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Even though I've played music on the piano since age 7, this is the first real song I've ever written (I'm rather shy about writing and sharing lyrics). My idea was to write the sort of tune one would maybe hear in a Marx Brothers movies( I'm a huge fan) and endeavored to write the lyrics and melody keeping to that style--something you might hear Groucho serenading some lady with while in a rowboat strumming his guitar. Hope you like this and I must say, the enjoyment I got from this experience was really wonderful and lots of fun!
My only frustration was with the vocal--I could not lower the key without distorting the track so it was a bit of a strain for me (yeah, I know, this does not sound that high to you, but for me? DUM-DA-DUM DUM!!) I guess I'm a baritone after all! Well, next time, I'll remember to "test it out" first before I continue; I was so involved with the other aspects of this thing that I completely forget what key I could sing it in--I did my darnedest to make it work: about a godzillion takes, ugh!
All the instruments and stuff are from my keyboard.
Thanks again and take good care now!
Michael
Breaking All the Laws of Love, Copyright 2011 by The Klein-Ko™ Music Corporation of Minnesota. Any violation or infringement of this copyright will put you in risk of being visited by a very aggressive, evil pixie, who will sneak into your bedroom while you are sleeping and do very unspeakable things to you with his Magic Swizzle Stick. Just so ya know.
Artwork: Master pianist Chico Marx and some girl he picked up (and yanno, I went to all that trouble to create this animated gif and just noticed my cursor arrow got in the picture! You can't win I tell you...)
My only frustration was with the vocal--I could not lower the key without distorting the track so it was a bit of a strain for me (yeah, I know, this does not sound that high to you, but for me? DUM-DA-DUM DUM!!) I guess I'm a baritone after all! Well, next time, I'll remember to "test it out" first before I continue; I was so involved with the other aspects of this thing that I completely forget what key I could sing it in--I did my darnedest to make it work: about a godzillion takes, ugh!
All the instruments and stuff are from my keyboard.
Thanks again and take good care now!
Michael
Breaking All the Laws of Love, Copyright 2011 by The Klein-Ko™ Music Corporation of Minnesota. Any violation or infringement of this copyright will put you in risk of being visited by a very aggressive, evil pixie, who will sneak into your bedroom while you are sleeping and do very unspeakable things to you with his Magic Swizzle Stick. Just so ya know.
Artwork: Master pianist Chico Marx and some girl he picked up (and yanno, I went to all that trouble to create this animated gif and just noticed my cursor arrow got in the picture! You can't win I tell you...)
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Lyrics
Breaking All the Laws of Love
You’d think that I’d start with
‘You’re breaking my heart’
But clichés like that would never do,
So I’m breaking with tradition,
Because I’m on a mission
With a breathtaking
News making
Earth shaking
Late breaking
Tummy Aching
Ground breaking
Song for you!
As the judge of love imparted
When Eve and Adam started
This bliss the pair will tire of
We’ve proven our case
Gave the judge a sad face
Breaking all the laws of love
The fates put us on trial,
Said we would never last
But we laughed all the while
And Mr. Cupid’s appeal, it passed!
Someone went and blew the whistle
Our kiss got a dismissal
Our alibi fit like a glove
And with our burden of proof
The jury, they hit the roof
Breaking all the laws of love
I gave a confession
I know you found it droll
But my heart’s true expression
Made you give me a parole
So with all that testimony
And legalese baloney
Our case for love will never die
Heaven rest us
They can’t arrest us
Because we’re kicking up the clouds in the sky,
And we’ve broken the laws of love.
You’d think that I’d start with
‘You’re breaking my heart’
But clichés like that would never do,
So I’m breaking with tradition,
Because I’m on a mission
With a breathtaking
News making
Earth shaking
Late breaking
Tummy Aching
Ground breaking
Song for you!
As the judge of love imparted
When Eve and Adam started
This bliss the pair will tire of
We’ve proven our case
Gave the judge a sad face
Breaking all the laws of love
The fates put us on trial,
Said we would never last
But we laughed all the while
And Mr. Cupid’s appeal, it passed!
Someone went and blew the whistle
Our kiss got a dismissal
Our alibi fit like a glove
And with our burden of proof
The jury, they hit the roof
Breaking all the laws of love
I gave a confession
I know you found it droll
But my heart’s true expression
Made you give me a parole
So with all that testimony
And legalese baloney
Our case for love will never die
Heaven rest us
They can’t arrest us
Because we’re kicking up the clouds in the sky,
And we’ve broken the laws of love.
Philip18
What a delight this is, Michael. You certainly capture the style you were after. Excellent arrangement - you have worked hard on the various parts. The vocal delivery is, as I'd expect, just right for the lyrics.Congratulations on your first "real" song!