I Don't Understand
I Don't Understand
First, I should thank Bluechair and Red Shoes for the inspiration to write this song. Red Shoes forwarded Bluechair a jaw-dropping student letter published in her college newspaper and Blue in turn sent it to me. It was written by a student at Red's school who was bemoaning the fact that acceptance of gays & lesbians in our society is becoming more and more rampant. It was an ugly, hateful and downright ignorant piece of writing and it has stayed with me since reading it. So, to quote a folkie singer-songwriter I knew from college, "I wrote a song about it."
I DON'T UNDERSTAND
When granddad was a young man
He didn't want to die on foreign sand
So he ate lots of bananas to flunk his fitness test
His mother's worst fears were put to rest
And granddad made out with every girl in town
While all the other neighborhood boys died face down
I don't understand
I just don't understand
I can't understand
Why these women and men have lost their minds
At the big school dance with an even bigger pompadour
My father saw what he was looking for
Took mom's breath away when she saw this man
Who stood out before her so lean and tan
And on the day granddad died
He pulled his son close to his side
And whispered, "I'm so sorry I never got to hold your baby boy"
As he closed his eyes and fell into the void
I don't understand
I just don't understand
I can't understand
Why these women and men have lost their minds
Makes me sick when I watch TV
Then read the paper and find out that they agree
The world is changing and this change is no good
There was a time we all knew where we stood
Gates have been left open too long
It's time to shut them and speak up about what's wrong
And the rain that comes to wash it away will be the sound of my voice
Saying...
I don't understand
I just don't understand
I can't understand
Why these women and men have lost their minds
I DON'T UNDERSTAND
When granddad was a young man
He didn't want to die on foreign sand
So he ate lots of bananas to flunk his fitness test
His mother's worst fears were put to rest
And granddad made out with every girl in town
While all the other neighborhood boys died face down
I don't understand
I just don't understand
I can't understand
Why these women and men have lost their minds
At the big school dance with an even bigger pompadour
My father saw what he was looking for
Took mom's breath away when she saw this man
Who stood out before her so lean and tan
And on the day granddad died
He pulled his son close to his side
And whispered, "I'm so sorry I never got to hold your baby boy"
As he closed his eyes and fell into the void
I don't understand
I just don't understand
I can't understand
Why these women and men have lost their minds
Makes me sick when I watch TV
Then read the paper and find out that they agree
The world is changing and this change is no good
There was a time we all knew where we stood
Gates have been left open too long
It's time to shut them and speak up about what's wrong
And the rain that comes to wash it away will be the sound of my voice
Saying...
I don't understand
I just don't understand
I can't understand
Why these women and men have lost their minds
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A friend of mine who is much, much more musically inclined than I am mentioned that he might see about writing a piano melody for it. I was on a pretty steady diet of Bad Love (*ahem*) and Johnny Cutler's Birthday when I wrote this, as KH noted.crash8_durham wrote:El Vez, Do you have any music to go with it. I'd love to hear it if you do.
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Hi everyone.
Sorry, its been a while but I found my way back. I recently updated El Vez's song a bit and added some thing to the music. I sent him a copy. maybe he will be nice and post it so you can hear his song with music. I like the way it came out. It is a great lyric.
If you would like to hear some more of my stuff I have some posted at
http://myspace.com/markclay
If you go, I would love to hear anyones opinions of them.
thanks
Crash
Sorry, its been a while but I found my way back. I recently updated El Vez's song a bit and added some thing to the music. I sent him a copy. maybe he will be nice and post it so you can hear his song with music. I like the way it came out. It is a great lyric.
If you would like to hear some more of my stuff I have some posted at
http://myspace.com/markclay
If you go, I would love to hear anyones opinions of them.
thanks
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Quite nice...
Hey, I had a listen, and I think it sounds very sincere.
That's something I never could do...
"...there's nothing quite like sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy." - some wag in Mauchlin
(I'm not saying that the sincerity of the music is fake. How would I know? It seems quite real to me. Nice work, Crash!)
That's something I never could do...
"...there's nothing quite like sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy." - some wag in Mauchlin
(I'm not saying that the sincerity of the music is fake. How would I know? It seems quite real to me. Nice work, Crash!)
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