At the end of last summer, I had a thyroidectomy. (Graves' disease.) I was so fortunate to have found an excellent surgeon (who had lots of experience with singers) and to have had this "elective" surgery during that short while hospitals were in a COVID lull. I'm still recovering vocally but am feeling a lot better.
Do you ever feel like you've "wasted" a good chorus on a silly song you'll never perform? I kind of like this chorus. I guess I could use these lyrics as place markers and rewrite.
Big as an Asteroid, By Jessica Graae 2/5/22
Had a thyroid, big as an asteroid.
I had a disease.
Had a thyroid, too big for a polaroid.
Doctor, help me please.
Won’t you get in there and operate?
Take out the enemy ‘fore it’s too late.
Won’t you get in there. Annihilate.
No time for tinctures. No time to ablate.
My eyes were popping.
The food was stopping.
Halfway down it would stick.
Once I was shopping,
A lady starts talking, “Don’t you know you are sick?”
Won’t you get in there and operate?
Take out the enemy ‘fore it’s too late.
Won’t you get in there. Annihilate.
No time for tinctures. No time to ablate.
@cubizm Feb 2022
Wow. That is powerful. You really let yourself loose on this. Jessica, this is pure punk rock.
@tseaver Feb 2022
Nice write: casting the diseased cells as the enemy works really well. I'm glad you're recovered and able to sing for FAWM!
@markg Feb 2022
Don't remember ever hearing ablate as a rhyme before.
Good angry emotion--go get 'em!!
Glad to hear that your voice emerged a-ok.
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
Great to use songs to record somr pretty nasty stuff and with some humour,. Great first line. great to hear how well you have come back. Good song
@standup Feb 2022
I like your tags -- folk "rock humor"
Very warlike, take out the enemy, annihilate. But I guess that's what we do to stay alive.
"No time for tinctures" is funny, they are rather slow-acting and low-key. I'm taking a few of those these days.