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June Song​-​a​-​Day 2019

by Skye Zentz

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1.
Grandfather Andre 01:34
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While you are here within this earthly plane here's a few things to hold inside your brain a few things to keep your head on straight to make sure you stay humble and you dont tempt fate Surround yourself with people who light up each time they see your face Dont forget Sometimes the fastest way to get to where you want is the slowest pace And at the top of every mountain-is the bottom of another mountain You've got to keep on climbing You'll get to where you're going, and then soon- you'll wanna get to somewhere new. (Day 9) This was a freestyle inspired by Andre De Shields’ Tony Acceptance Speech tonight.
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True You 02:25
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Talk to me About the hard love Talk to me About the gone ones Talk to me About the things you can’t unsay Talk to me About the long nights Talk to me About the tough fights Talk to me About the wasted throwaway days I want the whole picture... I don’t want magazine stills... I want the true you Uncropped, zero filter All heart Show me all the angles Show me all of you Talk to me About the rough sides Talk to me About the unvibes Talk to me About the things you can’t take back Talk to me About the sad times And Talk to me About the sunshine Talk to me about the things that did last All of you every side Every side of you Even the parts that you hide Every side shines thru
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Seasonal (Collab with Rose Foster) 03:06
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Verse- G Cm B7 Em x2 Quiet breeze, all the trees in bloom morning greets the bouncing rabbits Wings unfurl from wet cocoons sparkling falls and green leaves dazzle Chorus-Cm G B7 Cm/G Cm G B7 C (Cm/G) x2 Afternoon, a forest aglow with life golden sparks, warming all the darting foxes Curling leaves, a want for rain but all the same a hot embrace to fill the days G Cm B7 Em x2 Evening twilight in the autumns cool cicadas songs for the orange sunset owls perched high above the field below fresh and clean, glad the frost hasn't come yet Cm G B7 Cm/G Cm G B7 C (Cm/G) x2 Midnight falls a weightless snow drift howling wind louder than the wolf against the moon A cold so thick it sinks into your limbs a roaring fire, crackling dreams of longer days Cm G B7 Cm/G x2 When will seasons leave When will we forget them Will we let the seasons be Will they take us if we let them G Cm B7 Em Quiet breeze, all the trees in bloom morning greets the bouncing rabbits (Day 7) This is a collaboration with one of my Ukulele students who wrote the chord progression and an outline for the lyrics, but gave me creative license to write the lyrics themselves. I felt the chords gave a slight hint of foreboding or worry so I decided to slip in a rather global warming vibed Bridge just for some good ol fashioned crushing reality...
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Brand New Stray 03:01
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(Chord Progression is generally: A7//D7//A7 D7//E7 A7//D7 A7//E7//A7 Give me one good reason I should waste another minute on you Yeah show me some hard fact that doesn't sound like you've been stretching the truth You been gone 13 days and I've been doing alright But damned if foolin around don't sound good for the night Just give me one reason I shouldn't call it off and tell ya we're thru Give me one good reason I should let you get another word in I know what you're getting at but everybodys mama knows where you've been You've made a name for yourself With all your squirreling around But damned if those lips ain't the best in the south Just give me one good reason Not to send you back the way you rode in Give me one good reason Not to tame that dog and make him behave Yeah he might be known for his bite but I'll take his sweet side to my grave You shine him up with a bath You take him out for a walk You teach him to sit, How to shake, how to talk But then before you know it you'll wish you never got him to stay And you'll go back out on the town a'lookin for a brand new stray (Day 3) I generated some bluesy chords from this Ukulele Chord Generator I often use: https://ukulelego.com/ukulele-chord-progressions/ Once I started plucking around with them, and singing nonsense lines over the chords, this story just kind of told itself. I love a good blues song, and I like the twist to this story, that basically this narrator is always drawn to these stray dog-type good for nothing rascals, but basically once they're tamed and they've lost their rascal-ness, the narrator just wants a new one!
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Terrible Day 03:14
