Driftwood
Looks like I really missed the signs
I’ll have to run back now and stand in line
Most things went floating by
It took my mind that so would I, well
Now they’re calling time
The tide came roll-in-in
I had no reason to suppose that
I could sink or swim
Been goin’ so long with the flow. Spent
so much time downstream
And now, I’m driftwood
(Chorus)
Driftwood, washed right out to sea
Driftwood, too washed out to feel
Shape me any way you choose
Things you gain you sometimes lose
Time will come I’ll drift right out of here
(Instrumental Talkover)
Walkin’ on the road I saw my pretty little Mo
Thought I’d take her to a party so I asked her if she’d go
She was lookin kinda sheepish on account of Shaky Joe
So... first she said yes and then she said no
I guess I had it comin, I confess...
I’m just too damn slow, now
Bones are getting old, now
Best if I go, now
Hit the road, now
All alone... I'm driftwood
© 2005 Kahdoosch
I’ll have to run back now and stand in line
Most things went floating by
It took my mind that so would I, well
Now they’re calling time
The tide came roll-in-in
I had no reason to suppose that
I could sink or swim
Been goin’ so long with the flow. Spent
so much time downstream
And now, I’m driftwood
(Chorus)
Driftwood, washed right out to sea
Driftwood, too washed out to feel
Shape me any way you choose
Things you gain you sometimes lose
Time will come I’ll drift right out of here
(Instrumental Talkover)
Walkin’ on the road I saw my pretty little Mo
Thought I’d take her to a party so I asked her if she’d go
She was lookin kinda sheepish on account of Shaky Joe
So... first she said yes and then she said no
I guess I had it comin, I confess...
I’m just too damn slow, now
Bones are getting old, now
Best if I go, now
Hit the road, now
All alone... I'm driftwood
© 2005 Kahdoosch
posted by Kahdoosch at 10:00 AM
3 Comments:
Memories are sometimes deceiving, but often is the case, that they are sweet.
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The second of the Day centre songs.
It's difficult to read if you don't know the tune, which, in turn, is dificult to demonstrate on a blog.
The into's are in 3/4 and the verse etc are in 4/4. Kind of a southern/country/bluesy thing.
The instrumental is meant to be picked on banjo but mine was in for repair so I played it on a Banjitar (six string banjo, standard guitar tuning).
That section is in jig timing so the lyric changes pace and tempo, becoming more dense along with hitches (as in, what they call, the 'bom ditty' picking style. Clawhammer, baby :-))
Hi Daniel b,
Stangely enough I have a near idetic memory so it plays very few tricks on me (not good, the morning after a drunken night of mis-behavior, sometimes forgeting is a blessing ;-)).
I must admit, although I have had my fair share of downers, I have the kind of attitude that quickly puts the horned auld sceptic in his place. Every bad memory hides a cupfull of fine times. I tend to focus on the smileys.
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