Wednesday, April 7, 2010

"Better not forget my umbrella cause there's a brainstorm on the way"

6 songs to write learn and play in 36 hours.
I wrote 2 songs today and learned 3.
I'm writing a 3rd with the title as a lyric for a song called "Using my Imagination" but I need a break.
Last week I agreed to play a show for my friend's birthday, but I wanted to play with new material. Today was the first time I could sit down and write, the show is on Thursday. I figure I should write 6 songs or so, and learn 2 covers, and write 2-3 new jokes.
The 2 I wrote today are country and western songs, or cowboy songs as my boss would say.
I don't want to record them yet because I want to debut them at the Vault and I'm sure that will be the last time some of them will be played live, but I'd like to say that I really like to play these 2 that I wrote today.
One of them is called "Crawling Back to You" and I wanted to write a song from the perspective of a sea slug who hasn't shaved for 2 weeks and he is out on the road trying to pick himself up but he can't - he is too depressed. His wife kicked him outta the conch shell and the only way to get her is to come crawling back and beg. Though I'm trying to get away from writing too many more songs for my client The Rocktopus, the song itself has a universal feel I hope to convey along with a undeniably attractive hook.
I hope to see you there, here is an excerpt and then I gotta get back to work.

"Cold rain falling - falling hard
find another
place to kill some time
hope to get you off my mind-

But I'm outta cigarettes
in Indiana
and round here loneliness
is the only friend I'll find-

-ing all the headlights remind me of her eyes
oh I guess it would be wise
to hitch a ride, but if no one comes...
I'll come crawling back

Crawling back, Crawling back, Crawling back,
Baby you're the better half of me,
The better half I lack
Crawling back, Crawling back, Crawling back,
I lost your love and I want it back,
So now I'm on my hands and knees,
I come crawling back."

I think I could use
"Sick of eating pork and beans
down by the railroad track"

stuck in the chorus at the end there for a reprise or whatever something dumb for a stupid laugh or whatever something like that I guess

And then I fucking learned this!

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