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One more in the series of collabs with my brother Will. This is his story. I'm six years younger. Our stories overlap. He took me to Woodstock with him. He's a good brother.
This might be a demo - it happened very quickly. Pretty much all one take performances. It's got a lot of rough edges.
I had to do something fast to get LIOLI#4 out of my head - or I was gonna have to start charging it rent.
Thanks to Will for keeping me supplied with words. As usual - I just started jamming to a basic drum track and then after I found a song I went looking for words among those he's sent me. Not very scientific - but it adds a degree of chance to the process that I seem to like.
Please feel free to comment with impunity - I can take it - this may be just a sketch of what's to come.
This might be a demo - it happened very quickly. Pretty much all one take performances. It's got a lot of rough edges.
I had to do something fast to get LIOLI#4 out of my head - or I was gonna have to start charging it rent.
Thanks to Will for keeping me supplied with words. As usual - I just started jamming to a basic drum track and then after I found a song I went looking for words among those he's sent me. Not very scientific - but it adds a degree of chance to the process that I seem to like.
Please feel free to comment with impunity - I can take it - this may be just a sketch of what's to come.
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Lyrics
I was 12 back in 60 when JFK got in
For democrats and Catholics it was more than just a win
It felt like the sun had risen on a glorious brand new day
The past was all behind us the future here to stay
The Cuban missile crisis scared us half to death
We dreamed of missiles falling we hid beneath our desks
But somehow we got through it we stared the Russians down
All the dark clouds lifted rejoicing all around
I was 15 in ’63 when JFK was shot
Everyone was crying everyone was shocked
All our hearts were broken on that awful day
A light of hope had gone out our dreams were blown away.
The promise of a better world where hand reached out for hand
Dissolved into a world of fear darkness ruled the land
Storms clouds were gathering now we had LBJ
Off beyond the horizon an unknown enemy lay
And now I’m pushing 60
And the life I have is great
But the world I see around me
Is filled with greed and hate
And so I ask each morning
In the simple prayers I say
To be of help to someone
Sometime throughout the day
I was 21 in ’69 and Tricky Dick was in
Soldiers died each evening on the television
Malcolm, Martin and Bobby were all behind us now
Drugs and rock were our gods our sacred word was ‘wow’
We chanted down in Washington end the bloody war
Peace and love we chanted that and nothing more
Then other heroes left us Jimi and Janis were dead
Drop out became our anthem drop out and feed your head
I was 27 in ’75 when we finally left Saigon
Crowds of people pushing trying to climb on
To the whirling helicopters that hovered in the air
Above the US Embassy and the helpless people there
I was 41 in ’89 when the wall came crashing down
The ruins of the Cold War lying on the ground
But we’ll keep finding enemies like we’ve always done
Till we kill them or they kill us each and everyone
And now I ’m pushing 60
And the life I have is great
But the world I see around me
Is filled with grief and hate
And o I ask each morning
In the simple prayers I say
To be of help to someone
Sometime throughout the day
And if you may be wondering
What a single man can do
Then add your prayer to my prayer
And together we’ll be two.
For democrats and Catholics it was more than just a win
It felt like the sun had risen on a glorious brand new day
The past was all behind us the future here to stay
The Cuban missile crisis scared us half to death
We dreamed of missiles falling we hid beneath our desks
But somehow we got through it we stared the Russians down
All the dark clouds lifted rejoicing all around
I was 15 in ’63 when JFK was shot
Everyone was crying everyone was shocked
All our hearts were broken on that awful day
A light of hope had gone out our dreams were blown away.
The promise of a better world where hand reached out for hand
Dissolved into a world of fear darkness ruled the land
Storms clouds were gathering now we had LBJ
Off beyond the horizon an unknown enemy lay
And now I’m pushing 60
And the life I have is great
But the world I see around me
Is filled with greed and hate
And so I ask each morning
In the simple prayers I say
To be of help to someone
Sometime throughout the day
I was 21 in ’69 and Tricky Dick was in
Soldiers died each evening on the television
Malcolm, Martin and Bobby were all behind us now
Drugs and rock were our gods our sacred word was ‘wow’
We chanted down in Washington end the bloody war
Peace and love we chanted that and nothing more
Then other heroes left us Jimi and Janis were dead
Drop out became our anthem drop out and feed your head
I was 27 in ’75 when we finally left Saigon
Crowds of people pushing trying to climb on
To the whirling helicopters that hovered in the air
Above the US Embassy and the helpless people there
I was 41 in ’89 when the wall came crashing down
The ruins of the Cold War lying on the ground
But we’ll keep finding enemies like we’ve always done
Till we kill them or they kill us each and everyone
And now I ’m pushing 60
And the life I have is great
But the world I see around me
Is filled with grief and hate
And o I ask each morning
In the simple prayers I say
To be of help to someone
Sometime throughout the day
And if you may be wondering
What a single man can do
Then add your prayer to my prayer
And together we’ll be two.
VicDiesel
Oh boy, am I the first one to comment?
The good: you have some solid lyrics here, and you sing them well. The whole arrangement also sounds solid. Probably in an almost literal sense of the word: this is quite a lot of sound.
The bad: you have some pretty simple chords under the lyrics, which is fine as long as they support the lyrics. However, there are a couple of places where there is too much of the instrumental part, for instance in the intro. Those chords the way you play them are just not interesting enough to stand by themselves.
But overall a great song.