lyrics i guess this one’s the flip side of a lullaby.
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monday song #95: double nickels turns three dimes
lyrics “double nickels on the dime” by the minutemen is a favorite album of mine and was hugely influential back when i was first trying my hand at live music in the late eighties. you’ll have a hard time finding an album more energetic and original. the rare balance of vision and humility has always been […]
monday song #94: drop the pail in the well
lyrics i liked last week’s song so much, wanted to see if i could give it a little sister.
monday song #93: lullaby (for m & w)
lyrics this is a song i made up spontaneously on a recent saturday night, but didn’t have the energy to pursue it. i listened to it yesterday and thought it had promise. not till i started wrestling with the lyrics did i realize it was a lullaby.
monday song #92: like i like you
lyrics i had the chords and the melody of the first few lines. felt like some colin hay song. just happy and miles from progressive rock. as i goofed around with my trademark gobbledy-gook lyrics i hit on “if i liked you like you like me.” took me five minutes to figure out if the […]
monday song #91: my color wheel
lyrics i started work on this as another two-part song, but the second i had two, there just had to be three. the harmonies reminded my of the boswell sisters, though they get funky here and there.
monday song #90: let’s put on a show
lyrics this one started out as another paul-and-linda harmony piece, and then i had the idea to have the choruses follow the evolution of the band. the last section is pretty rocking, if i do say so myself.
monday song #89: i fly away
lyrics this week’s song was recorded way back in 2001. i was doing some work collecting music for my upcoming project about mania and remembered this little ditty.
monday song #88: moving forward standing still
lyrics i was planning a different song for this week, but when i got news pete seeger died, i wanted to write something for him. i have long considered pete seeger at the top of my list of most admirable americans, a man with a spirit that deserves to be considered in the class of […]
monday song #87: nocturne
lyrics this is one of the prettier songs i’ve written. as with many of the previous posts, it’s guitar, plus harmony vocal; tunes for the latest paul n linda record.