I'm never sure if the title of this should be "Fool With Bookbag On" or "Fool With A Bookbag On"
ANYWAY...This is one of my favorite (unheard) songs of mine, a very sad (funny though, to me) song about a kid waiting to be picked up from elementary school and thinking (correctly?) that no one is ever coming. This was a pretty common fear after school back in the day for me, and I think for others as well.
I'm considering putting a version of this song similar to this on my first album, but I'm not sure if it will slow things down too much. I really do like it though. I am also not sure whether to repeat the chorus at the end or not. I mean, usually you do in a song, but I really like the song ending suddenly with that last scary line. WHAT TO DO?!?
Here are the lyrics:
No one is here to pick me up today And no one, no one ever will Every boy and girl is being taken away With loving arms and big cars
Stood like a fool with bookbag on The afternoon is almost gone
Everyone is double, triple parked A honk let's them know which one I will be here forever I will be the last one
Stood like a fool with bookbag on The afternoon is almost gone
The streets are starting to clear out The fuss is giving way to calm Crying, I'm going to give up I'll get in the next car that stops
Hey! This is a crazy super rare thing that nobody has ever heard. This is a demo of an old song of mine called "Bowtie Guy", about an annoying guy me and my friends saw at a party one time. There are a lot of different versions of this song, including a really, really rough and early demo that I am too embarrassed to put up. But... This demo was made around 2005 to show a drummer and bassist what they should be playing for the song. So this is a very stripped down recording - just acoustic guitar, fake bass, fake drums., with the rhythm section cranked way up in volume. Unfortunately, there WAS a ton of other stuff originally on this recording, tons of electric guitars, accordion, keyboard, even 4 guitar solos by my friend and bassist Dave Fox...but all of it got lost when my old computer crashed years ago. So the only thing that exists from that incredibly time consuming demo is this early, stripped down version. As you can hear the bass part is really elaborate and the drums are really specific. I had big plans for this song. But I must have had second thoughts and I don't think I even ever let them hear this MP3. But now you can! Preview the song here:
Hello everyone! This is one of my more accomplished demos. In fact, with a re-recorded vocal and some slight re-mixing, I feel like it could be good enough for an album. Lyrically, there's a lot here to go into. But long story short, this song is based on a brief relationship I had that was very confusing and an all around bad fit in every way. I wrote a handful of songs about this girl (here's one and here's one), because there was just so many things wrong with us together, and so many different angles to approach it from. This song is probably the most direct summary of the whole thing. Musically, I just love this demo. The back up music changes constantly. Reverb-y acoustic twiddling, synth oboes and woodwinds, organs, lots of cool vocal FX. It's a very old demo, but it feels like I knew exactly what I was doing. Also musically, I like the song. It's got a strange structure, no chorus but lots of bridges. I like the relaxed tempo and rhythm. Here are the lyrics! I can't say what you mean to me Every day it's changing I see you on my TV First I scream and then breathe A sigh of relief For I am nowhere near you Then I'm completely surrounded There's a face in my school It looks just like you Faces move and blur into the wall But this one stays still Enough to make out With that sad mouth And dazed I stroll down SMACK into a wall now Call me, but don't Cause I really don't Want to know what you're up to I hope that it's Much better Than what I picture You're sad That's too bad cause I'm uncomfortable with that I don't know what to do with that I can't say what you mean to me Every day it's changing You were pretty mean to me But you still were pretty Download the song by right-clicking here!
This is kind of an embarrassing demo from 2007, but it's one of my favorite songs I've written. It's a touch sentimental, kind of purposefully and blatantly so, but it's not bad to have a few songs like that, to contrast with your 100 coldhearted cynical songs.
