Sometimes you just gotta write a fun song. You know — one of those songs that don’t make much sense or have a deep meaning. A song that has a good back beat or a groove and is fun to play and sing is always a good addition to any singer-songwriter’s set list.
This song was born out of the phrase: “The girls at the bar…”. I was thinking about the type of girl that comes into a bar after a day of work so she can flirt and dance and have some fun with her friends. But then also that same girl that is here night after night – gets a little dark if you think about it. These are the regulars, the ones who come in to escape the everyday grind and try to figure things out with their fellow drinkers/dancers.
And then there’s me. Where do I, the singer, fit in to all of this? I’m the guy in the corner or on a small stage singing to the lonely few. My little songs of desperation that are meant to lift the spirits of these people. Uh, right. They really just want some background sound to go along with the mood lighting. Then again, the regulars would know me (thank you Billy Joel) and they would glance up every once in a while to acknowledge a song they like.
All in all we would be in that place together sharing an experience. Trying to make sense of it night after night.
This is a first draft acoustic version. I intend to flesh it out with a band and some nifty guitar solos and a bass breakdown. But until then please let me know what you think!
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In Here
I’m sending this one out
To the girls at the bar
A simple song of love
Delivered straight from the heart
They hang out every night
Spending their hard earned wage
Laugh a little, dance a little
They never act their age
- But that’s OK – Yeah that’s alright
‘Cause in here we’re all just
Trying to forget the world outside
In here we’re all together
Trying to make sense of it all
Night after night
I’m sending this one out
To those lovers in the night
An easy backbeat groove
That makes it all feel right
They may not even know it
They may not even care
But it’s love that makes the world go ‘round
So pass some over here
- And turn it on – Yeah turn it up
Me? I’m playing to the lonely few
Playing songs of desperation
And this microphone smells like cigarettes and beer
I look out at the crowd
No one’s paying much attention
But the girls at the bar know that I’m here
I’m sending this one out
To the last ones through the door
15 minutes to closing time
And they’re asking for one more
Too early to go home
One more dance one more drink
The girls smile at me
‘Cause they know I’m gonna sing
- One more song – Nothing wrong
Here’s a song I wrote quite recently that is giving me problems. It’s one of those songs that has certain parts that I like, but then there are also certain parts that I’m not sure fit quite well or that don’t play nice with other parts. What to do? I don’t want to just throw it out. And it’s difficult to rewrite because I’ve created this deep notch that I keep falling back into; I stray a little this way or that and I just come right back to where I began.
Well I knew it would come to this eventually that I would star in a music video. Well… OK, so it’s a video shot in my studio, shot on a Flip-video camera, of just me playing guitar and singing. But that’s OK because that was the point. I am creating some videos of myself performing my songs solo and at gigs. It has been pointed out on numerous occasions that I have no videos and that people want to see me in performance. Well here you go.
I put together a reel of a few songs to demo my country-rock and country chops for a possible publisher. How to choose, how to choose? Well I decided to put it in a format that sounds a little like a set I would do live. Start out loud, get softer, get silly, get serious, rock out to end.