A version of Bob Dylan's "Worried Blues," which I first heard on a bootleg of all "Freewheelin'" outtakes (least I think that's what they were) when I was in my late teens, and that I decided to play through recently for no real reason, really, song was in my head was all and the guitar was close enough to hand at the time. Pure coincidence that it happened on the occasion of Dylan's 80th birthday, making him now only maybe 40 or 55 years younger than I'm feeling at any given time.

Worried Blues (Bob Dylan Cover)

First show on Threads, chatting breeze about a bunch of stuff I've discovered or just been loving in recent weeks. Death metal, Swedish prog, melancholic synth pop, Jewish chamber jazz, Ghanaian hip hop and much more. Dive in, baby!

Threads Radio 21/05/2022 - The Sweetest Parsnips

I've got a pair of legs
a set of teeth
a conscience somewhere underneath
a pair of hands
a current account
and nothing concrete figured out
i go to work
i don't know why
i go back home
try to balance the slivers of time
to re-settle my mind
i get involved
with all my heart
but fear and doubts push me back to the start

i wish it could all just be pleasant and simple
this human existence thing
just isn't for me
i wish i could be free
i wish i was a bee
i wish i wasn't me
cause if i could be any other creature i would be a bee

no rent or bills
and free to roam
the natural world i'd call my home
saving habitats and plants worldwide
confectionary on the side
my only boss
would be the queen
but unlike our monarch
she'd serve a purpose
in the hive there's no patriarchy
i could fly where i want with a flap and a buzz
no need for cars or all that fuss

i'd never be lonely or stressed about money
no landlord would come for me
no selfish casual greed
or cold hostility
i wish i was a bee 
(no need for work to consume my soul)
i wish i wasn't me
(no need for passports or border control)
cause if i could be any other creature i would be a bee

i'd belong to a species disappearing en masse
under threat of predators and colony collapse
from pesticides or a sting induced death
or just naturally expiring after one month of breath
i may have envisioned the lifestyle of insects
for the purposes of this song inaccurately
but in light of what i see
i still wish i was a bee
i still wish i wasn't me
cause if i could be any other creature
any other creature i'd be a bee
i wish i was a bee
i wish i wasn't me
cause anything is better than this shit show
including being a bee

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Unfinished remix / cover of the original 1983 version of the 'The Bill' theme tune.

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Revamped version of the previously titled 'Don't Sleep Alone' (I'm making another song with the word 'sleep' in the name now that is actually about sleep so I had to change that as well)... added guitar sound and conclusive outro section. Sounding properly accomplished now, I'm actually quite proud of it,

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