Transparent recording process reveals all.

Turning on to Ryan Adams hit me like a thunder bolt. In admiration of how prolific an artist he is, and how wonderfully nonchalant nearly all his work tends to be, I wrote this one as quickly and decisively as possible. No second guessing, or thinking too much about what the listener might want to hear. This was for me – a selfish song – with an epicurean conceit.

Soon adding flute, harmonica, piano, electric guitars and maybe more backing vocals. Stay ‘tooned’.

CREDITS ::
Willie Wisely: vocals, guitar
John Fields: drums
Photo: Norman Madrid

Here’s a list of all my “Singles Series” blog posts.

CHORD CHART ::

INTRO ::
| G | G * Bƒ A- | G | G * Bƒ A- |

VERSE ::
| G | B- A- | G | F D/F# |
| G | B- A- | A- C | G |

CHORUS ::
| C G | B7 | C G | B7 |
| C G | B7 E- | A- C |

BRIDGE 01 INSTRUMENTAL ::
| C | C * B- A- | G | G * F D/F# |
| C | C | A- C | G | G |

BRIDGE 02 VOCAL ::
| C G | B7 E- | C G | B7 |
| C G | B7 E- | C | C | C | C D |

WEIRD VERSE ::
| G | B- A- | G | F D/F# |
| G {stop on 3, grand pause, wait for cue}|

CODA ::
| A- C | A- Cdim7 |

FORM ::
INTRO
VERSE
CHORUS
INTRO
VERSE
CHORUS
INTRO (HALF)
BRIDGE 01
BRIDGE 02
WEIRD VERSE
CHORUS
CODA
INTRO

LYRICS ::
I never get my fun with a girl who couldn’t rough it
Posing in bed like she’s selling perfume
Life is full of pain and she’s got to rise above it
My future shouldn’t swing from a noose

Keep my sutures (loose)
Keepin’ it (cool)
To this I will be true
Keep my sutures loose

Lots of love don’t come when you really really need it
Lots never came in my early career
I hate my rock and roll when I know where it’s going
I’m keeping our sutures loose

Keep my sutures (loose)
Keepin’ it (cool)
To this I will be true
Keep my sutures loose

solo

Give me something weird
Kind of thirsty on destruction
All I want is some flesh on the bone
Don’t fill my ears with the should of, could of, would ofs
Let’s bring our future home
Our home is the great unknown

You’ll never get your fun if you’re too afraid to rough it
I’m partial to the dreamers, and that’s the hard truth
Life is full of pain, HEY! let’s rise above it

Keep our sutures (loose)
Keepin’ it (cool)
To this I will be true
Let’s keep my sutures loose
Talk about the future loose
Let’s keep our sutures loose