Jemima the Dreamer
Liner Notes
#personwithguitar #acoustic #modal-challenge
Struggling to perform this one, might replace demo later.
Mode nerdery: Lydian #2.
Lyrics
Jemima the Dreamer, You dream of Timbuctoo and Lima. Artist in margins And mid-revision rhymer. Books are your heaven, You lost Princess of Rigel 7 Latin verbs keep calling you They call in vain, Jemima The dreamer.
You razzle, you dazzle You man the pumps and storm the castle Dining with princes, But not a social climber. Office computers, You tell them tales of goblin looters. Now your boss looks worried, Always working late, Jemima The dreamer.
You’re married, you’re harried, But always you’ll be J. M. Barried Steer by the starlight And damn the oven timer. Dreams keep you going Through arguments and children growin Perfect homes keep calling you They call in vain, Jemima The dreamer.
Jemima the Dreamer, You’ve lived your life by no dull schema, Though you may seem just A cat-obsessed old-timer. Sword in your hand, You rode unicorns through Fairyland. The angels always liked you Let them call in vain, Jemima The dreamer.
Comments
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It feels like having read several bedtime storybooks at the same time. Images twirling. Always delicaty in your delivery. But there is something even sweeter in the chord progression. Could it be the Lydian of the harmonic minor scale ?
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Like a modern folk song, really special and I really like it!
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This is a rhyming masterclass. Reading those extraordinary lyrics and looking at the sub-two-minute clock I was wondering how this could ever be recorded, but - wow. Have to say that "You’re married, you’re harried / But always you’ll be J. M. Barried" is absolutely inspired.
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I really enjoy this song. It gives me a feeling of an old school folk song. Which I really like.
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This is one of those ones that's so faultlessly complicated it's going to need a lit of practice to perform well. And then it'll be an absolute banger. I'm also wondering (hoping) whether Jemima is a real person.