Ok, so here are a couple of songs I wrote for 12-String, when I was still writing songs. They're actually the two I lost and just ended up saying screw it about writing the songs :). The first one is the song that Keith wrote while sitting and waiting out in Nashville. Think of it as country twang with a rock beat. Yes, there is a LOT of sarcasm in this song.
My Own Person(You're Not for Me)
Spoken: Momma always said there'd be guys like this.
Here I am, in the foot of your buildin
All I can do is think, I am wonderin'
How a guy like you can leave me sittin', waitin'
What about this feels like love,
What about this feels like honor
You will do your best,
But baby, it's not good enough.
What about this made you think
that you were good enough for ME!!
I am smart enough to know when you're no good
You're not for me.
Something in your eye said love
When you called down from above
All my heart did need was a little shove, my dove
What about this feels like love,
What about this feels like honor
You will do your best,
But baby, it's not good enough.
What about this was the clue,
that made you treat me like you do
I sit here in my room and think about you
You're not for me.
Am I your little brainless fool
did you think I'd touch your tool
Dirty man, I'm still in school, and I'm cruel?
What about this feels like love,
What about this feels like honor
You will do your best,
But baby, it's not good enough.
What about this made you think
Here was someone old enough to drink
I try and try to wash your taste from my mouth
You're not for me.
The second, well, I'm not even sure where it really came from and I had no clue where to work it into the story. It would likely have replaced the descriptions of Daddy's Little Princess (a song I might eventually actually write :) and become that song.
What you see is what you get (Dance for you)
I put on a dress for you
It's tight and shows my curves
Its red, or black, or white, or blue
And makes me want to dance
My hair is styled just right
My lipstick shade is there to tease
And when I meet you late at night
I get out on the floor and da-ance!
I dance to show you how I feel,
I walk and strut and tease,
Everything I show for you
Is this look a lie? Please!
(pause/dead air)
What you see is what you get!
If boots are made for walking
These heels tear through your soul
And so you know that I'm not mad
I get out on that floor and dance
I'm a very simple girl
I never meant you any harm
Sitting her next to you, Boyfriend
Only makes me want to da-ance!
I dance to show you how I feel,
I walk and strut and tease,
Everything I show for you
Is this look a lie? Please!
(pause/dead air)
What you see is what you get!
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12-String - Lost Songs
Thanks Faeriemage, it's nice to know that this series isn't dead but just resting. I would certainly like to see some more about Keith and 'Etch' sometime. I've really enjoyed the series so far though I can understand why it may be causing you some trouble to keep it going.
I'm afraid I spotted what may be a spelling error in the second song; The 4th verse starts 'If Boots are made for walking, These heals tear through your soul,' I think the word HEALS, in the second line should be HEELS. I may be wrong but that's how it reads to me. Sorry to have to point that out.
John.
Thanks
Thanks
He entered the hall to get warm. She left it two hundred years later.
Faeriemage
What the hell...
...is this look a lie? I know mine is in a way... aren't they all? Maybe not...
Love, Andrea Lena
12-String: Lost Songs
Thanks for the two song and the story that they go with, http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/22697/12-string
May Your Light Forever Shine
I can see
I can picture in my mind, Desdemona on stage with Keith's hair under a wig and quick change cloths ready. During the pause/dead air, the whole theater goes dark except for some little twinkly lights in pink above the stage, playing tag back and forth along with perhaps a slow soft drumbeat, and as he sings the last line the lights come up and there is Keith revealed at last. Then they break into another song while the audience is still in shock, about him putting on the costume for them. Then as he continues to sing and perform they realize how good he really is and nothing stupid happens. Of course that's a long way down the road yet.
Chris in CA
Chris