My First Night On The Town

Firstly - Australia is stuck in the internet Stone Age. Every other country I’ve been to recently has had unlimited internet with most providers. So as you may know I’m house-sitting for my brother and his wife and I’ve burnt through their 5GB limit in less than 3 weeks without doing any downloading of large files. So now my internet is working at a dismally low speed, when it works at all. This is why I didn’t post my blog earlier. I had to wait until off-peak time when I get back full speed so I could upload. Off-peak time is 2am to 6am. Nice. I’ll continue.

A big focus of mine right now is simply finishing songs no matter what criticism I have of them. I used to throw away songs before they were finished because I would convince myself they were no good. I’ve learnt since that 20 finished songs that are no good is better than no songs as at all, particularly as it’s quite unlikely that all 20 will actually be no good. Probably very few will be no good in truth. It’s all about perception. I think it’s typical to feel very critical of your own writing.

So earlier today I finished this little light-hearted strummy-pop number. Quite likely the most light-hearted song I’ve ever written. I recorded it fairly late so that’s why I’m performing it softly, as a lot of sound gets through to me from the neighbours and I can only presume the reverse occurs.

I’ll include my usual disclaimers about my sub-par performance, the bad recording quality, etc… I know these recordings don’t sound great but this blog is about the process. And this is the process I go through right now.

Remember that you can always e-mail me at myfighttowrite@gmail.com if you have any issue leaving comments or just want to contact me. 

My First Night On The Town

I’ll meet you on the corner

Where we gonna go?

How about some Cha Cha

Soup and enchilada

Rebels of the soul

Guess I’m looking older

Thanks for saying so

Beauty in a green dress

Eyes that leave you helpless

Where’s the bottle opener

It’s my first night on the town

Lucky I’ve got you to show me round

I’ll walk with you to a bar or two

I wish this night would never end

Coz I don’t know if I’ll see you again

But certainly hope I do

How about you?

Another glass or two here

Stripping off the veneer

Wine is gonna flow

Showing me your Chez Jay

Conversation starts to stray

As do our hands and toes