FAWM: "If I Were A Blue Toy"

If I Were A Blue Toy

5 days ago by @mandolinda

Challenge: MIXED EMOTIONS

If I Were A Blue Toy

mandolinda

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Liner Notes

Quiet Sunday morning, household chores, laundry. Using a title from the Muse. #guitelel #acousticonetake #sadness #hope

Lyrics

If I were a blue toy

[Verse 1] If I were a blue toy I'd be all alone Up on a shelf Or places unknown

Watching and waiting for someone to love me Hoping for someone to help me be free

[verse 2] If I were a blue toy I'd watch passersby Maybe I'd shed A tear from my eye

Seeking a playmate who would check me out Longing for a friend and loved without doubt

[bridge] But what if the color was never the shame? What if my blue is my beautiful name? Maybe the right hands just haven’t arrived Maybe I'm waiting to finally feel alive

[verse 3] So, if you’re out there, Walking these aisles Look a little closer, Don’t pass me by

I’m more than a toy with a painted-on tear I’m someone worth choosing — I’ve always been here

Comments

@ductapeguyMod 4d

Painted on tear. So evocative. This is such a wonderful theme for a song. I think everybody can relate to that lonely little toy

@mandolinda 3d

Thank you. I can relate to many of these folks.

@coolparadisoMod 4d

Very nicely done - could be just what it says or could be much more about the whole issue of neglected feelings. whatever its such a pretty song !

@mandolinda 4d

Thank you. Many years being a secondary school teacher- I have seen my share of blue people.

@unclesteve 4d

i'm speeding down a desert highway in a convertible, driving away from the love that will never be.

@mandolinda 4d

Great line to start a new song.

@raspberry33 4d

It's not easy being...blue? I love how you captured the point of view of a neglected toy on a shelf. Lovely vocals and instrumental.

@mandolinda 4d

Thank you.

@wynia 4d

Very cool to personify a toy! But also to extend to humans and all that goes into feeling abandoned or overlooked or old

@mandolinda 4d

The title led me down that pathway. I picked the title first from The Muse. Thought it would allow me to develop a theme of mixed emotions.

@wynia 4d

@mandolinda oh very cool, well, you nailed it!

@craycray_conq_dude 4d

The theme of self-love from a toy's pov? Creative musings! Thanks for sharing

@mandolinda 4d

Following the Week 3 challenge of Mixed Emotions.

@rhythmrunner 4d

Great lyrics. They really pull you in.

@mandolinda 4d

Thank you.

@janeg 4d

I love the Velveteen Rabbit story so welcome more about sentient toys. Sometimes I apologize to a stuffed animal for leaving them too long between cuddles. The line that starts “What is my blue is” really caught me.

@mandolinda 4d

Ha. I have a CHristmas teddy bear beside my instrument cases, not a blue toy around. It’s one of those, push it’s belly and it shakes and sings.