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Feeling Down (Again) (*21938)

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Liner Notes:

songskirmish. Sort of a cast-against-type upbeat song about being down. Came in late, timed myself to 7:40-8:40 central: another one-hour wonder. Weak guitar break, but at least I don't have to bail out by whistling any more!

Lyrics:

I'm feeling down again
just like I lost a friend
It's like the weight of the world
was on my shoulders and then
It kept on pushing me down
And further into the ground
But if its on my back
Then where are my feet at?

It makes no sense to me
Where Atlas puts his feet
He must be on the sun
Asbestos booties on
He never makes a fuss
like that old Sisyphus
old heroes are so stoic
That's why they inspire poets

Yet I am down again
must be my my evil twin
Guess I can cheer on up
or I can just pretend
Cause while I'm drawing breath
I can endure the rest
And maybe catch a break or just a bend

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tybarbary 3 months ago

Highly entertaining and flat-out amazing for an hour song!
plainwhitetoast 3 months ago

I never understood that about Atlas' feet either. +1 for name dropping Sisyphus (the check is rolling up the hill). I'm still at the "guitar break or whistle?" stage, often enough, so congrats! Fun fun fun!
roysmith 3 months ago

made me smile anyway - love the references and rhythm
randyxpher 3 months ago

As always, you have quite the way with words. Love that you worked Sisyphus into a country blues. Fun stuff!
slyswell 3 months ago

wow you made all that under an hour! awesome.

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nightengale 3 months ago

Great skirmisk Woody,

Nice one hour wonder at that, I'm impressed!
tcelliott 3 months ago

Nice, woody. I'm glad you banged this out. It's literate, funny, upbeat and good. You had me smiling from the first note of the guitar.
sailaway 3 months ago

I like the second verse, kind of makes you think. I like the contrast between the mood of the lyrics to the melody.