for later on
His eyes were on the road, she was looking at the floor
Wondering why he hardly said a word between New York and Baltimore

They were sleeping in a pink motel with an outside entrance
Standing in line with ice cream cones
Calling home collect from a payphone in the dark
Speeding down on unfamiliar roads
You could fill a house with all the things they didn’t know
Or just a tiny apartment above a funeral home
credits

On The Water, released March 8, 2024
Produced by Sean Staples
Engineered and mixed by Zachariah Hickman, Greedy Beast Studios, Watertown, MA
Mastered by Daniel Cardinal, Dimension Sound Studios, Jamaica Plain, MA

Lisa Bastoni - acoustic guitar, vocal
Sean Staples - bass, harmony vocal,
Chris Anzalone - drums
Rich Hinman - pedal steel, acoustic guitar
James Rohr - piano, pump organ