ain't this just classic?
so, the other day i'm spending time in montana in a little apartment, waiting for louis to get off the graveyard shift at an exxon station, and BAM! song pops into my head. lyrics, basic melody, irregular timing. whole song. basicly done in twenty minutes of writing.
freaks me out worse, 'cause of it's subject matter. i know i wrote it, and therefore it came out of my mind/heart/subconscious, but it isn't exactly how i feel. there's a bunch of different people i've wanted to rush this to, sing it for them, folks (mostly women) who are-were and are-still close to me, but i want to sing it cause it makes me happy, not because it snubs them. i want to share the joy i accidentally wandered onto, but i hold back cause... well.
here it is.
can't you stay inside with me, love
don't you see it's gonna rain?
won't you stay in line with me, no
we can both still feel the old pain
thought i'd live and die with you, babe
not spend my time walkin' round in circles
know there's gonna be another lady someday, but
sadly that don't mean i won't still feel the same
known a long hard time that
life and love they devour
all the crazy work of
time and pain
sadly though i'm sure that
with enough damage
you'll find that it
goes both ways
nothing like the healing joy
of a good goodbye
no sting it burns like the times
when you know nothin
of each other's minds
but i know now
that i never did
and i will always
love instead
who i thought you were
who you led me to believe
who you wanted to be
i say to you
goodbye
goodbye
see? totally doesn't feel like most the crap i write. comments greatly appriciated. anyone want to hear the melody, leave me your phone number (or just tell me to ring ya) and i'll call you back and sing it into the phone. i've already started arranging it's music in my head, but until i have a machine that's all just piss in the wind...
loves,
alex
freaks me out worse, 'cause of it's subject matter. i know i wrote it, and therefore it came out of my mind/heart/subconscious, but it isn't exactly how i feel. there's a bunch of different people i've wanted to rush this to, sing it for them, folks (mostly women) who are-were and are-still close to me, but i want to sing it cause it makes me happy, not because it snubs them. i want to share the joy i accidentally wandered onto, but i hold back cause... well.
here it is.
can't you stay inside with me, love
don't you see it's gonna rain?
won't you stay in line with me, no
we can both still feel the old pain
thought i'd live and die with you, babe
not spend my time walkin' round in circles
know there's gonna be another lady someday, but
sadly that don't mean i won't still feel the same
known a long hard time that
life and love they devour
all the crazy work of
time and pain
sadly though i'm sure that
with enough damage
you'll find that it
goes both ways
nothing like the healing joy
of a good goodbye
no sting it burns like the times
when you know nothin
of each other's minds
but i know now
that i never did
and i will always
love instead
who i thought you were
who you led me to believe
who you wanted to be
i say to you
goodbye
goodbye
see? totally doesn't feel like most the crap i write. comments greatly appriciated. anyone want to hear the melody, leave me your phone number (or just tell me to ring ya) and i'll call you back and sing it into the phone. i've already started arranging it's music in my head, but until i have a machine that's all just piss in the wind...
loves,
alex