Song A Week 2016 - My Heart and My Head (Reboot) - February 14, 2016

The song a week blog I did in 2012 provided a catalyst at the time to write some new songs.  I was playing a lot of music with Rachelle Reath, but I didn't have a regular band so to speak and wasn't gigging much.  Maybe that's the reason a bunch of those songs just fell off the radar.  Or maybe they just sucked. Time will tell.  Whatever, this is one of those songs.  

Written in 2012, Rachelle and I recorded it for the blog in 2012 and we performed it maybe two or three times.  I've changed the feel, put it in a different key, and tweaked one of those lyrics.  The particular line I changed had been a thorn in the side.....one of those lines that comes quickly, is an easy rhyme, and is sort of like a punch line.....but ultimately is weak.  Now it's better.

So here it is....Happy Valentine's Day.

My Heart and My Head 

words and music by David P. Smith

My heart pumps blood

through my scrambled veins

My heart is like a machine

machines don't feel pain

My heart

my heart 

my heart

and my head

My head is a vessel of bone

it contains my brain

My brain is like a machine

machines don't feel pain

Machines don't dream

they don't hope or aspire

They just do their jobs

that's how they're wired

My head

my head

my head

and my heart

My heart is not a metaphor

for courage, strength, or love

so please do not speak of these things

you know not what you speak of

My heart is a muscle

a muscle that is strong

It is the pulse it is the engine

to my life and to my song

My heart

my heart 

my heart

oh my heart

My heart

my heart 

my heart

oh my heart