Draft 5 of September 2026 Song Sprint

This is one of the (45 remaining) 51 lyrical drafts I had left over after July's 5/9. I will try to complete a few more of those here before our time runs out. The opening riff is from “Welcome to Widow's Bay!” by David Fleming, from the Apple Original Series Soundtrack. Listening to it was how I chose my key and main chords for this song.

Original draft notes: I have been looking for an excuse to celebrate the first season of Widow’s Bay. It’s so fun. #spoilers sorta #filk

Instrument: concert ukulele, low GCEA tuning #ukulele #uke #girlwithukulele #personwithukulele #summer #television #acousticonetake #fuc #widowsbay

V1) Have I seen you on the island? Are those antlers that you’re wearing? Did you dose my party drink with bits of rabbit fur and blood? Are you screaming in the shelter After watching an old filmstrip? Were you sucked up by a hurricane Trying to save your drugs?

C) I only want to talk to people watching Widow’s Bay Those who have watched and who are watching Or would re-watch it all today, I only want to talk to you if you liked Widow’s Bay If you’re a clown who thinks it’s trash I’ll shriek and back away

V2) Put me on a ship but do not Sail me past the buoy, I will die if I don’t live til Season 2 starts streaming episodes You can run my finger over With old-timey wagon wheels Or smother me with Sea Hags It won’t change the way I feel

B1) My favorite bedtime yarn is genealogy My favorite outfit’s gotta be Slouchy slippers, shorts, and tee And I’d outrun the boogeyman To unpoison her tea

C) I only want to talk to people watching Widow’s Bay Those who have watched and who are watching Or would re-watch it all today, I only want to talk to you if you liked Widow’s Bay If you blackball me from book club There’s a taser aimed your way

V3) Have you heard the bell a-tolling? Can we count you in? Now, should we Drive around with firepower to see who’s surfacing this time? The teens are sneaking out Just as the tide is coming in and there’s no shelter like our shelter Something’s seeking so let’s hide!

B2 Dead baby, dead baby, lesbian If there’s a curfew, you had best be in It’s not that you said it, it’s how The time for the ferry is now! Down the ladder, through the well Watch out for the basement door That maybe goes to hell

C) I only want to talk to people watching Widow’s Bay Those who have watched and who are watching Or would re-watch it all today, I only want to talk to you if you liked Widow’s Bay She’s waking up; it’s going bad And I’m compelled to stay…