As some of you may know I am a musician (sort of). I play guitar and I write songs. I don't get paid for it. I do it mostly to excise the demons from my beleaguered brain.
Today I was going through a box of old comic books and song tablatures that I printed from the Internet. I came across a few old notebooks that were half filled. I have this thing that when I enter into a new era in my life be it a new job, place to live, girlfriend I buy a new notebook. Anyway. I came across from 2003. A song from a concept record that I have had in the works since 2001. The protagonist is one Chip Chernobyl. A young man lost in the world of the future (today).
The character has gone through several changes. He started out as a game-show host that finds enlightenment and leads a revolution to overthrow a totalitarian state, but I could never make it sound feasible to me. So I decided to make him a regular guy just dealing with the madness of the modern world. I want this project to be my Ziggy Stardust. And I think I am finally motivated enough to do it.
I recorded the first song on to my computer today and I converted it to I-tunes format so if anyone wants to hear it just send me an e-mail. Here are the lyrics:
Chip took a swim:
When chip lost his muse
He swam out to the moon
He waited for a typhoon
'Cause she tap-danced out at midnight
A necktie over her eyes
Another victim of too much news.
And something red came from her ear
I guess she didn't want to hear
I guess it was too much
And when the wave it came
Like radiation on the brain
it smacked him up so clear
He didn't need to be here
Stuck out,
Stuttering
and stumbling
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