Couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Rod Matheson who has embarked on a film-blog project called Everyday Music - 1000 Musicians, 1000 Songs, 1000 Days. Rod was going to be in Victoria filming musical acts for his blog and thanks to Nick Lyons acting as a matchmaker, I was fortunate to be one of the people included. I got together with Rachelle Reath and Marek Tyler and we laid down this version of The Good Mule. This song falls squarely into the group of songs I have written which I have labelled Middle Age Laments, or alternatively, Mope Pop. A year and a half ago we recorded a really nice version of it with the superfun/superimpractical 7-piece band The Euphorians and I am happy with the way it has translated into the 3-piece. Thanks Rod, Nick, Rachelle, and Marek.
The Good Mule
The crazy adventure
was less adventure, more ordeal
was less crazy than it was senseless
mundane and uneventful
I could scratch a grain of truth
from the hard scrabble of the day
it's my nature to perservere
I'm a good mule
And suddenly
I was one degree fatter
suddenly
I was one degree sadder
suddenly
I was closer to the dirt
suddenly
I was travelling beneath the earth
and suddenly
I was flying in the sky
where the birds in heaven could hear my sad cries
The road to ordinary
is one paved with pavement
no medals are awarded
for getting out of bed
and nobody clapped
when I flapped my tongue
And suddenly
I was silent and slobbery
a victim
of incremental robbery
suddenly
my tongue fell out on the ground
and suddenly there was no more sound
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