This song is based on a road trip I took with my friend Matt, when we went to see The Rheostatics in Canada. It's just about the freeing feeling of getting the hell out of New York City, and the "joke" is that it was really only like 45 minutes of driving till we were upstate and saw a mountain. It's so close yet so far. I also threw in some allusions to being at a stuffy office job, to help hammer the contrast home. The bridge is meant to have a somewhat sexual double meaning, hopefully it's not too gross. I think a possible other interpretation for this song could also be about finding...love....Yep I told you it's sentimental. When I wrote this I was painfully single and basically no matter what kind of song I was writing, those feelings would creep in without me knowing it. Anyway, I'm really proud of the line "3 day weekend, forever smile." I feel like that could be a state motto or a slogan for a tourist destination. But it's really sincere, I still smile about that 3 day weekend. OH one more thing about the lyrics, the first line refers to stolen food. It's cause I did steal a bunch of food for the trip. At a temp job I was working at that week, I grabbed tons of snacks and threw them in my car. Hehehe. As for the recording, it's an ultra late night low quality awkward demo. It's the first time I ever tried singing the song so my timing is off and I don't quite know the melody yet. So please listen with that in mind. Or don't listen. I think this song would rock with a full band. Imagine it more confident, with electric guitars and organ and stuff. The problem is it's very similar rhythmically to another song of mine, more than I'm comfortable with. Here are the lyrics: We've got all our stolen food stowed away Stashed in the dash and crushed by our feet Get some gas but not too much Just enough for a running start I see a mountain once the traffic is gone I see a mountain with shuffle mode on I see a mountain So let's climb on This ain't a joke I've never seen one before Just in posters hanging on the office door Just on TV where some character escapes Just in dreams when I can barely stay awake Now all you mountains, better open wide Cause I'm comin' right inside I'm thinkin' I might stay awhile 3 day weekend, forever smile Hills on the highway make the road fade in Such a strange image, like special effects I'm so enthusiastic, you can't even tell Never been able to express these feelings well I see a mountain, I see a mountain It was only 45 minutes away
Hello. This "week's" MP3 is an old demo of an old song called "Not Gonna Stop You."
Keep in mind this was January 2002, before I really played guitar very smoothly (I am really HITTING the strings hard) and my throat had yet to be removed of some very large tonsils that made my voice fairly congested sounding.
But the point is to put up an old rough demo, cause I feel like doing that.
This song has somewhat simple lyrics, but I've always thought there was a lot of complicated denial and unreliable narrator stuff going on. This was written before I was ever in any relationships, so it's basically a fictional character kind of song, which most of them were at the time. The guy in the song doesn't want to quite admit that his girlfriend (wife?) is leaving him, so he's acting like it was his idea and that he couldn't care less. He even thinks that SHE thinks he's going to be chasing after her at the airport, but he's too lazy to even do that. Mostly the narrator is not trying to stop the breakup out of spite. "Oh you think I'll beg you to stay, well fuck that, I won't."
I love writing songs about self centered and hugely flawed people, and having the lyrics be warped by that mentality, with only a few hints at the "reality" going on for people to discover. This song is the ultimate example of that. This song is so easy and thus really fun to play live. It's all about those last few high notes. You know songs that have a really satisfying ending, it's all worth it just to get to the last 10 seconds? That's how I feel about this one. Lyrics: You oughtta know Before you go I'm really really slow I'm really, really slow If you should run And not for fun You'd be the only one You'd be the only one And if you want to leave Then you can go and leave And you want me to let you So I'm not gonna stop you I'm not gonna stop you And on the plane You don't have to wait For me to show up late I won't be late I'll be inside While you ride I will be inside I won't be at your side And if you want to leave Then you can go to leave And you say I won't let you But look I'm not gonna stop you I'm not gonna stop you You may have left But there's something that you did forget I think you did forget Your thoughts remain With me over here Not inside your brain There's no thoughts in your brain And if you want to leave Then you can go and leave And you think I won't let you But I'm not gonna stop you I'm not gonna stop you --- That last line is another favorite, he's trying to say a sweet thing like "I will always think of you" but it comes out as an insult. Wordplay, words all mixed up, the meaning getting confused, I love that stuff. Download the song by clicking here Or simply preview it, I'm not gonna stop you:
Thanks for listening, come back soon. I'm in the mood to put more old rare demos up. -Jordan
This week's/month's/year's MP3 is a really wacky song from 2005 that I made for my friend Matt Koff's old comedy blog, Word Du Jour (sadly no longer existing on the internet.)
On the blog he taught you a new word every day and then used them in funny sentences. I offered to do some musical word lessons for him. I ended up doing 3 in total. Here's one of them!
I think I shocked him because he thought he was going to get a 10 second thing and this is basically a complete song, with a full band arrangement and even singing back up girls (which are all me.)
"Bombinate" means to hum, so knowing that, here are the surprisingly dark lyrics:
BOMBINATE, BABY!
I bombinate on the way to work (ooh, I bombinate) I bombinate in the bathroom stall (ooh, I bombinate) I bombinate in the journey home (ooh, I bombinate) THEN I BOMBINATE ALL NIGHT LONG! (wow!)
