lyric collab

Today's Blathering is a collab for On Display. Our assignment: to write an entry using song lyrics. I chose my lyrics from filk songs.

The misty rays of morning filter into the room at dawn. I woke up this morning and tried to fight the feeling that my brain is all congealed. I had dreams. I rubbed my eyes. Didn't recognize myself in the mirror. There's something sticky in my hair, I have no gorgeous butt, but I've got to keep my dignity. I know it sounds crazy. What was I drinking? I don't know what to think.

I'm standing in the hall. Didn't know where I should go. Boredom is a crime; there must be something I could do. The minutes tick away another day...maybe I'll listen, just for a moment. I might go play the radio. I have an idea! I wanna get bitten by a radioactive arachnid. Naw...I need a little more to make me happy.

I had a hollow place inside, I need caffeine! I want my pasta, peas and carrots...I called their names and they sang to me. Oh, go on -- make my day and call me crazy!

I've got an itch to go do something different. I should stop being so polite. I should break free, go on a spree. I want a ride in your VW bug (and no, I don't know what's holding up my dress). I'd call a crisis line, but the last time they put me on hold. I hung up wondering, is it me, or a bad day?. The reason's plain to see.

Anyway, I bought me a computer; it crashes all the time. It's great for scraping stir-fry crud out of my wok. Will it change the way I feel? I can't quite explain. I could write better stuff in my sleep.

Your tension may be mounting as you hear this same old dreck but HEY, I'm trying to tell you something about my life. I know I need more time.

But y'know, all I really need is someone who can tune guitars.

(These lyrics were taken from songs by Bob Kanefsky, Nancy Louise Freeman, Dave Weingart, Erica Neely, Bill Sutton, Rand Bellavia & Adam English, Annie Walker, Terence Chua, Merav Hoffman, Kathy Mar, Martin Gordon-Kerr, Duane Elms, Leslie Fish, Gary Ehrlich, Tom Smith, Joel Polowin, Zander Nyrond, Rachel Silverman, Batya Levin, Steve Macdonald, Andrea Dale, Chris Conway, Rob Wynne, Sherman Dorn, Gary McGath, Scott Snyder, Steve Brinich, Mary Bertke, Judith Hayman, Phoenix, Joe Kesselman, Talis Kimberley, Brenda Sutton, Gwen Knighton).

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I took this at BuskerFest on the weekend. More details later in the week.