The Standard of Gold — Wells Gold
There’s a new record spinning tonight.
Wells Gold steps straight out of the bright brass-and-velvet world of 1920s Toronto with “The Standard of Gold,” a hot jazz, Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville-style number built on stride piano, clarinet sparkle, muted trumpet swagger, and a chorus meant to hit like a room full of shining brass under stage lights.
It’s bright. It swings. It winks.
But beneath all that bounce, the song has a backbone. “The Gold Standard” is about substance over noise, weight over glitter, character over cheap shine. It takes the language of coins, metal, fire, and refinement and turns it into a big, catchy declaration: don’t just talk about value. Be it.
From the first piano bounce to the final debonair sign-off, Wells sounds like a man who knows exactly how to work a room and exactly what he means when he tells it to stand a little straighter.
Wells Gold brings the house up with The Standard of Gold — a bright 1920s jazz-and-vaudeville stomper about grit, shine, and the kind of solid spirit that never needs to fake its worth.
Lyrics:
The world is full of chatter and the hollow ring of brass!
They sell a bit of glitter just to watch the people pass!
But talk is cheap as copper and the words will fade to gray!
It takes a solid spirit just to show the proper way!
Don't just point the finger!
Don't just join the crowd!
Let the truth be quiet!
While the lies are loud!
BE THE GOLD! BE THE WEIGHT! BE THE ONE WHO STANDS SO STRAIGHT!
LET THE LIGHT FROM THE HEART SET THE RECORD AND THE SLATE!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT IT OUT TO MAKE THE OTHERS SEE!
JUST BE THE PUREST METAL THAT A SOLID MAN CAN BE!
SET THE STANDARD! KEEP IT TRUE!
LET THE GOLD BE FOUND IN YOU!
YOU TEST THE COIN BY SOUND AND BY THE HEAVY, SOLID FEEL!
YOU SPOT THE CHEAP FAKE FROM THE ONE THAT IS REAL!
SO WALK THE PATH WITH HONOR AND DON'T TRIP UPON THE FOLD!
YOU TURN THE LEAD TO GLORY WHEN YOU ACT WITH HEART OF GOLD!
Don't just point the finger!
Don't just join the crowd!
Let the truth be quiet!
While the lies are loud!
BE THE GOLD! BE THE WEIGHT! BE THE ONE WHO STANDS SO STRAIGHT!
LET THE LIGHT FROM THE HEART SET THE RECORD AND THE SLATE!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT IT OUT TO MAKE THE OTHERS SEE!
JUST BE THE PUREST METAL THAT A SOLID MAN CAN BE!
SET THE STANDARD! KEEP IT TRUE!
LET THE GOLD BE FOUND IN YOU!
THE FIRE MAKES IT BRIGHT!
THE HEAT WILL MAKE IT PURE!
IT TAKES A HEAVY HAMMER!
JUST TO MAKE THE SPIRIT SURE!
SHINE ON! SHINE ON!
BE THE GOLD! BE THE WEIGHT! BE THE ONE WHO STANDS SO STRAIGHT!
LET THE LIGHT FROM THE HEART SET THE RECORD AND THE SLATE!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT IT OUT TO MAKE THE OTHERS SEE!
JUST BE THE PUREST METAL THAT A SOLID MAN CAN BE!
SET THE STANDARD! KEEP IT TRUE!
LET THE GOLD BE FOUND IN YOU!
That’s the gold standard, folks.
Spin the record. Square your shoulders. Keep the standard true.
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