(humming)
I bombinate in the dentist chair (ooh, I bombinate) I bombinate on the garage floor (ooh, I bombinate) I bombinate inside a plastic bag (ooh, I bombinate) LET ME BOMBINATE JUST ONCE MORE! (WOW!!!)
I know it's been more like "MP3 of the Month" but bear with me, exciting stuff is going to be debuted here really soon!
In a somewhat related note, this week's MP3 is the ORIGINAL late night (ultra steamy) demo for I Care About You.
In recent years this song has become a fast rocking exuberant explosive song, but this demo is a completely different approach. Creepy, quiet, a little disturbing, and intimate. Sung in a lower register, played a lot slower (well I just wrote it), and filled with lots of empty spaces and (intentionally) awkward pauses.
I actually REALLY love this version of the song, it's closer to the true nature of the lyrics. But the rocking version is just so much fun, I just can't NOT play it in that way at this point.
Here are the lyrics!: I can't say anything too complex, I get stares I want to not seem so obsessed, but I care I care about you
I'm dismayed, I've misplaced what you gave me that day Is it gone? What have I done? Has it run away?
I care about you If I face the wall WILL YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME? If I cover my ears WILL YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME? I can't hold you hard enough, cause you squeek I can't carry you far enough, cause I'm weak I care about you
This is a very solid demo from 2004 of a song called "Party in the Gardens." Solid in the sense that I can't imagine what else needs to be added. This is the song!
This is a Fall song. It isn't Fall right now, but Winter turning into spring has basically the same weather as Fall, so why not? This is also a Kew Gardens song, one of many many songs based around my hometown of Kew Gardens, Queens. See, the word "Gardens" is even in the title.
The recording: I EQ'd the vocals so they would sound like they were distant and thin, which for some reason makes me tolerate my own voice better. The drums are fake but sound surprisingly warm and real. The bass is a fake jazz upright bass. I very much enjoy the little keyboard sound in the last verse, as well as the hand claps in the middle of the song.
Here are the lyrics. The song is kind of about avoiding a house party in Kew Gardens ("take it with you") and wanting to run through the forest instead. It's also about a lot of other things, and some stream of consciousness stuff. Here you go:
Cool October air Smells like Halloween Sidewalk steps under feet
Branches gently comb Through my hair Walking to a Rainsuits beat
Party in the Gardens Beg your pardon? Take it with you, see you tomorrow I'm walking through a forest, running through a forest
Donut Dunkin's coffee Muffins taste so good Under the sun, under the shade
They taste exactly The same But with a different, different taste
Walking down a street That's stayed the same Looking at my feet They've stayed the same
The sky changes every second In the same way every day Finding different things A simple pleasure sings
Where did I go all month? Sorry, music things got very very busy, which is a good thing.
This is one of my favorite demos, and it's a song that I have never (? I think) played live. I have no idea if anything will ever become of this song. I can never remember all the lyrics so performing it live stresses me out.
I really like it though...it's way fun. It just needs a real chorus. The demo production is pretty simple...acoustic guitar, fake electric guitars, a bouncy fake bass line (that basically makes the whole song) and obviously fake guitars. The drum beat messes up and loses time once in a while but hopefully that isn't too noticeable. The entire song was based on a little instrumental I made once, which may be interesting to put up some time to compare it to!
The song is based in part on the X-Files episode "Home."
Can't you read the brown paper sign? No one is allowed inside All these years and still they hide Giving up but doing fine
You make money you do alright But you must be very bored tonight Walk away back to your life Don't ignore the paper sign
Whenever will they go People wanna know
Neighbors come and neighbors go But these folk haven't left their home If you go near they disappear Ring the bell they run like Hell
From the window they peak at you A cracked broken and dusty view Wandering around their yard Wondering what left them scarred
In your car you'll drive away Maybe visit some other day The radio blaring loud As they watch you pulling out
Everyone dropping by all the time No wonder they'd rather stay inside That must be the reason why They put up the brown paper sign.
This week's MP3 is one of my favorite songs. I was surprised I hadn't put this up yet (I had to google myself to make sure I didn't.) A lot to say about it, so let's go:
It's called "If We Had No Moon." It was based on the title of a scientific and doom-laden special I saw on the Discovery Channel, which basically stated that our moon is slowly being pulled away, and when it's gone Earth will spin out of orbit and kill us all.
