Jon Ochshorn

adaptation.mp3

video

words and music by Jonathan Ochshorn (copyright 2003 J. Ochshorn; slightly modified in 2010)

1. sitting here singing at the open mic ABC cafe
making up the words as i go along trying to find another chord to play

marco’s fiddling with the peavey amp a little more treble on the guitar
a bit more reverb on the voice please make us all sound much better than we really are
like the warning on the radio
interrupting all those songs played by request
this isn’t real it’s just a test

2. convention has it that we go straight to verse 2 need a hook for the chorus that’s coming next
i guess that this is just another ironic meditation on the song’s own subtext
like the screenplay written by the actor
who’s playing the writer writing how the film proceeds
i’m wondering what this song needs

[chorus] here i am, here we are, how’re you doing, what’s it like out there
will this sucker sink or float
making love, come again, come inside, going down once again
you hit the money note
yeah you hit it, so hit it again

[instrumental verse, chorus]

3. don’t think i need a bridge this time get through verse 3 and go straight to the chorus
a clever rhyme wouldn’t hurt about now though find something so the wait won’t bore us
almost there not a whole lot to say now
these movie crocodiles may come and go — yeah but
i’m still waiting for the blood to flow
i’m still waiting for the blood to flow [chorus]

Production notes:

arranged and produced by J. Ochshorn

recorded at home with garageBand software March, 2010

vocals: J. Ochshorn

real instruments (electric guitars): J. Ochshorn

software instruments played live on midi keyboard (steel string acoustic guitar, drums, bass, organ, radio sounds and applause): J. Ochshorn