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* '''Type''': song with words | * '''Type''': song with words | ||
* '''Version''': 1.0 (c.1993) | * '''Version''': 1.0 (recorded c.1993) (written 1992 or 1993) | ||
* '''Download''': <section begin=download-links />{{file.music.mog|mog-dfb.mp3|MP3}}<section end=download-links /> | * '''Download''': <section begin=download-links />{{file.music.mog|mog-dfb.mp3|MP3}}<section end=download-links /> | ||
* '''Video''': [[youtube:Vk0jxyNIFPY|YouTube]] - me performing this on the piano at Smith Family Reunion talent show, 2010-07-10 (vocals barely audible) | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
:A thousand tiny airplanes wander through your mother's garden | :A thousand tiny airplanes wander through your mother's garden | ||
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:And you always pay attention to everyone but me | :And you always pay attention to everyone but me | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
I wrote this for [[htwiki:Jenny|Jenny]]. | |||
[[Mother of God]] recorded a version of this that I'm not 100% happy with; I may be able to remix and tweak that recording to make it more satisfactory. I may also do a new version from scratch, in all my [[spare time]]. | [[Mother of God]] recorded a version of this that I'm not 100% happy with; I may be able to remix and tweak that recording to make it more satisfactory. I may also do a new version from scratch, in all my [[spare time]]. | ||
Some of the lyric lines could use a bit of rework*, but overall it says what I want it to. | Some of the lyric lines could use a bit of rework*, but overall it says what I want it to. | ||
(*everyone sees "family diamonds" and thinks it's a reference to gonads or something, which it isn't; also "madman down the street" doesn't quite fit. "pawnshop down the street"? I wanted to convey the idea of carelessly abandoning something very precious | (*everyone sees "family diamonds" and thinks it's a reference to gonads or something, which it isn't; also "madman down the street" doesn't quite fit. "pawnshop down the street"? I wanted to convey the idea of carelessly abandoning something very precious. A bit like this BF5 lyric from "[[wikipedia:Where's Summer B.? (song)|Where's Summer B?]]": "I tried to tell you, tried to tell you, took a little bit too long / And now your phone is disconnected and your shit's out on the lawn.") | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 12 July 2010
Specs
- Type: song with words
- Version: 1.0 (recorded c.1993) (written 1992 or 1993)
- Download: <section begin=download-links />MP3<section end=download-links />
- Video: YouTube - me performing this on the piano at Smith Family Reunion talent show, 2010-07-10 (vocals barely audible)
Lyrics
- A thousand tiny airplanes wander through your mother's garden
- As she paints a golden picture of the way it used to be
- I listen as you whistle all of Mozart's major pieces
- And you're breaking all my records but it doesn't bother me
- So you've taken all your medals and you're using them as doorstops
- And you've sold your family diamonds to the madman down the street
- Well listen here my darling -- you've got to take it slowly
- They will put you in a fishtank very philosophically
- Alas I spoke too quickly, I'll rephrase that faulty stanza
- While you're busy hunting shadows in your castle by the sea
- So now I'm standing in the alley and you're drawing little circles
- And you always pay attention to everyone but me
Notes
I wrote this for Jenny.
Mother of God recorded a version of this that I'm not 100% happy with; I may be able to remix and tweak that recording to make it more satisfactory. I may also do a new version from scratch, in all my spare time.
Some of the lyric lines could use a bit of rework*, but overall it says what I want it to.
(*everyone sees "family diamonds" and thinks it's a reference to gonads or something, which it isn't; also "madman down the street" doesn't quite fit. "pawnshop down the street"? I wanted to convey the idea of carelessly abandoning something very precious. A bit like this BF5 lyric from "Where's Summer B?": "I tried to tell you, tried to tell you, took a little bit too long / And now your phone is disconnected and your shit's out on the lawn.")