I've never been all that prolific a songwriter, but this song is an extreme example of how long it can take me to write a song. 

I started writing it in 1980, when I was playing guitar in a 50s and 60s band, and I intended it to be a song the band could perform live. But I had only the first two verses and the bridge...no chorus, no third verse. 

Every so often I'd try to finish the song, to no avail, but I did manage to write the third verse somewhere around 2005. Then about THIRTY years after I first started writing the song, circa 2010, I started playing and singing the unfinished song, and when I got to the end of the first verse I just kept going.  Finally I had the chorus.

Of course, the band was long since defunct. I had the song produced and recorded by a studio in Nashville. 


MY LOCAL DJ

When I'm out on the town and I'm cruising in my automobile
He plays the rockin' sound, he knows just what I want to hear
When I'm driving down the road he's the one who sends me on my way
He's the man with the most, he's my host, he's my local DJ

He's my local DJ
And I dig the songs that he plays
He's my local DJ 
I'm gonna spend all night and all day
Listening to my local DJ, my DJ

When I'm feeling kinda down I just switch on my radio
And I listen to the sound of the good time rock & roll show
And in a little while I smile to myself and I say
The world is in his hands, he's my man, he's my local DJ

He's my local DJ
And I dig the songs that he plays
He's my local DJ 
I'm gonna spend all night and all day
Listening to my local DJ, my DJ

I'm living in a musical dream
Tuned in to the musical scene 
My troubles all fade away
When I listen to my local DJ
Hey yeah, hey yeah

So if you're feeling game to party with your flame
Until you just can't take anymore
Or get into a groove that makes you wanna move
Until you fall down dead on the floor
Or if you'd like to chill until you get your fill
Of each and every song he will play
Just begin tuning in to your local DJ

He's your local DJ 
And you'll dig the songs that he plays
He's your local DJ
You're gonna spend all night and all day
Listening to your local DJ (DJ)
Listening to your local DJ (DJ)
Listening to your local DJ (DJ)
Listening to your local DJ

My Local DJ

Don't you feel like right now is the
Time for a reckoning with the sickening
Old men that are keeping us hostage and angry
I'm not up for an apocalypse in waiting
So long overdue, I will no longer take it

Pinch me, I'm dreaming
I used to be dead but now I'm  
Breathing and feeling
Taking back the world from humanity

Don't you feel like we are at the dawn of a
Quickening hefty thickening insurgence of a 
Rising and brave generation
Will you come and join the celebration
So long overdue, we will finally make it

Pinch me, I'm dreaming
I used to be dead but now I'm  
Breathing and feeling
Taking back the world from humanity

--
Composed and arranged with Synfire Pro. Vocals by Dreamtronic's Solaria.  Also check out https://soundcloud.com/cognitone/taking-back-the-world-piano-version For details how this was created visit https://www.cognitone.com

Taking Back The World

A variant created from the original arrangement within an hour with Synfire Pro.

Lyrics:

Don't you feel like right now is the
Time for a reckoning with the sickening
Old men that are keeping us hostage and angry
I'm not up for an apocalypse in waiting
So long overdue, I will no longer take it

Pinch me, I'm dreaming
I used to be dead but now I'm 
Breathing and feeling
Taking back the world from humanity

Don't you feel like we are at the dawn of a
Quickening hefty thickening insurgence of a 
Rising and brave generation
Will you come and join the celebration
So long overdue, we will finally make it

Pinch me, I'm dreaming
I used to be dead but now I'm 
Breathing and feeling
Taking back the world from humanity

--
Composed and arranged with Synfire Pro. Vocals by Dreamtronic's Solaria. Also check out https://soundcloud.com/cognitone/taking-back-the-world For details how this was created visit https://www.cognitone.com

My Local DJ

Wilton Vought

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