Right Now Blues

by @mikeskliar

Liner Notes

#blues #elegy #quick #harmonica #slide #resonator

A quick blues song to start off FAWM this year. This is a little two-verse thing, getting right to the point and after some recent losses to this community, something that has been on my mind. I"ll most probably have more to say on the subject later on. Meanwhile, I had fun with some new recording equipment, my old Regal resonator guitar (tuned to open G and using a slide) and a C harmonica. The guitar was a one-take thing (hence the kind of sloppy but fun solo) with vocal and harmonica overdubs, and some fun distortion etc. added.

Lyrics

The other day I was saying these words to the wife
people are eulogized at the end of their life
you hear it said 'they were a big influence'
only when they're fading, about to be past tense

let's say it now, go ahead and shout it from the roof
life's too short to stay aloof
tell someone you love, what you're really thinking of
tell someone what they mean to you right now

Amazing expressions, so beautiful and sublime
deserve to be expressed at an earlier time
don't wait till you hear someone's demise
to express, how much you idolize

let's say it now, go ahead and shout it from the roof
life's too short to stay aloof
tell someone you love, what you're really thinking of
tell someone what they mean to you right now

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