So on May 31st Vick threw a dual birthday party for me and “make her laugh hysterically” party for Sophia. Toward the end of the night after some had left, a group of us decided to play Guesstures and have a fine old time. One particular person (who shall remain nameless lest she hit me with a pointed stick) acted out a clue that did…not…look…right. I can’t even describe it except there was a shaking motion and a stunned expression and much laughter from the rest of us.
So of course, unable to figure out that the term was “Magic 8 Ball,” we got raunchy. I won’t print some of the things we came up with because what really matters is that while we were having this fine old time, I naturally thought, “This could be a song.” So I started it as tame, and then sort of got sidetracked in my own orneriness. The result is “Magic 8 Ball (Push You Over”) which you can hear on my Music page, my ReverbNation profile or on my Facebook.
At the moment, I’m letting anyone who joins my fanlist at ReverbNation download “Second Class Citizen” for free. So if you like my stuff at all, become a fan and get something out of it on top of my everlasting gratitude. Lyrics are below:
You’ve got the advantages, best of circumstances
All the best happenings happen to you
You play the biggest power play, holding down the fearful men
Always taking comfort in the pain that you inflict on them
Take your rules from twisted words
You twist some more to amp the hurt
I don’t wanna be, I won’t be, I’m not gonna play your
Second Class Citizen
I’m not gonna stay wrapped up in these chains
I’m not gonna be your Second Class Citizen
I redid the vocals on Second Class Citizen. To hear it, choose from the list below. You can buy it at my ReverbNation Store. Obviously, Prop 8 in California had something to do with the writing of this.
I posted the lyrics a while back, but here it is with the music. For John, Sandy, Bianca, Mom, Aunt Lou Ann, and the list goes on and on. To hear it, choose from the list below.
I was happy my song, “Goddesses and Angels,” was chosen for the 2010 Goddess Festival cd. I was even happier when it was picked as theme song for the festival that year. The problem was (in my “it’s never good enough” mind) I wrote it in a higher key than I should have. So I’ve redone it, in a lower key, and added some background. This is the new version. You can still find the original version on the Goddess Festival cd. To hear it, choose from the list below.
I was listening to “Colorful” by Verve Pipe and came up with some different lyrics. It needs a better name I think and if I ever record it, it will obviously have different music, but in the meantime if you know the song, here are the words for my version (with an added verse).
“I Am Who I Am” (hate this name)
There’s no course to teach what I have learned
Or I’d have read every word
There’s no sign to point where I have gone now
No script for what I’ve heard
There’s no worth left for my innocence
It’s gone, I’m trying, but I don’t think I need it
I’m not some shattered Jezebel
I’m not a toy for you
I won’t be broken by your desperateness
I am who I am, and not what I’ve been through
This is what happens when I’ve got a head cold, watch too much of The Tudors, and get to thinking about countless friends and friends of friends. This might be the most depressing song I’ve written in a long time, and that counts Crucified. DO NOT READ if you’re enjoying your good mood! The music is very old British royal court (naturally) and with thanks to Thomas Wyatt….
“A Memory (Sail Away)”
I reach for you, through a strange and dirty haze
Picture with the moon, of days we’ve lost, those days we played
Your heart unto me, mine unto you, my closest friends
Until the time came to leave, as you do again
Sail away, sail away sweet laughter, just like your beautiful faces
The crowds are gone, don’t forget the rapture we shared in those places
Sail away, take with you my answers, but please to grant me some reprieve
For I can’t be all of myself if you are just a memory
Posted on February 25, 2010 in Music | Comments: zero
My cousin got hit with a major cancer diagnosis in the last couple days, so I was perusing YouTube and listening to some songs that either remind me of him or I somehow connect with the love of rock and roll he helped engender in me. For the record, I refuse to accept his prognosis. As far as I’m concerned there are no time limits and no absolutes.
Posted on October 1, 2009 in Music | Comments: zero
Does anyone use the word album anymore? Anyway I am impatiently waiting for the Within Temptation CD coming out in about a month. If you don’t know about WT, you should.
