I'm Runnin'
By Paisleyfrog on June 16, 2024 1:48 am
Keeping with the blues feel for another week. This one came from an unexpected place... My friends frequently get together and just do crafting. I wasn't working on a project, so I grabbed a guitar and just did some quiet unplugged riffing while my wife and friends like, crocheted and stuff. (Also, GarageBand can provide a good backing track to an earbud.)
The main feel is a minor blues bounce…like I was thinking last week, but faster than I was originally planning. Lyrics came about in my normal way...sorted of hummed and sang along with the melody until a phrase came about (I'm runnin'!). The lyrics built around that phrase.
Some Texas blues here, but there’s also a southern rock feel due to the organ - I’ve spent a lot of time listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd Harmonica also makes a return. The riff between the verse and chorus is pretty similar, it’s mainly the soft/loud dynamic that drives the song. That and all the chaotic soloing.
I don't know where I'm going
Don't know where I've been
Just gotta keep moving
My shoes are wearing thin
And I'm running
I'm running
Yeah I'm running
I'm running, I'm running away
Left without warning
Left without a note
Twenty bucks in my pocket
Closed the door and put on my coat
And I'm running
I'm running
Yeah I'm running
I'm running, I'm running away
One day she's gonna find me
With a gun in her hand
Theta's when she will remind me
Things didn't go as planned
Oh yeah
So I've gotta keep moving
Try to put off the day
She stares me down with that evil eye
And she blows me away
So I'm running
I'm running
Yeah I'm running
I'm running, I'm running away
Mixed in Logic 11
Logic Drummer
Software organ
Guitar
Bass
Vocals
Harmonica
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