There’s music to go with this song’s lyrics. This is the scratchiest scratch track I’ve ever done but it is my first time writing/playing music with the help of my Mac. It’s okay to keep it in the family for now, I think.
Lyrics so far 3/6/2010
When I meet up with old friends
How are you, where you been
Stay quiet and pretend
I saw the movie, read the book
Caught the punchline, missed the hook
Built a house of cards
Then I let it fall
down
Through the park, take a walk
Feed the ducks, stop to talk
to the rainbow man*
I know it’s really hard to believe
but he’s having more fun than me
maybe it’s catching
on
I stayed at home and I traveled far
learned why the French said encore
and though it very nearly broke my heart
I’d do it again now
Cause you cannot learn without mistakes
you don’t let rain stop your parade
You face down what you’re afraid of
to find out what you’re made of
What you’re made of
What you’re made of
The “rainbow man” is a real person. His name is Otis and he wears rainbow tie dye skirts and loud shirts. He always sufi-dances in the front row of Seattle outdoor music festivals, a little local celeb. Saw him yesterday in a beige utili-kilt and black shirt. What happened? Do I change the lyric to “balloon man” “hotdog man” “black hole sun“?