First song I've ever written on ukulele. Pretty proud.
[Verse]
It isn't everyday you get to write a song
Things get it the way- my mind, a job, some guy
But I try to sit down then I get back up
There's something, somewhere else that I've got to tend to
Cuz I tend to collect all the mean things people say
Old teachers, so called friends, people I don't even know
So I end up never writing a single word
The thing is..
[Chorus]
Songs are everywhere in my mind all the time
Songs are everywhere in my mind all the time
[Verse 2]
This song didn't pour out of me like music folks will say
If found its way out inch by inch, crinkled page by crinkled page
Random walk by random walk
Sit, sit, then stand
Than once more around the block to live what comes next
[Bridge?]
You see that tree over there? It's a song to be written
You see that tree over there? It's a song to be written
The one with knots and curls and long branches
The sound of planes up above me
The drip drop of rain
[Chorus]
Songs are everywhere in my mind all the time
Songs are everywhere in my mind all the time
Songs are everywhere in my mind all the time
Songs are everywhere in my mind all the time
All the time
@liz561 Mar 2022
Great meta idea about songwriting. I have notebooks with little scraps and scraps in my phone, but having time to sit with them and make them into something more is the process. This is so joyful!
@nancycunning Feb 2022
Oooh. This is so much fun. I love that chorus, and the way you sing the whole thing, like it really is just pouring on out. It does feel like a map of the inside of my mind.
Can't wait to hear more of what you write.
@fiddlerblick80 Feb 2022
Your voice is so lovely! I love the vibrato at the ends of phrases. Well done and welcome to the party!
@oaksnprairie Feb 2022
Wonderful! I'm looking forward to your next song about that tree with the long branches. Nice uke, too.
@sienamoves Feb 2022
Wow! Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback and positive encouragement everyone!
@mikegtz Feb 2022
This is nice. First time hearing you and glad I dropped by. I like the lines "You see that tree over there? It's a song to be written", That whole verse is very poetic.
@ltunes Feb 2022
The chorus is stuck in my head. B
Great job.
@ductapeguy Feb 2022
That one line chorus is killer. Beautiful singing and playing.