October 31st

 

How did this song inspire her to write?

You might ask yourself that question when you check out that category on this site.  Some songs really do inspire stories or story seedlings or keep the fire burning for something I am writing.  Other songs just feel good in the moment and make ME feel good and appreciate life or are just something to vibe to. 

Got any songs that do those things for you?

Lyrics to Circle Around This Town by Maren Morris

I really like this song, especially the lines in the refrain, "I drove circles around this town, Tryin' to write circles around this town, Tryna say somethin' with meanin', Somethin' worth singin' about."  That's totally what I do when I'm searching for the next thing to write.  It touches me that another writer does the same.  (The song/video is in the post below this.)

Lyrics

I swear I don't know how I trusted
A Montero with the AC busted
A couple bad demos on a burned CD
Would take me all the way to Tennessee
I showed up to the new apartment
First month's, last month's, two deposits
Hadn't heard the sound of a door slam yet
Thank God I was an optimist

I drove circles around this town
Tryin' to write circles around this town
Tryna say somethin' with meanin'
Somethin' worth singin' about
I've been kind and I've been ruthless
Yeah, I got here, but the truth is
Thought when I hit it, it'd all look different
But I still got the pedal down
Drivin' circles around this town

So many times, I thought about leavin'
Got my ass kicked tryin' to compete with
Everybody else's ones that got away
I'm around long enough to catch a break
A couple hundred songs and the ones that finally worked
Was the one about a car and the one about a church
That I wrote

Drivin' circles around this town
Tryin' to write circles around this town
Tryna say somethin' with meanin'
Somethin' worth singin' about
I've been kind and I've been ruthless
Yeah, I got here, but the truth is
Thought when I hit it, it'd all look different
But I still got the pedal down
Drivin' circles around this town
Drivin' circles around this town

Maren Morris - Circles Around This Town (Official Music Video)

 

Six sentences written this week

I talk to crows.  I've been doing that since I was a teen.  They cock their heads and listen and inevitably respond. They're never flighty like common blackbirds or sparrows.  I'm 57 now.  Crows are my friends.

ELO - Do Ya

 

Freddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop Falls