Yes, I’m still creating. And yes, I’m still working on some projects that will take some time before I can share a semi-finished product with you. I tried tracking my instrumental project last week, and wasn’t quite to where it’d work. But I’m closer now, thanks to more rehearsal. Hopefully this week…
I do have half or 2/3 of a new song that I’m working on. When I made my “eclipse trip” up through GA last summer, I had an idea come to me of “Florida sand and Georgia clay.” I didn’t know what to do about that then. A couple of days ago, while listening to some Jesse Rice music, I got a song idea that works with that particular contrast. I don’t quite have the whole thing yet, but I’ve got two verses and a chorus. The song will probably be verse, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, (bridge, chorus). And I may tweak the later choruses to fit the story. I think it will end up being an unrequited love song. Here’s what I’ve got:
Florida Sand, Georgia Clay
I was somewhere on the outskirts of Atlanta
A a quiet bar, waiting for rush hour to clear
When the woman at my right downed a shot, and then she sighed
And in the corner of her eye, I could see the start of tears
Can I offer you a drink for your sorrows?
She said yes, and we chatted for a while
I said, “you could come escape; you can follow me tomorrow
To my place by the beach, I bet it could make you smile
CHORUS
Will you stroll on my Florida Sand
And leave your Georgia Clay?
Will you come south and maybe take my hand
Even though it’s a little far away?
(unwritten verse 3: She politely declined and we went our separate ways)
(unwritten bridge: I wonder how her story turned out. Wonder what might have happened if she’d…)
