Male Vocal · 2:57
Business Casual — Male Vocal — Blues-Soul Storyteller Rock
Blues-Soul Storyteller Rock


The songbook
Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.
Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals
A downtown invitation leads into a lavish party of velvet ropes, expensive clothes, cameras and carefully displayed romance. The narrator enjoys the spectacle while recognizing its instability and cost. By morning, glamour gives way to a simpler goodbye, and the performer returns to work with love reduced to another elusive song.
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3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.
Male Vocal · 2:57
Blues-Soul Storyteller Rock
Female Vocal · 2:59
Jangling Alternative Folk-Pop
Mixed Vocals · 2:53
Spoken-Word Jazz-Rock Reinterpretation
Lyrics
Words by Douglas Heyes Jr
BUSINESS CASUAL: I got an invitation Down to some hotel downtown I could tell by the perfume smell Somethin’ good was comin’ down Calligraphy engraved upon A linen envelope Take a little step beyond Come behind the velvet rope There you’ll see the hangers on The playas full of hope This party’s already gone To M.C. D.J. Dope Cuervo and Dom Perignon Red carpet, scarlet chiffon Limo driver all night long My wallet is already gone They call it Business Casual I’m sure to come in late Gold and glitter on my arm My primetime Tinder date You know this ain’t the usual Pick you up at 8 This party’s Business Casual We’re gonna make ‘em wait Check us out on our way in Catwalk turn, look back again Papparazzi, find the lens Flash a smile, do that again 3 grand from my ankles down Ten K on my wrist Flashing lights all over town I just raise my fist Middle finger in the air Downtown furies everywhere Aliens will stop and stare Then gone like they were never there You’re just holding onto me Flashin’ V for Victory Isis,mu Egyptian Cat Let me show you where it’s at They call it Business Casual Supremely intellectual Quite overtly sexual Royalties, residuals Could you be more special You don’t even have to try Your eyes sparkle like emeralds When it’s your time to fly Sorry, this will all be gone When you open your eyes Pack it up and move along When it’s time for our goodbyes Let’s keep ‘em simple, sad and sweet In the open, on the street Maybe we will meet again No more lovers, only friends For now, it is my time to go Time to start another show Crowd is waitin’; red light’s on Love is just another song I don’t know where we went wrong I’ll be playin’ all night long Where Love is an intangible We’ll call it Business Casual
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