Talk about dropping a love song right into my lap! What better romantic metaphor could there be for a relationship ending? Or the idea that a relationship needs the romance of the moon to keep it alive? Le sigh. This was originally going to be a "Sally" song (my side band where a female vocalist sings my songs), but I liked singing it too much.
The 2nd verse in the song is actually based on an episode of The Tom Green Show on MTV. He had a guest on his show who was obsessed with the "face on mars," basically a series of landscape formations that look like a scary sad face in the right light. This man (and many others) say that this face is proof of extraterrestrial life on Mars, or elsewhere.
He was on the show to be ridiculed, and I felt really awful for somebody who was so passionate about something that just was not true and so easily disproved. The idea in general was heartbreaking to me, so I popped it onto the moon song and there you have it, the saddest song ever.
The demo: I'm pretty happy with this demo, though it may be a bit "busy." My acoustic guitar is making little space beeps, the metronome is being used as the percussion track, and I'm proud of the subtle harmonies. No bass necessary, which gives it a more weightless outer-space zero gravity feel. Adding a bass line would have weighed things down a little too much.
Originally my main guitar track was very stiff and boring and "nice," but I realized it felt kind of dead. Inspired by the Rheostatics, I re-recorded it to be a lot more free-form and natural. Some random hits on random strings, not bogged down or sounding like a "scratch track" for people to easily play along with. Again, I was really happy with that.
Here are the lyrics:
These chilly nights make me think I think of you and me, but also other things I think about the laws of time and space and what would happen if everything changed I heard the moon is pulling farther away And soon it will be gone, though soon is far away
And if we had no moon the Earth would not just spin 'round But sideways and upside down And everything would be thrown around
You've heard about that face on Mars? Some people think it's put there By beings very far away I'd like to think that that's the case But evidence has shown that it's just not that way And though the shadows make it look like a sad face It's just not that way It's just a mountain range
And if we had no moon the Earth would not just spin round But sideways and upside down And everything would be thrown around
If we had no moon No times for light or dark Oceans wouldn't know where to start Most certainly we'd be torn apart
ONE YEAR! It has officially been one year since I put the first MP3 on this blog!
I guess I better put up something pretty special. Please indulge me.
This is one of my biggest songs -- long, multiple bridges, elaborate piano arrangement. Probably one of the best things ever written. Perfect pop song.
But I rarely speak of it's existence.
This recording was made 10 years ago, in October 2000. The demo, as you'll hear, is terrible quality. My singing is quiet and unsure and awkward. The lyrics are uncomfortable for me to listen to, and I won't even mention all the timing mistakes.
But still...this is and will always be one of my best songs. It was essentially me trying to write a Ben Folds song. And in some ways I succeeded, but in other ways it's as much of a "me" song as any of the others. One day I'd love to make a perfect recorded version (there exists a 2nd unfinished demo which I may put up here on day), with a lyric tweak or two (or twenty.) In fact, I still play this song to myself about once a week, just so I don't forget how it goes.
In the meantime, here it is: Miss Glasses. About a girl I had a huge crush on in high school. The drawing at the top if one that I drew (I think someone else colored it...badly) at the time. I am extremely embarrassed by it.
This week's MP3 was made...yesterday! A girl I've never met named Sarah Epler said she'd pay me a couple bucks to write a song about her.
Why the damn hell not?
So I did. I thought of the melody while I was driving 2 days ago and recorded the idea into my phone. I recorded the song the next day.
I really used it as an excuse to make my first ever recording with my new amp and my new drum program, making this MP3 very different sounding (in my opinion) than all my others. From now on the fake drums in my music will still be fake, but more real sounding.
EXCEPT!!! For the cymbal that I found in the GARBAGE, featured on this very mp3. In fact, I find it difficult to determine which is the real cymbal and which is the fake cymbal. Try and guess! GARBAGE CYMBAL!
Since I barely know her, I didn't try to pretend that I did, so the lyrics are (sort of) about how easily google-able she is, which hopefully this blog entry will help reinforce.
Lyrics:
Sarah Epler I've never met her But you bet I'll never ever forget her
She's the internet She's an online chat She's a jpeg and a profile and an iphone app
Sarah Epler wrote me a letter Sent her back a letter in reply to her letter
Sarah Epler I can't help her But I'm gonna do what I can
Sarah Epler Gave me a dollar That I plan on spending on Sarah Epler
This week's MP3 is "Horny Manatee", a song I wrote and recorded in one day.
