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I can see you and your Coke-bottle glasses Talking blood and gases Oxygen as it passes It was funny How they blew-up your eyes And you always looked surprised When you talked and surmised
Of the natural things Creatures with wings And the science of the eye And how it dilates And decisions made by primates
One day you said, Please call me Micha Gave a lecture on pica Disorders of the poor and afflicted I was addicted To your mustache on my lips Your hands on my hips
And the natural things Creatures with wings And the science of the eye And how it dilates And decisions made by primates
The day you went away Took your Coke-bottle tears All your gourmet beers Said you still had years, to find yourself But I found a garden And I lay myself down Watched the ants march around
With the natural things Creatures with wings The science of the eye And how it dilates And decisions made by primates Made by primates
Wendy, This just floored me. You have done something special. This is a substantial piece of work.
The lyric absolutely glistens with intelligence. The words are rich, dense, and effortless. Funny when I read the lyric I had no idea what the story was about. Then when I listened to the song, I instantly understood it.
The melody is just lovely. Your voice is really compelling. Your guitar picking is astounding. Your guitar sound makes me envious. What kind of reverb are you using? Do tell.
I won't go on and on and embarrass you, but this is really good.
Your playing just keeps getting better. Are you still playing out? Sounding great so, good for you! Lyrically, this is really smart and sad and funny. I wouldn't expect anything less coming from you. So glad to see you're still at it. Love this:
I was addicted To your mustache on my lips Your hands on my hips
Hey guys. Thanks so much for listening. I'm sorry I have not had time to come back and comment but I really appreciate the ears. Hope everybody is having a wonderful week.
I thoroughly enjoyed very second of this tune. A definite keeper. I don't know if you are familiar with The Weepies, but I can definately see them doing this tune. Great stuff.
That title could have been great or terrible, but I think you pulled it off. Beautifully.
I have to say, many of your lyrics are borderline genius. A few lines have a slightly awkward cadence (example: When you talked and surmised). But if there's any rough, it's definitely diamond rough.
It reminded me a lot of the breathy intensity of Lisa Hannigan, only with less Irishness. Loved.
I thought it had not a catchy bone in it's body, but dammit, now you've got these 4 words stuck in my head about monkeys making choices, and I'm gonna have to explain it to people when they hear me belting it out in the kitchen...
Loved it girl, how can it be bad?? Fab lyric and very nice vocal on it...a far stretch from the kids yelling in the background right?? Love listening to your stuff on FB also, love the breathy part...nicely done!
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it... Professor Albus Dumbledore
As menitioned I love this. The quite space you leave in spots keeps you interested, and it's unique. I dont even care what it's about, it dont matter. if you produced this like a pop song ala Suzanne Vega, it could jump up a few notches.
Sounds very nice. Love the melody and the picking and mostly, the tone of your voice and the delivery. It is definitely worthy of a pro recording. I have no idea what the lyrics are about.
Thank you guys so much for commenting on it. It will likely get an upgrade at some point. My band, Blackfoot Daisy, is working on an EP at the moment. So I now have a studio/producer who could help me with it. Eventually, we are planning on an album but that's going to take more time. I don't think it will be on our album because the Daisy stuff is Americana, folk, bordering on country and this song is a quirky singer/songwriter type thing.
But if you guys hear something for the "wish list" in terms of what would sound good for it, I am all ears. I could hear maybe some violin, better vox and maybe two guitars (lead over my simple picking).
What you are hearing now is a recording of me singing/playing it at my kitchen table using my digital recorder. I recorded it about a half an hour after I wrote it. I sometimes do that just to get it down and then I tweak it after that.
In terms of the song meaning, I should say that I feel it is about the difference between biology and reason. And it's basically a story about a girl who falls in love with a dude who wears thick glasses and talks a lot about science.
oh! When I did read the top 10 list I was not prepared to be surprised, I know them guys, but I didnt suspect I missed this absolute beauty. Charming and enchanting and a complete story in a nutshell, great lyric and interesting prosody - really unconventional. great song, brava! gived me a thrill
WOW I loved it. I love the way the lyrics flow into each other as if line 3 were just an after thought to line 2, that was a continuation, a clarification of line 1. I can't describe it other than to say the lyrics and melody fit together incredibly well while giving the illusion of thoughts just rambling and flowing.
I love how his leaving could be thought of as one of those "decisions made by primates"
Great Melody, great lyrics, great song.
T-rump might see heaven, just for a little bit Just how ever long it takes for Jesus to spit.
One of my favorite songs ever posted. I'm not even sure why, it's a rough recording, doesn't sound great, guitar a bit out of tune, but it pulls me in.
I think it's partly the voice, and the interesting lyrics. And the intimacy it has
This should be re done, but stay acoustic and right "there"
I came over here a couple of weeks ago and saw this had been shared/bumped. Thanks for doing that, Fdemetrio. I am considering recording this for real. Have been for a long time but I felt like the original version of this just captured something that I'm not sure I could emulate now. I don't perform this song much, but over the years, the vocal melody has changed a bit in my head. I think I recorded this just after I had written it. Anyway, seeing this inspired me to download the original, put it into an AI splitter and treat the guitar and vocal a bit.
I added a synth pad to it as well and made a little video for it.
I always thought adding a cello might sound good. The other thought I had recently was to have the violin player in our band add his octave violin to it. The octave violin has a cello-like sound.
Thank you again for the bump! I have been recording a lot of stuff and releasing songs about once a month, so if you are interested you can follow me under Bog Witch Music or Wendy DuMond on social media. I'm still doing music like a crazy person. My band, Blackfoot Daisy, is also still very active in the Atlanta area.
JPF really gave me my start and I have never forgotten this!
That certainly is interesting lyrically , I'm not really getting the story . But it has a lot of feeling lines The demo or recording sounds good . I imagine it would go over well at open mikes , Since some songs are poetry driven.
nice job Wendy
We’re all built from the same dust and dreams, Different roads, but the same means.
I came over here a couple of weeks ago and saw this had been shared/bumped. Thanks for doing that, Fdemetrio. I am considering recording this for real. Have been for a long time but I felt like the original version of this just captured something that I'm not sure I could emulate now. I don't perform this song much, but over the years, the vocal melody has changed a bit in my head. I think I recorded this just after I had written it. Anyway, seeing this inspired me to download the original, put it into an AI splitter and treat the guitar and vocal a bit.
I added a synth pad to it as well and made a little video for it.
I always thought adding a cello might sound good. The other thought I had recently was to have the violin player in our band add his octave violin to it. The octave violin has a cello-like sound.
Thank you again for the bump! I have been recording a lot of stuff and releasing songs about once a month, so if you are interested you can follow me under Bog Witch Music or Wendy DuMond on social media. I'm still doing music like a crazy person. My band, Blackfoot Daisy, is also still very active in the Atlanta area.
JPF really gave me my start and I have never forgotten this!
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So glad to see you're still at it. Love this:
