So, I started my first FAWM by channeling by inner Tom Petty, and I will end (songwriting, not listening) by channeling my inner Elton John. This is number 14 and is just to make you laugh. I am glad I made some new friends. This was fun! I have some catch up listening to do.
GOODBYE FAWMING FRIENDS
By David Snyder
V1
Goodbye Fawming Friends
It's like I never met you at all
but in a way I never did
and I hope someday you'll call
call to say to wrote another song
and you just can't wait another year
so I will listen to you anyway
and I'll hear you loud and clear
CH
And I loved you Fawming friends
because your songs went on forever
and I mean that I really do
because your songs went on and on and on
but I would have liked to have known you
before I had to say so long
to all the friends I made
while learning how to Fawm
V2
But then you lit a candle
you lit a candle in the rain
and you know that wasn't very smart
in fact it was insane
but that's okay my Fawming friends
I'll still stand by you
no matter what you write
I will stay true to you
CH
And I love you Fawming friends
because your songs went on forever
and I mean that I really do
because your songs went on and on and on
but I would have liked to have known you
before I had to say so long
to all the friends I made
while learning how to Fawm
Bridge
I never want you
to have to live like Rocket man
or a tiny dancer, living on the palm of someone's hand
or like Levon, flying a balloon
or like a Daniel, who flew away too soon, oh I can see his taillights flashing near the moon
CH
Goodbye Fawming friends
because your songs went on forever
and I mean that I really do
because your songs went on and on and on
but I would have liked to have known you
before I had to say so long
to all the friends I made
while learning how to FAWM
so long
so long
so long
All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.
David Snyder: Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation
@headfirstonly Mar 2022
This is a hoot. A stream of consciousness deconstruction of FAWM and the lyrics of Mr Reg Dwight. Verse two in particular had me laughing out loud. The chorus really doesn't hold anything back; "Your songs went on forever" is priceless and it beautifully warps the meaning of that repeated "so long". You absolutely nailed it here.
@davidbreslin101 Feb 2022
I love how this is so much its own song, with its own tune and chords, yet it's VERY clear line by line what you're riffing on. Delightful lyrics, and the instrumentation is beautifully done.