Verse
1 I
heard a Pan playing a sweet kinda
music I stood and wonder If is
a take over So astonished to see
Ah human not like me It’s an
alien Playing a steel pan
Never in my life did I hear Music
to compare Playing sweet soca
music We cyah refuse it Is a
G-Pan Was played by an alien
Chorus
The alien steel band Come down to
rock the Grand Stand And they flag
man In sync with the drums and iron The whole steel band Moving to
rhythm of the land And they jammin’ Hamonizing And is my song the alien
steel band playing And is my song And is my song Is my song the alien
steel band playing
Verse 2
The alien lead
the way for me to enter their space
ship I saw 2000 players On a
music trip From tenors to bass
Steelpans all over de place Some
gold, some silver They from
Jupiter Their ship is ah Pan rack
leaning back And they coming down
de track People in the Grand
Stand Never heard such a steel
band Is a G-Pan Was played by
an alien
Verse 3 So
I went closer to take a look at the
aliens And the size and shapes and colours of their Pans No earthlings
to this day Ever knew Pan could play On other planets And who will tune
it We was so amazed As they reach
the stage They playing my melody And
this great invention Of a Trinbagonian Is a G-Pan Was played
by an alien
Dunstan
Lawrence made his calypso tent debut in
1999. Though probably not a very
familiar face to many on the steelpan
music scene, Dunstan, who performs under
the sobriquet “Carwash,” saw his music
work recognized and performed by one of
Trinidad’s powerhouse steel orchestras -
world-renowned Trinidad All Stars - back in 1998.
Equipped with Dunstan’s track called “Me and Meh
Lady,” All Stars went to the 1998
Panorama competition of that year, eventually
placing third in the country’s national championship behind Exodus and Nutones
Steel Orchestras.
Though he has not
been continuously a household name on
the national stage, Dunstan has
persevered, and composed and recorded his
works through the years. For 2010,
his offering in the music arena was
“Pong It.”
To get his 2011
contender “The Alien
Steelband” out of the
studio, Dunstan once
again placed his
music in the capable
hands of
veteran ace musician
Pelham Goddard.