Out Of Sight

Just back from a week on the beach, trying to squeeze a couple more of these into this month.

A Round Tuit

The greatest gift is time
To do with as you will
And fill it as you would
If you could be
Completely free.

And you ever
Found the time
To get
Around to it.

Phone Voice

Don't you talk to me with your phone voice, honey
Save it for your customer calls
It makes you come off like such a phoney, honey
Like the world is hanging from your balls
And if you really want to get your hands in my pants
You'd be better off speaking Chinese

Be my Wisconsin tenor, baby
Your voice doesn't need to be that deep
I hate those deep dark English sounds
But your Chinese really speaks to me

I'm the Tiger mother to your daughters, baby
The dutiful wife who cooks you Chinese food
Just talk to me in your real voice baby
Because I fell in love with a Wisconsin tenor
And that's the voice that puts me in the mood

Be Prepared

Courtney was a painter
And a sometime figure model
Who liked to read Cervantes
And used a pair of chopsticks
To roll her hair into a bun

She lived out with her single mom
On the darker side of town
Her mom worked nights as a bartender
And sold a little weed on the side

Bobby was an Eagle Scout
Who liked to follow rules
His social clique were awkward boys
His mom and dad were awful proud

Courtney had decided
She was going to go to Bonnaroo
Get a week long pass
And camp out on the grass

She could have taken anyone
But she said Bobby Smith's the one
Cause he's a Boy Scout and they're always prepared

So Bobby packed his lean-to
And a pair of sleeping bags
His scout knife and some water
And a camp stove just in case

They hitchhiked down to Bonnaroo
Set up their tent and caught the shows
Danced in the mud and partied with strangers
Went back to the tent under the full moon

She climbed into his sleeping bag
Caught him by surprise
He said "I've never done this before"
She said "I'm not surprised"

She took a packet
From her pocket
And rolled it down his shaft
"If you don't come prepared, you won't come at all
And a Boy Scout should always be prepared"

They dated all through college
Got married in grad school
Bobby loosened up
Even if he never became cool
They still go out to festivals
And camp under the stars
Climb in the double sleeping bag
And do what couples do

And she says
"Back at school you were a dork
But when you put those drops of honey
On my plastic camping spork
I knew you were the one for me"

Fragments

A song about one of my co-workers

Don't you talk to me with your phone voice, honey
Save it for your customer calls
It makes you come off like such a phoney, honey
???
And if you really want to get your hands in my pants
You'd be better off speaking Chinese


A song about marital discontent

Can I tell you
That when you

It really made me feel sad
etc.


A song about a high school girl who takes a Boy Scout to Bonnaroo because he will be better prepared to handle the requirements of camping

Back at school you're a dork
But you put those drops of honey
On my plastic camping spork

Bernadette

The Holland/Dozier/Holland song. The bass part is not harmonically complex, but hitting all the grace notes and articulating the arpeggios was very challenging. The guitar part turned into a 4/4 funk groove instead of the original 2/4 backbeat groove. I couldn't decide which drum track I liked better, so I kept them both.