Year of the Snake

by @paulmilne

Year of the Snake
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Liner Notes

Not much to say about this one...

#12barblues
#singersongwriter
#snake

Year of the Snake © 2024 by Paul Milne is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Lyrics

When there ain't no file
In your birthday cake
And your guitar playing hand
Has started to shake
When Dracula comes in
And you ain't got no stake
That's when you know
It's the Year of the Snake

When you find your Rolex
Ain't nothing but a fake
And you keep on stepping
On that garden rake
And you can't seem to shed
That mysterious ache
You know you've arrived
At the Year of the Snake

You can run to the hills
You can jump in the lake
You know you can't hide
From the Year of the Snake

Deep down you know luck
Ain't something you make
No matter how much you pray
For Jesus's sake
The more you gonna give
The more they gonna take
That's just how it goes
In the Year of the Snake

You can run to the hills
You can jump in the lake
You know you can't hide
From the Year of the Snake

Comments

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Great blues song. The lyrics are excellent and capture the snake-bitten feeling that accompanies moving from the Year of the Dragon to the Year of the Snake. Certainly feels that way so far. The performance is also really well done. I enjoyed my listen.
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These lyrics are great. So many strong phrases (I particularly like "you keep on stepping on that garden rake" and "the more you gonna give the more they gonna take"), and the underlying theme of bad luck is such a staple of the blues. Nice work on guitar and vocal as well. Great job.
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I like it. Several parts made me smile (hope that's OK). Feels like a song (and very much fits a traditional plan: A A B A B. Looking forward to listening if you add music.
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