Double Life
by @berni1954
Skirmish: Random paragraph (@nightwing521)Liner Notes
The book I had lying around is a thriller by Lisa Jewel called "The Night She Disappeared" A friend has lent it to me, but I haven't got around to reading it yet.
I opened the book at random and (changing the names) the paragraph I put my finger started with the opening line of this song. I followed it a little for the first verse, but from then on l let my imagination tell me the rest of the tale and its theme.
The song was finished well within time, but I have had every technical hitch imaginable, including my printer having run out of ink and having to write the lyrics out by hand from the second verse onwards, to be able to record it in a quieter part of the flat.
#fuc Instrument: an Electric Steel Strung Tenor Ukulele
Lyrics
INTRO: (Bb) (C) (Gm)
(Gm) Janine looked at the time on the (F) oversized (Gm) clock Hanging on the wall be(D)side her (Gm) Jake was leaving work (F) round about (Gm) now (Bb) Forty five (C) minutes and he'd (Gm) be there
He will (C) get to his house and his (Gm) mum will tell him Where she (C) thinks Janine is bound to (Gm) be He will (C) try to ring her, she'll ig(Gm)nore his call Then (Bb) send him a (F) lie he might be(Gm)lieve
(F) Deceptions and dis(Gm)tractions (F) Cover ups and half (Gm) truths (C) Walking on the wild side has its (Gm) cost (Dm) Pleasure and di(Gm)version The (Dm) pudding's in the (Gm) proof (Bb) One false step and (C) everything is (Gm) lost
(Gm) She rolls over again in the (F) satin (Gm) sheets He's typing something on his mobile (D) phone The (Gm) passion is all spent, re(F)ality a(Gm)wakes She (Bb) smiles but wishes (C) that she was a(Gm)lone
She gives (C) him a second look, was he (Gm) really that hot? Why she (C) does it, she perhaps will never (Gm) know Her (C) mother suspects, she's (Gm)sure of that But she's (Bb) not the kind to (F) deal the final (Gm) blow
CHORUS
Comments
Thanks Jane. I love story songs... I think it shows, eh? π
I like the rolling lilt of the uke! Another piece of easy storytelling! I think names enhance stories like this!
Wow I would have no idea that this was a ukulele! It sounds awesome. I love the picking pattern and rhythm that you're using here, and the vocal melody works perfectly. This is so solid. Great story too!
Really nice, I feel like the sound of the instrument and the chord structure really compliments the story
Loving the rawness. It feels they canβt remember each others name. Fab
I've never heard a steel-strung uke. Truly kewl sound!!!
Wow! What a story! (whether it's the same story as the book or not)
Walking on the wild side has its cost
Great line!!! and great write overall!
Thanks for your glowing comment on my song "Double Life". That electric Ukulele is cool indeed. I usually only use it for solos, but as the 10pm deadline for silence in our apartment block was fast approaching, I plugged it in and picked it. I then did the vocals later in the upstairs bathroom - the furthest away from the neighbours! Sigh... Communal living has its down sides during FAWM. π
Great!
You can make an intriguing story out of ANYTHING. And I love the sound of that uke.