Remembering Being a Musician

Keep the scotch away!!!!!

When I get nostalgic I tend to gravitate to that golden pond.

But I was listening to some tunes I wrote and I heard this and read the lyrics and I must say, it was pretty fucking good.

I remember that I went into a small rehearsal space in a garage in Berkeley, California, and did this tune for the very, very first time unrehearsed (you can hear me shouting commands like "Chorus" etc.) and all I was doing was singing, so everyone else was completely improvising. I had a vicious cold and you can hear it, but what I hear now, when I read the lyrics that I wrote for it, was that it's a fucking great tune and for the first take, it was amazing, mistakes and all.

I must have been in a remarkably bad mood when I wrote the lyrics. You can see it. But basically, it has a lot of potential, if I can ever sing that many words at one time in a straight line.

But here it is, and below are the lyrics, which I seriously fucked up singing on.

But I'll do it better in the studio. Christ, I must have been in a seriously bad mood when I wrote that one.

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STARRING ROLE

You took your feelings off the shelf
Turned around and kept them for yourself
Said that I was no good for your health
Couldn’t play the hand that you were dealt
Now I get the feeling I’ve been had
Days that you pretended you were sad

All an act ‘cause you were in your starring role

On a roll

You just don’t seem to have a clue
You hurt with everything you do
All the rage that you were priming grew
Can’t you feel your scheming eating you


So now you try a different tack
Close your eyes and turn your back
All an act ‘cause you are in your starring role
On a roll


CH.

The words you say that you feel
The cards you play when you deal
The smoke that flies in your eyes
The thoughtlessness in your lies


No loving glance when you’re cold
Emotions all controlled
No bitter secrets unhid
It wouldn’t suit what you did

You ooh ooh ooh your starring role

On a roll
Yeah on a roll


You see the curtain coming down
All the folks you knew are going uptown
Now it’s time to gather up your gown
Nice to know you’ve been around


Giving up this gig will be a drag
Don’t forget your pancake and your bag
Won’t be easy giving up your starring role

Now you gotta roll