"Crow "
https://soundcloud.com/elvisnash/the-crow-mix-1
Elvis Nash, Michael Zaneski.
Folks say I look like the Devil
You won't see me up there in heaven
I'm not much different then the lonesome dove
We both dance on corners in mob mentality crowds
But they like the coo and not the caw
That mocking bird also has its flaws
Ch
I sit up here in this Crepe Myrtle tree
Down there they wonder about me
I'm dressed like Johnny Cash
With the curse of a black cat
Same role, mysterious acting parts
From Hitchcock to Tarantino movies
I'm just a sad ole crow
Hanging around
v2
I have to somehow except myself
Southern roots and coal- feathers
On the wind with friends ,you'll curse our name
If we're a murder, then we've been framed
I'll keep flying from north to south
When I'm kicked out of ghostly towns
ch
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I was in the Garden of Eden
Navajos call me evil
I stand in shadows of just enough
Magic in the moonlight
Children point fingers from their windows
Ch
I sit up here in this Crepe Myrtle tree
Down there they wonder about me
I'm dressed like Johnny cash
With the curse of a black cat
Same role, mysterious acting parts
From Hitchcock to Tarantino movies
I'm just a sad ole crow
Are ya'll scared of me ?
This misunderstood soul
Hanging around
Comments
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niom1j229FA
Its singing ,I just don't use vibrato, Like Tom Waits , Dylan , John Prine , Guys like that.
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Very enjoyable! It's a unique lyric, with its own voice.
If we're a murder, then we've been framed
That's really clever, and totally in context for the song. Nicely done.
Good stuff.
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Crows in a flock are called murder ,odd.
thanks RDM
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hi elvis
everything okay.. i see something in your song that i recognize. you write, compose on your own. sometimes you need people around you
.to break a circle .your lyrics are very good .and this one too .(lou reed)had this style.the chorus
I would emphasize more. the song breathes
a gray day..i like it0 -
"Need people around me ?:... well its Nashville on pro-ductions" .
"The dog helps, on one- sided conversations ". I won't count wife's on lectures."
"That's what happened in the (Garden of Eden) : the devil gave women the gift of gab"
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@ElvisNash Hey this is a really well done song, really enjoyed it, sounds great too !
In verse 2 you say "I have to somehow except myself" but I wanted to hear "I have to somehow accept myself" . . . typo ?
Really like how you've centered and kept the crow theme through the whole thing. The bridge chords changed, but the vocal still sounds verse like, thought you could have changed the melody there to stand apart from the rest. Your voice has the character to pull this one off . . . most impressive !
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Your right it is accept . My bad . typo . Good catch , I'll fix that
Bridge is just lift chords really , 7th and majors chords ,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWmH3PZ7Yh8
2nd 4th 5th chords . Maybe I should went to the 3 chord
could be just what I'm saying.... that matters in bridge
Thanks for catching that
I bought the "Blue Book Of Grammar"
"I must of missed page 9, on except and (accept) lol "
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Still waiting for the book 10t off november they gave it whit a turtle0
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"Book of grammar, or book of Marty's song-writing ?"
"That's a tuff deal, on not being your native language"
You would need 3 books .
1/ Whatever your language is... to (English)
2 "The Blue Book Of Grammar"
3/" Marty's Book: on Proper songwriting methods "
"You can break the rules , once you know the rules . And still be in the neighborhood : on what a (hit) does"
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"I doubt last suggestion will be used "
"So here ya go : "I'll be in California by sunrise
For a whole new set of sunsets "
"Its does not have to be gloomy , Just a new adventure on some place else"
"Maybe you left Alabama: All Fictious."
"It will relate to wandering hearts ... in all of us" .
"Don't make it dark... is my suggestion "
"World's black enough".
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