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one more slow terrible day one more time hearing ourselves say when will we learn when will we see when will we handle this abnormal regularity one more night fighting to sleep one more dream waking up weeping where does it end where does it stop where will we throw up our hands and let the arms fall there is no course in this only a maze of terrifying truth we never thought we'd need to accept there is no easy way only a guess a stab in the dark and once is has stopped, who will be left one more face like someone i knew one more name familiar and hazy how do we heal how do we grieve how do we live with this reality there is no course in this only a maze of terrifying truth we never thought we'd need to accept there is no easy way only a guess a stab in the dark can it be stopped, when these wounds will never mend? where does it end where do we go how do we grow (Day 1) Wow, talk about starting on a low note. This song fell out quickly after a lot of time thinking about the terrible mass shooting in VB, trying to make sense of madness, wondering how we find healing and growth thru such unimaginable pain. I had to go teach a songwriting workshop and host a Ukulele Open Mic the next night and this song helped me get some of the sad energy out so that I can bring some light to people later... Writing songs with this level emotional weight of subject are typically very hard for me, so considering that, I am pretty happy with how it turned out. P.S. Before one of you gets cheeky and tells me my uke is out of tune I KNOW, and frankly in this instance I don't give a crud and I'm sorry if it bothers you but I needed to get these feelings out quickly and am trying to share these songs as un-edited and raw as possible THANKS. <3 <3
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Womlettes 01:44
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We got womlettes for your birthday Talked about the move We drank coffee looking at The toppings we would choose I am your daughter Every fiber of my being Wise and somber Searching for Humor and meaning We stopped at the thrift store You found an atlas of the world I found a dinosaur necklace The Bones of a brachiosaur I am your daughter I’ve got your ears I’ve got your smile Love for old stories Always At home by the seaside Called my brother on speaker phone Went to the comic store Bought some stuff had a laugh Dropped ya back off at your door (Day 18) Pretty sure this one is quite Self explanatory!
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June 03:37
8.
Storage 01:09
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I'm Running out of Memory out of memory on my phone (x 2) What am I gonna delete now? What am I gonna delete now... Do I have to plug it in, plug it in... in to my computer and back it up? What am I gonna delete now? What am I gonna delete now... am I gonna plug it in to my computer and back it up... What am I gonna do? (Day 10) Update: Since this song was written, I have updated my phone which now has twice the storage! YAY
9.
Vultures 02:46
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We lived fast When we were young We danced hard We sang songs to the sunrise it was almost like We knew from the start We were destined for A terrible fall Well we lived big And we fought loud Thought we could have anything we wanted Well look at us now It was almost like Our love burned too hot We should have walked away early But we were fools from the start The vultures are Coming for us To pick us clean To chew up the traces Of you and me we weren’t wise To ignite it But we’d be wise not to fight it The vultures are coming To set us free We were better Off alone We got it twisted When we made a home Together we both built this Funeral pyre Used each other’s hearts For kindling And set the house on fire The vultures are Coming for us To pick us clean To chew up the traces Of you and me we weren’t wise To ignite it But we’d be wise not to fight it The vultures are coming To set us free Sometimes ya gotta Let it all burn up If you ever wanna let go Sometimes ya gotta get the soil hot For anything else to grow (Day 28) NOTE: I saw two big vultures eating something (I'm assuming roadkill) off the street in my neighborhood this morning on my way home from the laundromat. It was insane, and I don't think I've ever seen vultures up that close. I was a mix of scared and in awe, and as soon as I realized what they were, a car came from another direction and honked their horn at the vultures and they flew away...giant wings, like a 4 foot wing span. CRAZY. Anyhow, I came home and wrote this song about a dead relationship where the people are just kind of waiting for the vultures to come and pick them apart.
10.
My Cat is a Vampire Now 01:40
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My cat is a vampire now He doesn’t care if there’s tuna around He waits in the hallway all night long And he’s on the hunt for blood My cat is a vampire now He used to be the sweetest kitten in town He used to curl up and sleep in your lap Now he’s on the hunt for blood My cat is a vampire now He just regards us with sinister meows He won't eat the treats that we toss on the ground He's just on the hunt for blood This little kitty don't purr This little kitty don't shake This little kitty don't really do much but sleep and lick the blood out of your veins My cat is a vampire now He doesn't care much for kitty chow He's watching you sleep, and he's plotting your death He's on the hunt for blood (Day 30) My cat bit me the other day and upon telling my husband about this he mentioned that maybe he's a vampire now, and so I had this song pretty much write itself. I'm quite pleased with the vibe of it and will happily be adding this to my Halloween set. I'm considering adding a chorus or B section to the song, but am not sure it needs it.

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released July 1, 2019

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Skye Zentz Norfolk, Virginia

Songwriter for the Emmy Award Winning "GreenBeats" series on WHRO, Educator at The Muse Writers Center and vanquisher of cheese plates.

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