Alright then lovelies.
Since "What Is Left..." went over so well I thought perhaps I could share with you what I quickly recorded today.
I've had the phrase, "I'm like china in a bull shop.", rolling around in my head for MONTHS now. Really. And then, the other night, a torrent of words came out of me while Zack and I were sitting at the dining room table.
"Zack, quick, grab that piece of paper over there." And he did. And I wrote what you see below.
(there are chords off to the side from another song I was working on. I don't remember what that one is now.)
The music itself, especially the piano part, is something I've been muddling around with for a couple of weeks. By muddling I mean that I would walk past the piano (which is OUT OF TUNE. I know this. It's driving me nuts...) and my fingers would play out the pattern for a few seconds and then I'd be off to do something pressing like...laundry or making sure that homework was being done. ;-)
This afternoon however, right after Zack had taken all of the boys to Caleb's soccer game, right when I was about to lay my head down on the couch cushions for a much longed for nap, what happened? My piano locked me in it's gaze and everything sort of clicked in my head.
Now. I am due to have a baby in TWO DAYS. So my lung capacity is non existent. Also, I recorded this with GarageBand in our dining room. There are piano mistakes. There are vocal mistakes. There is a ton of room noise and, if you listen very closely, you might be able to hear the boys cleaning the kitchen, as that is what they were doing when I decided to throw a little accordion on this after dinner.
Okay, I'm doing the classic preamble that every musician does when what they're offering is less that absolutely PERFECT. (which for me, it never is.)
Just again, give me your honest thoughts, but keep in mind to listen to the song and the melody and not the production value.
Please. ;-)
Who knows, if I get enough of these songs together, we might have the makings of my newest album here, folks.
Here are the words:
Bull Shop (click the song title to download the song)
I try
To paint over
All of my unsightly spots
And glue back on all of the
Parts that fell off.
I'm not gonna lie
When I say
I'm falling
Apart at the seams
From the way
I've been trying
So
Hard
I'm like china
In a bull shop.
I try
To smooth down
All of my jagged parts
And protect with vigor
As much as I can of my heart.
I'm not gonna lie
When I say
I'm falling
Apart at the seams
From the way
I've been trying
So
Hard
I'm like china
In a bull shop. (everytime they've come around I've met the ground again...everytime...)
Everytime they came around I met the ground again
Everytime they've come around I've found the ground again
Everytime you've come around I've found I've made more sense
Everytime you've been around I've found I've made more sense