one take, iphone voice recording.

~

"i'm not a bad person
could we talk about it?
i need to prove that i'm not a bad guy

i didn't ruin what you thought i ruined 
it's not my decision, the decisions i make 

you made me lose it, but i didn't do it -
how can i choose it? choice isn't real

whatever you're feeling, i'm sure there's a reason
but i guarantee that the reason isn't me

cause i'm not a bad person
can we talk about it?
i'm not gonna call you, but if you can call me

then i could prove it 
if you ever listen 
but you never listen because you are bad."

not a bad person

challenged myself to write an EP using only a ukuele and vocal loops. nailed it.

uke / loop

white light

mama bear (redone)

the shore, the slope

this song exists for (and thanks to) my father. 

"you were not an afterthought 
i loved you at the beginning 
& you are not an empty pot 
you're a broken jug 

you, a slave 
becoming brave 
& throwing yoke 

you could try to bury me alive but my father invented the sun, i know 
liquor burn, and houses never learn until everything burns to the ground 

i am not the juggernaut you thought i was 
jealousy: the best of me when you were drunk 

we're drowned, ah lost & then we're found oh my father invented the sea for me 
and you"

credits
released September 7, 2013 

written in july 2013 | recorded august 2013 with beaird music group in nashville, tennessee 
thanks & thanks to b.christian and the fine folk of beaird 

b.christian - existence, support, weirdness, guidance, encouragement | tommy harden - drums | kevin grantt - bass | kenny greenberg - electric | bruce bouton - steel | gordon mote - keys | larry beaird - acoustic

afterthought

for da's birthday. covered 1 song for a few of the shows we saw together. (except radiohead. he saw radiohead without me. traitor.)

Lauren Elle