This one was seriously fun. I've been listening to The Basement Tapes this week, so I thought I'd take on Patrick's challenge (I'm Genghis Khan, by the way) in a Dylan-esque funhouse mode. And it occurred to me that I had a great band coming in this week to rehearse - Luxuriant Sedan (or the Luxuriant Sedans, depending on who you ask!). So I thought I'd recruit them to be my Band. They were game, and they came through with flying colors. The song was written in about 45 minutes; the band learned and rehearsed the song in about 20, and then we put it down in one take (now that I think about it, I probably could have used this one for Jason's two hour challenge!). Mostly one room mic, so it's raw. For a completely silly, throwaway track, I'm loving this one.
lyrics
men of decision
men of action
men who look around the room and demand satisfaction
I look at you, I just see the losing faction
and I think to myself
what the hell am I doing here?
I fought the Tartars
subdued the hoards
now you want me playing the same old three chords
son of a bitch, I am mind out of my bored
I gotta ask, what the hell am I doing here?
I'm going home
gonna leave you all behind
I'm going home
I'm bout to lose my ancient mind
you people just piss me off
y'all 'bout as fun as the whooping cough
what the hell am I doing here
I'm going back
out on the plain
someplace that I can feel like I'm a man again
I'm killing Abel, going drinking with Cain
no more what the hell am I doing here?
I don't remember
I can't recall
what was it got me here
what set me up to fall?
not even sure that twinkie was worth it after all
what the hell, what the hell am I doing here?
I'm going home
gonna leave you all behind
I'm going home
I'm bout to lose my ancient mind
you people just piss me off
y'all 'bout as fun as the whooping cough
what the hell am I doing here
you got your gadgets
your blinking lights
I got me something warm to keep me up at night
you get distracted in the middle of picking a fight
gotta check your message
what the hell am I doing here?
so stop trying to play us down
stop trying to jerk us
you look at me like I'm a monkey in the circus
and I've had enough, boy
ain't gonna last one more minute in this cage
what the hell am I doing here?
I'm going home
gonna leave you all behind
I'm going home
I'm bout to lose my ancient mind
you people just piss me off
y'all 'bout as fun as the whooping cough
what the hell am I doing here
credits
from Round 4, Week 2,
released November 17, 2014
DD: vocal
Mike Wesolowski: harp
Gino Grandinetti: guitar
Rob Slater: guitar
Ed Bumgardner: bass
Bob Tarleton: drums
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