FAWM: "Up Right Now"

Up Right Now

Liner Notes

# Liner

I dedicate this song to my brother, a man of action, in all aspects of his life.

Stand Tall, Be Firm, Live Brave

#acoustic #onetake #singersongwriter

# Details

start : 1o:1o PM
end : 11:o9 PM
first demo: 11:49pm

# Notes

Last chorus went pretty flat, but i think it's a breath thing, easy to clean up there. Kinda hard to sing at times, especially that part in the chorus about the songs and the next line, the rhythm is interesting to say the least. This will be a fun one to work with.

Lyrics

[cp2]
g - d -em -c
two people make a family
it's gonna take a whole village
before too long you got yourself a nation

but the bad guys are coming around
it happens every single time
your words are loud
but they're coming out swinging

strike the anvil while it's hot
break bread when it's cooling off
round the table we gather
we gotta get everyone together

d
these are the times they will speak of us
em
stand tall be firm live brave
c g
these are the songs our kids will sing
d em
these are the stories history will tell
c
and you living them out
g
so you better stand up right now

g - d -em -c
what's the deal with good or bad
the truth is, real is neither
the pacifist grows old and grey
while the solider dies alone

when the cart comes round to collect the dead
will you yell out instead
stand tall be firm live brave

[chorus]

em - c
it's a hard time to be alive
g - d
that's the truth of any age passing by
you didn't climb these stairs
your didn't tear down these walls
to be told to go home , to turn around
em
stand tall be firm live brave
c
stand tall be firm live brave

Comments

@lbrewington 1w

@tceilliott thanks for listening. I saw you were part of the century club and your profile says you are currently at 38 songs. keep crushing it! working my way up your list for sure.

@tcelliott 1w

There's a weight to this one that I like. A good melody that fits the lyric. And a pretty well written lyric in the singer songwriter / americana vein.