Powerless Librarian Blues

The piano part came to me unbidden. The lyrics, I have no idea, but my middle daughter says it sounds just like trying to borrow one of my books when she was a teenager.

Lyrics

you don’t want dirty looks
don’t dogear my books
that’s what bookmarks are for
see a bent page
puts me in a rage
throw you out the door

show some respect
before they’re all wrecked
and I lose my mind
you’ll rue
what I do
you won’t be just fined

don’t wanna see me get mean
leave my margins clean
or your privileges will be abrogated
be kind to the spine
or take it in thine
you’d be incapacitated

did I make it clear?
you’re not welcome here
why don’t you see
hear my poem
and go home
and watch some TV

Who Made You Blue?

I love doing vocal harmonies. Most acapella groups do music I’m not thrilled with, but sometimes it’s exactly right.

I need to set up my studio and stop recording in the master bedroom closet. It’s a nice space but without a multitrack system I can’t stack the harmonies easily, so each track is sung against the primary melody in the hopes that I’ll get enough harmonic movement. As a result some of the chords are a mite sloppy. Next time, next time.

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Don’t Love You Anymore

Some people can’t move on because they’re stuck
because they can’t move on
because they’re stuck
like this clown, who thinks it’s her fault.

I wrote the chorus to this as a straight country mandolin song and just couldn’t find this guy’s story. Somehow, realizing it could be gypsy jazz led me to his cluelessness and the story.

Lyrics

you say you would have said yes
but I didn’t ask
you were leaving it up to me
but I wasn’t up to the task
now you say we’re through
and you’re moving on
here’s something I feel I can say
now that you’re gone

don’t love you anymore
don’t love you no less
since you been gone
I thought something might change, I guess
you left me alone
you left me a mess
now that you’re gone
don’t love you anymore
but I can’t love you less

you say you would have been glad
to go places with me
did you ever consider maybe there’s no place
I want to see?
I’m happy right here
I like where I am
you can move on
I’ll be right here
thank you ma’am

don’t love you anymore
don’t love you no less
since you been gone
I thought something might change, I guess
you left me alone
you left me a mess
now that you’re gone
don’t love you anymore
but I can’t love you less

take a break
take your time
you’ll regret a hasty decision
for heaven’s sake
it’s no crime
planning with careful precision
no matter how long it takes . . .

but you say we’re through
and you’re moving on
here’s something I feel I can say
now that you’re gone

don’t love you anymore
don’t love you no less
since you been gone
I thought something might change, I guess
you left me alone
you left me a mess
now that you’re gone
don’t love you anymore
but I can’t love you less