The Weekly Song

Week 12 - Pack a Gun

I don't always know where songs come from - how they start in my experiences and get processed somehow for packaging inside of a tune and lyrics.  Sometimes, just being near someone I'm close with can produce a song based on their experiences.  I think this is one of those cases.

The production on this one is rather stark. I recently realized that I have access to a pretty sick Fender Rhodes piano in one of the rehearsal spaces I rent, so I've used it quite liberally on this track. But besides that and a single lead vocal track, that's all she wrote. The subject matter is kinda heavy, so I couldn't really justify turning this into a big production number.

I hope you can enjoy my restraint. It is a rare treat.

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lyrics
you never learned how to fight
you never learned how to lie
so he took what he liked
you didn't know how to hide

did you keep what you heard
did it hurt every time
you believed every word
and he crossed every line

pack a gun for the ride
watch him run with your eyes
pack a gun
get it done
you know how the west was won
pack a gun

you can go underground
i can wait for a sign
i will not make a sound
but I'll stay close behind

pack a gun for the ride
hope is what you design
pack a gun
get it done
you know how the west was won
pack a gun

Week 3 - Seventy-Eight 1992

My sister had the opposite of what you might call a 'good week' - like the polar opposite.  She asked me a while ago to write a song with layers on layers that builds crescendo-style till the end.  This one's for her.

Recording this song was quite a challenge.  I'm leaving to visit her for the weekend in North Carolina now and because of that, had a short time to write and record this week's song.  So, forgive the roughness.  If I had another couple of weeks, I'd be doing way more with this, and maybe I will someday. But I like the rawness and the immediacy captured here to be honest, also.

 

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