Everything I Want To Do 20240320

From the album "More Silly Grandad" by Nigel Egg

Bubbles

Song for week 5 of the 52 Week Club. Just a demo, first draft kind of thing. 
                              
                             Dedicated to a Friend

A red-haired little girl
Shouldn’t stay out in the sun
Her freckles turn to cornflakes
Her skin so red it hums
You knew all that
But you loved the sunshine
You loved it so much you let it hurt you

A happy little girl
Shouldn’t hang around with losers
She starts to think they might be right
And everything’s her fault 
You knew all that
But you loved the losers
You loved us so much you let us hurt you

Oh Mary Jo
I miss you
John Lennon’s birthday comes around
And there’s no card from you
What a good friend 
You lifted people up
You gave your love to us
You should have kept some for yourself


A sad little girl
Shouldn’t drink a lot of wine
It never quite becomes a refuge  
It can become a shrine
You knew all that
But you loved your wine
You loved it so much you let it hurt you

Oh Mary Jo
I miss you
It’s fifteen years since Christine called
And told me you were dead
What a good friend 
You lifted people up
You gave your love to us
I wish you’d kept some for yourself


Mary Jo (Dedicated To a Friend)

Week 6 song with the 52 Week Club. Disclaimer - this is a first draft demo, recorded on a voice recorder.
                    Bottom Rocker Blues

I don’t belong to nothing, I mind my own affairs
Can’t tell where I’m from by the clothes I wear
I move on
And then I move some more
Someday I’ll discover
What I’m looking for 


I never had a club I was a member of
I never stayed one place for long enough
I moved along
I got to move some more
Until I figure out 
What I’m looking for 


I keep myself to myself, never learned to share
I got my beer, my cigarettes and that’s all I care about
Keep moving
I gave up keeping score
I’ll know it when I find it
What I’m looking for 


Bottom Rocker Blues

Week 7 topic was Jesus Slaves.  http://www.facebook.com/groups/180303498726521/

Bearded Men All Go To Heaven (Jesus Slaves)

I'll come back to this one later and work on it some more. I'm heading up to the BWCAW tomorrow for a canoe trip, weather is forecast fair but I'll imagine being there July 4 1999. 


The Boundary Waters - Canadian Derecho (blow downs)

The assigned topic for week 9 of the 52 week club was "dark house". I learned about dark house spearing while writing this song. It turns out that I had a completely wrong idea about it. 


Dark House

The theme for week 10 of the 52 week club was "threw me off". My song is totally lame I think, but here it is! 

A Lame Song (threw me off)

52 week club week 11 topic - wear your beard