31 Songs/31 Days; January 2012

“Eighty Sixed”

I started to write two songs prior to this one. 

The first was a “serious” song regarding feelings and frankly, my feelings are shot full of lead.  That target needs to be taken to the shop and get refurbished.  Nothing was getting off the ground. 

So I took a walk.  When I leave my building there are two buildings in view.  One has been completed.  The other is a skeleton of a building that was started in 2008 and was never finished.  So I played with that image.  I was happy to write something silly and outside of myself but, again, nothing was flying.  And because I’m trying to work quickly in the framework of a day, if the idea doesn’t fly it gets crumpled up and tossed.

Writing songs works up an appetite.  So I reheated some butternut squash soup in the microwave.  It was too cold.  I reheated it in a pan.  I burned my tongue.  And then this song came around.