This song was written as part of one of the many songwriting 'challenges' at Feb. Album Writing Month- as a writing exercise, someone suggested 'write a song about a body part'. I came up with this very quickly, writing about as many body parts as I could fit in. Hopefully one of the lighter, funnier ones- they can't all be gloom and doom!
Recorded very 'casually' shall we say- using my iPhone, while playing an old resonator guitar and singing, into a now-discontinued app called 'music memos' which adds drums, though sometimes as you can hear, the drums don't always match up to what you're doing, still, it was close enough and fit that 'slightly askew' theme, perhaps.
lyrics
I put on the scarf you used to wear, I broke out in a rash
looking for your address , my hands threw it in the trash
My elbow elbows me that that it knows way better then I do
My body separates me from things I get too attached too
My knee gives a twinge whenever I think of you
Its closer to the ground maybe it’s got a better view
My ankle tells me things my mind wouldn’t have the nerve
When I think I should see you my body throws me a curve
A smell triggers your memory, then I begin to sneeze
My sinuses sarcastically seem to say ‘oh please’
I would have left the house to visit you but my legs just made me freeze
My body is collaborating to find the best exit strategies
I would have visited but my stomach made plans
Cause dinner with you is something it cannot stand
Don’t want to get graphic, but I redecorated in a new color scheme
My body’s telling me something I’m starting to figure out what it means
So while we seemed to have a great meeting of the minds
My eyes might go on strike and then I’d be blind
I’m at the mercy of a thousand body parts
My mind has been outvoted by my liver, my kidney and my heart
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