It's one thing to stare into an abyss. It's quite another to throw babies into it to see how deep it is.
'Sadly, As A Storm' - words and music (c) Paul Murphy / 2023
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk9yE73Fy5I
Written in 1996, under another title name. I recorded a [home] studio version of it, maybe '98, '99, then it sat in the Gathering Dust piler for a couple of decades. Not sure why, it's a nice lyric, nice melody, nice song. What one of my old band members used to call my 'Beatles numbers'. "You should write more of them, not these 20-minute social songs about the homeless." Maybe he's homeless himself now, he might change his mind on that if he is.
I never met the originating lady of this song. I just knew her name, and out came the song. American lady, she worked in the movies in LA. She was the wife of someone I knew, a guy who was too rich for his own good, a shame because he would have been a nice guy but for the freedom to impose himself that too much money and a high-profile name gave you in England back then. And up til now, I expect. Anyway, some songs, you write them in good heart and mind, but they just seem to have a jinx on them; this was one. It's nice to get a live recording of it down, to go with the studio one.
This is Take 1 of 4, and the voice wasn't warmed up on this one. Melody line still comes through though.
Light and peace,
Me
11.05.2024
'Fiona' - words and music (c) Paul Murphy 1996, 2024
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