This is the first song I've written since last time I was here and the first time I've opened my mouth to sing in almost as long (well, not quite - I did do a fb live show a couple months or so back). With the new child, I have to whisper sing anyway, but out of practice is half my troubles. I had a pretty decent bicycle wreck (last week? week before?) and along with swelling up my leg and giving it the finest bruise I have ever seen, I hurt the thumb of my fretting hand pretty good, so it was not happy about having to play instruments.
And then the gear issues started. . .
I can't believe I got this thing in in time - photo finish for sure. If I can't get the latency issues worked out, I'm not gonna make it far this round.
As to the song:
I tend to think of a time period when I write songs. Generally, that time period is pretty vague, but I imagine it's somewhere between the age of Huck Finn and the early 1940's. Or something. As to the place, I imagine it's the weird old South that you find in any number of old folk tales - think about the Jack Tales and you're kinda sorta near(ish) it.
In any event, what it is not is 1970's Los Angles, which is what this is. I guess.
lyrics
I
Sunrise on the hillside
Sunset on the lawn
Someone soon will call the man
If they can find a phone
CH
Devil let me go
Devil release me
II
Three cheers for the children
And three cheers for our Lord
And three cheers for my baby
She’s lookin’ pretty bored
CH
Devil let me go
Devil release me
III
I walk the highway
I cruise the park
Catch you coming my way
When I'm crawling through the dark
There stands the Devil
And I am in my skin
But in a moment, when I slip out
Whatcha bet he’s gonna jump right in?
I think he’s gonna jump right
Ya know he’s gonna jump right in
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