I’m trying the New Year’s thing again (it’s already been a year?) this time with live performance. Kicking this year off with playing at my friend Caroline’s on the first Sunday of the year. Below is one of the songs I’ll play.
This is a song I pieced together after friend jam sessions in high school. For my first girlfriend’s birthday about how we first got together at an Amusement Park when I was too chicken shit to ride a rollercoaster.
Resurrected from the awkward angsty teenaged troves of my MySpace.
Dark and cold,
Could you tell this was the
Last place I wanted to be?
They even told me
That I’d love it so much still I refuse to believe.
I saw you standing solo
Under spotlight and ten tons of steel.
We had time, enough to kill.
My tongue was tied and that’s enough
To make a nervous boy feel like
I have no idea what to do,
Like I want to look real cool for you
And I’ll gladly stand by you.
I’ll gladly stand by you.
This park will close and
I can’t decide
I can’t decide
What do with my
Ten minutes of time staring out into night
Ten minutes of time in an empty line.
We have to leave this place and
Resolve uncertain ties
Over coaster rides.
But until then we’ll walk out the gate.
Give me your hand, you’re my new heartache.
I have no idea what to do,
Like I want to look real cool for you and
I’ll gladly stand by you.
I’ll gladly stand by you.