I wrote the song when in hospital for an appendix operation earlier that year. I was feeling very mortal as it was an old school operation due to being a pretty advanced case and then I got a bit of an infection.
So I thought of writing a song about my life.
I was laying there in my cot and thought that that was they it ends up for most people, if they're lucky. Looking out from their cot... just like they were when they were babies.
I'm unsure where "zip-a-dee-doo-what is/was/that/this?" came from. Maybe it's the sort of thing that would be the last lick to loose through your mind as you slip outside this house for good?
Twelve string acoustic guitar, fuzz bass, vibes and melodica. Its both stark and grand.
A big chorus. Two verses.
credits
Dave Graney - 12 string acoustic guitar , fuzz bass, beat, keys and vocals
Clare Moore - vibes, congas, melodica
Stu Thomas - bass
Recorded at the Ponderosa November 2017 by Dave Graney and Clare Moore. Released February 23rd.
lyrics
yeah starin' out from my cot
back where I started
where it begins
where it stops
back where I started
where it begins
where it stops
meet everybody by the age of ten
you search for those cats again
all your life
faces in the street
you put 'em to that lens
try everything on in your teens
even though so much is down to your JEANS
never knew such plenty in your twenties
get real sentimental in your thirties
get awful mean in your forties
get even better in your fifties
then you better find somethin' else to do
song of life
even though so much is down to your JEANS
never knew such plenty in your twenties
get real sentimental in your thirties
get awful mean in your forties
get even better in your fifties
then you better find somethin' else to do
song of life
zip-a-dee-doo-WHAT is/WAS/THAT/this?
zip-a-dee-doo-what IS/was/that/THIS?
yeah it all closed in on me
my mind seized down
chucked all my toys out
staring out from my cot
song of life
yeah it all closed in on me
my mind seized down
chucked all my toys out
staring out from my cot
song of life
zip-a-dee-doo-WHAT is/WAS/THAT/this?
zip-a-dee-doo-what IS/was/that/THIS?Its at Bandcamp now.
Here is a Universal link for Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.
Here it is at Soundcloud.
When were in Europe in September/October 2017 we shot some scenes of us hanging about in Esch (near Luxembourg). Barry C Douglas edited into a video.
I have continued recording some songs but am very keen to get into the studio with the mistLY and do a proper session in the first half of this year. We have quite a few songs ready to go.
To get them into shape we are playing a month of Sundays in the excellent front room of the Croxton Park Hotel, 607 high st Thornbury, showtime from 4-6pm.
We will be previewing songs as well as revisiting specific albums and have special guests each week.
APRIL MELBOURNE RESIDENCY - DAVE GRANEY AND THE MISTLY IN THE EXCELLENT FRONT ROOM OF THE CROXTON PARK HOTEL.Every Sunday in April from 4-6pm. presenting different albums weekly and previewing new material.
Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes play GUMBALL/DASHVILLE near Newcastle April 28th.
Dave Graney and the mistLY play ADELAIDE at the Wheatsheaf Hotel August 10th/11th/12th - BOOK HERE
davegraney.com
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