This week is similar to last week in that it is an experiment with using an accompaniment pattern that repeats verbatim. The challenge is in varying the vocal melody enough to define the formal sections.
Lyrics:
I think I've come undone
While you were having fun.
What did you think you'd see
When you disconnected me?
When you disowned your life
And waited for the knife
That would remove your wings,
Were you confusing things?
And you knew I'd never sleep at night.
And you knew I wouldn't put up a fight.
It's overdue.
And you knew it never felt so right
As the moment that I held you tight.
I wish I knew
Where it is you flew.
Into the blue
Is where you're going to.
Can I follow you
Into the blue?
It's very hard to fly
With wings you did not buy.
Where can you go from here?
Your way is so unclear?
Don't you give me a sign.
Don't want to hear that line.
Why can't I see your face
Reflected in your sword and mace?
I wrote this song originally for a girl to sing in first person ("I'm a snake, I'm a temptress..."). I'm still working on getting a recording of that version. In the meantime, I've created this version sung from the perspective of the man. I think it works okay either way.
Lyrics:
My heart had flown away to greet the brand new day.
My mind cannot be swayed to heal the pain of yesterday.
The wind blows through my hair as I walk in the evening air.
But I cannot pretend I've overcome what happened then.
Your life has so been built to bear the weight of crushing guilt.
You take your dagger by the hilt and watch the flowers as they wilt.
Destined to break my heart, I think I knew it from the start.
But I am not alone. No one can melt your heart of stone.
You're a snake, you're a temptress, you're a devil in a black dress.
Your lips never spoke a word of truth.
Do you feel so restricted from the pain that you inflicted?
Should I forgive your sins of youth?
You warned me that I must never bestow you with my trust.
You'll leave me in the dust. You'll leave me soul to rot and rust.
You'll leave me standing there. You wouldn't even really care.
While I real from the sting, you will not feel a single thing.
This song is the first of the Year of Song that was written for an advertisement. This is a short version, which may be extended later for longer ads. It is for my wife's business - Crocoturtle Cove.
This song is dedicated to my friend Kevin in Missouri. He is, by far, the biggest Chuck Norris fan I have ever met.
Lyrics:
The day that Chuck was born
The doctor slapped him on the back
Then Chuck knocked him to the floor
When he countered with a spin attack. Oh yeah.
He grew to be a karate star
So you better watch what you do.
Rest assured he knows who you are
And any second he'll be coming for you. Oh yeah.
That man gives me such a fright
It makes it hard for me to sleep at night.
When you see him coming, what you gonna do? He's a-
He's a one man wrecking crew.
That's Chuck! Chuck Norris! That's Chuck! Chuck Norris! Look out!
You can joke about his mustache,
But you shouldn't do it to his face.
The last one who did - Chuck kicked his ash,
And smacked his head into outer space, oh yeah.
That man gives me such a fright
It makes it hard for me to sleep at night.
When you see him coming, what you gonna do? He's a-
He's a one man wrecking crew.
That's Chuck! Chuck Norris! That's Chuck! Chuck Norris! That's "Mr. Norris" to you!
This is my parody of the song "Cocaine" by J.J. Cale (which was covered by Eric Clapton).
Lyrics:
When you're feeling kind of squirrelly
'cause the alarm woke you too early -- caffeine.
When you arrive late to work
And you could really use a perk -- caffeine.
Time for work, time for work, time for work, caffeine.
When you stayed up late last night
And you ain't feeling very bright -- caffeine.
When you're moving pretty slow
And you need a cup of Joe -- caffeine.
Fill it up, fill it up, fill it up, caffeine.
Don't you drink it too much,
Or it will become a crutch -- caffeine.
You think you're doing yourself a service
But it'll make you mighty nervous -- caffeine.
Take it slow, take it slow, take it slow -- caffeine.
One thing always gets me feeling blue
When my colleagues seem to have no clue.
The thing that makes difficult to acccept
Is that everyone else so inept.
But of everything at all that I hate
Of all the things in the world I berate
One thing puts me out at the drop of a dime.
I hate being right all the time.
I hate it when someone throws me a curve
Or gets on my last nerve.
I can’t take these lackeys that get in my way,
The incompetence I deal with everyday.
There’s so much that drives me crazy, for heaven’s sake.
There’s only so much stupidity I’m able to take.
One thing ticks me off at the drop of a dime.
I hate being right all the time.
All the mistakes in the world that I see
Could all be avoided if people would listen to me.
Everyone really ought to follow my rules
Or they’ll keep wandering around like a bunch of bumbling fools.
Ignoring my advice should be a crime.
I hate being right all the time.
One huge thing that I really hate
Is letting other’s control my fate.
Having to bow to the director’s demand
Is something I can’t stand.
But of everything that I cannot bear
Of all annoying things that get stuck in my hair.
One thing hacks me off at the drop of a dime.
I hate being right all the time.
This song was written for the Online Musical Workship at http://onlinemusicalworkshop.blogspot.com - it will either be sung by the aging starlet or the director - both characters that believe they know everything and aren't afraid to share it.
