Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Song: "Love's Deep Mineshaft"

Over the past several weeks John Stanford and I have recorded two songs. The first recording is a garage rock arrangement of "Let's Eat Some Time, Baby" (see the April 1st posting for lyrics). The second recording is a country arrangement of "Love's Deep Mineshift" (which I wrote in 1977). On both songs John created the drum and bass tracks in Cubase. "Let's Eat Some Time, Baby" also has a Farfisa organ track created in Cubase. On top of this we overdubbed John's guitar and tambourine tracks and my vocal and (on "Love's Deep Mineshaft") harmonica tracks.

Love’s Deep Mineshaft

When I grow up I’m gonna be a conjure man
And I’m gonna roam around with a big old rattlesnake in my hand
When I was a boy I used to sing this flippant tune
Now my dream has come true and I can work that hoodoo
And honey I’m coming after you

All the world’s a stage you’ve been through too many times before
Look up at the sky and it will soon be time to open the floor
Open the floor

And when you fall down love’s deep mineshaft
You will sit and watch the orb explode
Yes when you fall down love’s deep mineshaft
You just might find yourself a heart of gold
A heart of gold

When I grow up I’m gonna be a conjure man
And I’m gonna roam around with a big old rattlesnake in my hand

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