Back in 2006, Late Night With Conan O'Brien was doing a running gag in their show about a website called HornyManatee.com, and asking for people to submit artwork.
I wrote a song, thinking maybe they'll play it on the show or even invite me ON the show. I was literally a day too late. That night, Conan enthusiastically debuted a band who "actually wrote a song called 'Horny Manatee'!" They sang their song, and I felt awful and annoyed. God fucking damn it! I mean, seriously!
I still sent mine in, with no reply. But I like it a lot. I think the recording is really nice, and the melody and chord progression are interesting. Maybe I'll change the lyrics so it can become a real song and it isn't so retarded.
Lyrics:
This manatee is good enough for me Every girl I know's been wrong for me I'm not a gay, and things are looking gray Get me a big ol' manatee
A big ol' manatee comes to me in my sleep
I've had enough of all this landlocked love I'm heading out to the sea No girl will find me No one will mind me Being away with my horny manatee
My horny manatee Comes to me in my sleep My horny manatee Not half as horny as ---
This week's MP3 is extremely special and random and rare.
Back in 1999 my friend Matt Koff gave me lyrics for a song he wanted to perform at the senior revue for his high school in Ardsley, Westchester. I put them to music, and the plan was for me to go to the piano and play while he sings. We were really happy with our work, but the people in charge didn't want us to take too much time away from the show (which is crazy now that I think about it..we wrote an original song for ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOLl!), so the plan got aborted and we replaced it with something a lot weirder.*
This is the 2nd demo I sent Matt -- the first one was too fast -- and even though this was 1999, and possibly the first full song I ever wrote, I'm pretty impressed with how elaborate it is. And it's also fun.
* Matt grabbed the mic, said "and now everybody, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN!" I came on stage in a suit, did a bad Christopher Walken impression and said "The fire exits....are over THERE....And over THERE....Please...remember that...or else you're gonna get caught in a FIRE...!" to much confused laughter and silence.
This week's mp3 is a fancy sounding demo for a song called "Never, Ever." I worked hard on this demo, especially the drums, which were sampled actual drums that I PIECE BY PIECE placed into the song BY HAND. It was insane and stupid but I was experimenting. Every little drum hit or hi hat hit or bass drum hit...all placed by hand as I desperately tried to keep the timing in line.
Upon listening to this now, I'm pretty happy with how this sounds. The guitar is really nice, the arrangement is interesting, with the acoustic guitar also doing a bass line...the harmonies are nice. Nice job, me.
Anyway, I'm not sure I want to say specifically what the song is about, but it's one of those epiphany type character studies I do enjoy ever so much. Also, I was trying to write a Morrissey type line for the end of the song. Here are the lyrics:
Things move so slow They never go In the window She waves hello
Never, ever
The grass is cold Between my toes My big new home My silk bathrobe
Never, ever, never, ever, never
Dirt in a hole A boy grown old The more I know The worse it goes
This week's entry is a weird demo of a weird song I wrote years ago called "My Eyes In My Hands." It was based on an instrumental I made, which I may put up in the coming weeks!
This demo is unfinished, I rewrote the song a bit after recording. I always forget that this song exists. But I think it could be pretty cool with a full band. IT JUST. MIGHT. WORK.
Here are the lyrics.
My eyes in my hands Not part of my plan My hands in your hands My eyes in your hands My eyes in your hands, ahhh ahhh ahhhhhhhh My eyes my. My eyes my.
You think you know me? Well you don't know me! Just cause you have got My eyes in your hands! My eyes in your hands, ahhh ahhh ahhhhhhhh My eyes my. My eyes my.
Give me another try.
My eyes in my hands So glad to have them My eyes in my hands A birthday present
Happy birthday for me! My eyes my. My eyes my.
The recording was done very late at night, so it's another quiet subdued demo. In actuality this song would have to be played very intense and loud.
So it's Halloween. SAY WHAT. My band Trouble's Afoot does a song called "Halloween."
I think you see where this is going.
Our version of that song is over at my website jordancooperlalala.com, but for your enjoyment I am going to post the embarrassing and crappy demo I made for the song many, many years ago. Another pre-tonsillectomy vocal performance where I sound all stuffed up.
Here are the lyrics: Halloween's my favorite holiday Everyone listens to what I have to say Everything seems to go my way On Halloween
When I see a Halloween cupcake I get a jack-o-lantern smile across my face Even though I don't like the taste The very idea is just so great.
