Here is song # 2 of my fawm for this year.
A silly song about clutter on my goodtime banjo.
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I really should do something about all this clutter.
Zapping all my focus, distracting me from greatness.
Or at least a little clarity in mind
I could use a little clarity in mind
I sort through piles of paper and find some old lyrics.
Spend the afternoon, remembering the tune
Detangle all the cables from all the gear I thought I needed
Just to write good songs and sing them in my basement
These cables are a mess still
Now I'm learning jigs and reels
I really should do something about all this clutter.
I go to the thrift store to drop off some shit off
But something catches my eye and all my resolve is gone
Once you have a lot of stuff
you get a lot more
hey you play the ukulele
have three more
Oh you make music
Have this casio keyboard
I found it in my garage
But I lost the power cord
I really should do something about all this clutter.
Spilling from my closets
overflowing my junk drawers
So I get a bigger recycling bin
Fearing that old sally anne
I used to live out of my back pack
And tour by grey hound
I tried touring on my bicycle
I had a cool trailer for my amp (it hurt my back)
Then I lived in my van, til it broke down
I'm gonna save up and buy a better one
and finally leave this town.
I'll finally leave this town
And back to the days of magic
But I really should do something about all this clutter
Chords.
Chorus // C G D G
C D G Em
C D G
Verse
G D C D
G D C D
Am D
Ending
Em D G Em
C D G Em (Repeats)
@karan Feb 2022
I was drawn in by the title and the song is amazing - and sooo true! Love the banjo and singing! :-)
@cleanshoes Feb 2022
"Oh you make music/Have this Casio keyboard/I found it in my garage/But I lost the power cord." Truer words have never been spoken.
@rgarv100 Feb 2022
aww thanks @beatsbycamel, @claycove, @lexabear , @ggallagher . Was a really fun morning working on this one!
@beatsbycamel Feb 2022
Very relatable lyrics! great song!
@claycove Feb 2022
Great tune and totally relatable! I keep getting distracted by all the clutter, I'll have a deep and sincere resolve to do this thing right now (write songs, lyrics, read, meditate, whatever), I sit down and OOH would ya look at that, there's that thing I looked for a few days ago... And down the rabbit hole we go again.
@lexabear Feb 2022
I can attest the 'here have more stuff' relates to all hobbies, as my cache of 'we're downsizing granny, here, take her yarn' attests. Someone else did something about all their clutter!
Very cute song.
@ggallagher Feb 2022
This is so relatable especially the bit about musician specific clutter. People really do just give us more instruments sometimes right?