My poor narrator is in that double bind where you hate the person you love and he is not having a good day of it as he waits in the park for her to maybe show... maybe not.
This is my poly-polysemy song.
PS Did Polly see me doing polysemy?
(Dm) I'm standing waiting for someone
Who I (Bb) know I just can't (Am) stand
(Dm) Why I even bother
I (Bb) cannot under(C)stand
My (Dm) self-justification
I (Gm) know is far from (Dm) sound
And the (C) sound of those dogs barking
Is (Bb) grinding me (C) into the (Dm) ground
(Dm) Something jogged my memory
When (Bb) I was out for a (Am) jog
That (Dm) time that we went rowing
And we (Bb) crashed into a (C) log
It (Dm) led to a row I remember
First of (Gm) many in a (Dm) row
Why (C) I'm still waiting to see her
I (Bb) really (C) do not (Dm) know
BRIDGE
I (Bb) thought that I had nailed it
But I (F) broke my finger nail
(C) Thought that I had scaled it
Till I (F) stood upon the scales
(Bb) Pale as a frightened greyhound
I (F) wailed like a dying whale
Well (C) I admit my behaviour
Is (Dm) well beyond the pale
(Dm) My swearing must have been out loud
'Cos a (Bb) cop just gave me a (Am) fine
I (Dm) swear this is all her fault
She's (Bb) walking a fine (C) line
I (Dm) can't get her on my cell phone
This (Gm) day has gone to (Dm) hell
I can (C) feel it in my bones
Down (Bb) to my (C) smallest (Dm) cells
(Dm) This ring around my finger
Has (Bb) recently started to (Am) sting
If she (Dm) only had the decency
To (Bb) give her ex a (C) ring
I (Dm) know I should give up on her
That (Gm) much is really (Dm) plain
I (C) should high tail it out of here
And (Bb) ride out (C) onto the (Dm) plain
(Dm) I'm like some sole survivor
She's (Bb) bitchy, she is (Am) vain
But I (Dm) love her to distraction
Like (Bb) heroin in my (C) veins
The (Dm) sole of my shoe is worn out
From (Gm) pacing my living room (Dm) floor
Can't (C) stand the pace I'm living
I (Bb) wish I had (C) never been (Dm) born
@beacon Apr 2022
Boy, you hit the polysemy hard here! Nice playing on here too.
@sheilerk Apr 2022
I love your great use of polysemy throughout this fun song! And the bouncy melody had me tapping along. You certainly aced the challenge!!
@chipwithrow Mar 2022
Such a swell uke bounce to this, and a great melodic vocal, too. Superb storytelling that I, like many (maybe most) others, can relate to.
@gordon Feb 2022
Ah you hooked me in with the title and the polysemy challenge. Really good work here and a lot of good lines, Thanks for posting
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Fantastic story telling and I love the those crazy couplets! So well done!
@jayjay Feb 2022
Oh my. A plethora of polysemy. What a wonderful song. Crazy you did that in such a short time.
@p3t3h4rv3y Feb 2022
Stick to the song writing stay off the heroin
@andygriff Feb 2022
This is excellent. Great storytelling and I like the slightly vintage sound on the vocal, as if it's coming from a radio. Nice one!
@mikeskliar Feb 2022
Ha, you just totally won the polysemy challenge! this is so clever and so fun musically- great work! (and i love that tenor guitar, wish i had one!)