I can't recognize my best friend I don't know what room he's in He's not acting like he usually is
He's smiling under his skin Halloween feelings may not last long Before Thanksgiving they're already gone.
Boy am I late for this week's mp3. I'll have to add another one in only a couple of days to get back on track.
This MP3 is one of my favorites, a demo of a song called "Punch in the Mouth." I have very few fully worked out song demos, because they're very hard to make. They take me forever. This one came out pretty cool, though.
The song is entirely based on the first time I had to break up with somebody. The lyrics are basically putting across the guilty feelings I had. These are definitely some of my favorite lyrics. I really nailed the essence of the guilty feelings without being too specific or pitiful in the lyrics, I think.. Here ya go.
You lent me everything that belonged to you Now it's all smashed and broken Can I make it up to you?
When the sun comes out it's a punch in the mouth If you don't believe me, stay still so I can punch your mouth
Falling in love's the worst thing anyone can do You might as well just kill yourself before it happens to you
When the sun comes out it's a punch in the mouth Just to prove my point let me punch you in the mouth
Hahahahahahahaha Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey No no no no no no no
After you left the room we made fun of you I would feel better knowing that you made fun of me to
When the sun comes out it's a punch in the mouth If you don't believe me stay still so I can punch your mouth When the sun comes out it's a punch in the mouth If you don't believe me... Stay still.
I really did feel horrible about it, and the memories of the long and painful break up talk still bother me.
Anyway, the demo: I love the bass line, which is probably the 10th one I tried. It's really fun and bouncy and melodic. My friend Daniel helped me a lot in mixing the song, making sure things didn't clash into each other. The fake electric guitars, harmonies, all that stuff. It's maybe a little too tinny sounding. The acoustic guitar is EQ'd so thin that it sounds more like an egg shaker or something. But ANYWAY, I like it.
This Mp3 of the Week may be of interest to some. It's a long lost song called "A.M." I really don't think there's any human being on this planet who has heard this song. I wrote it in maybe 1999, or 2000, though this demo is from June, 2001 (the info I put in at the time says "old song, new recording.")
This was definitely one of the first songs I ever wrote, not just in general, but on guitar. The chords are all made up -- I didn't know what I was playing, I just put my fingers on strings to get interesting sounds, inspired by XTC's methods, probably. I'm still kinda proud of that, it's something I don't do much anymore.
This (EVERY PARAGRAPH STARTS WITH "THIS" AUGHH) is also one of my late night songs about late night stuff. It's basically describing (as poetic as my 17 year old brain could muster) the sounds I hear when I'm up late at night and can't fall asleep. I had sleep problems for a while in high school. Here are the lyrics, which I'm a bit embarrassed by:
It's yellow out the window, and out in the hall The neon from the clock shines it on the wall I think I'll let my arm drops, I think my hands will fall
The rain pellets on the roof, the toilet flushing next door The squeek of the lock, to the footsteps towards their door The footsteps of the rain, hear the clouds snore
The heartbeat of the pillow, the subtle movements in the mirror The longer I can focus the shapes become clearer The farther away the day goes, the more it gets nearer
I wish you were here to sing me to sleep If I knew who you were I might be put at ease I promise to dream of you, if you promise to dream of me.
That last verse was probably about my high school crush, or maybe I just threw it in there to make the song about something other than sights and sounds of my room, which seems to dominate a lot of my songs.
SHITTY STUFF: The track skips at one point. The singing is bad because I had big fat tonsils, and I also didn't know how to sing quiet, and I also wasn't sure what melody to sing over certain chords. That last verse makes me cringe a bit.
NICE STUFF: It's kind of a nice, atmospheric little tune, ain't it folks?
Another Summer song, this is an old demo from 2003 called Summertime Her. A few times in a row I've met someone during the summer. The first time that happened, it ended just as Summer ended. So the 2nd time it happened, I wrote this song begging the universe to let me keep this one past summer. Excited and scared.
The demo was made very late at night and very quick (there are mistakes in it!), but I like the empty trembling intimate feel of it. When I sang this song live I kind of rushed it and played it too fast. Never was happy about that. LYRICS BOYEE :
Summertime Some hard times You did fine Or did you?
Comprehend the message sent She came and went You won't forget.
Someone is Very cute Someone is Very sweet
She can make you so happy She can make you so happy.
