I wrote a song!!

So I'm kinda bummy today, but I know it'll be cool eventually. However, in light of recent events, I've written a blues song!! :) I had initially googled "how to write a blues song," and got much helpful advice, but I decided to do it on my own.

While listening to John Mayer, I drafted this bit of bluesyness:

I got the blues….
Oh, I got the blues…
I’ve got the lover-turned-friend-turned-nothing-for-no-real-reason blues.

Walked down my street,
On the phone last night
Wonderin’ what he was thinkin’
“Doin’ what is right.”

Oh, I got the blues…
Yeah, I got the blues.
I’ve got the different-opinion-frustrating, gut-wrenching, stupid-feeling blues.

Been goin’ through this
For almost half a year
Just wonderin’ why
He let love lose to fear

Sayin’ I got the blues…
Oh, Lord, I got the blues…
I’ve got the grown-man-actin’-like-a-scared-child-breakin’-my-heart blues.

[Awesome harmonica break, fade to end]

Fin.


Yay! I think. Granted, it's nothing special, but I find a blues song particularly helpful when dealing with life's heartbreaks. Try it sometime; it's actually pretty therapeutic.

Also, I can't help but love John Mayer's album from last year (Continuum). Plus I saw him in concert last month (awesomeness!!). Here's "Dreaming with a Broken Heart," a lovely song worthy of checking out:



When you're dreaming with a broken heart,
The waking up is the hardest part

You roll out of bed and down on your knees
and for a moment you can hardly breathe,
wondering was she really here?
Is she standing in my room?

No, she's not
'cause she's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.

When you're dreaming with a broken heart,
The giving up is the hardest part

She takes you in with her crying eyes,
then all at once you have to say goodbye,
wondering could you stay, my love?
Will you wake up by my side?

No, she can't
'cause she's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.

Do I have to fall asleep with roses in my hand?
Do I have to fall asleep with roses in my hand?
Do I have to fall asleep with roses in my hand?
Do I have to fall asleep with roses in my, roses in my hands?
Would you get them if I did?

No, you won't
Cause you're gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.

When you're dreaming with a broken heart
the waking up is the hardest part.