In the style of John Prine.
Black Friday
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Now we ate our turkey and drank our wine
Had ourselves a mighty good time
Count your money check your credit score
Because the time has to hit the stores on
Black Friday
Black Black Friday
Black Friday
So Friday morning about 5 o'clock
Heading down to the parking lot
Where all the people are standing in line
Will you get yours before I get mine on
Black Friday
Black Black Friday
Black Friday
Jimmy wants a big screen TV
And a Blue Ray to replace his old DVD
Janey says she needs an ipod touch
And at Wal Mart it won't cost all that much on
Black Friday
Black Black Friday
Black Friday
Momma wants one of them Dyson machines
And Daddy says he needs some new BVDs
All I ask is a little Peace on Earth
I wonder what that will be worth on
Black Friday
Black Black Friday
Black Friday
Black Friday
Black Black Friday
Black Friday
Celt, you've set the bar pretty high for this week's exercise. I love the lyrics and you really captured John Prine's style.
Renee
Absolutely delightful. :D
Don't know John Prine, so clearly I need to remedy that omission soon. :oops:
Cheers,
Chris
Might I recommend "He forgot that it was Sunday", "In Spite of Ourselves" "Dear Abby" "Please don't bury me"
Hi John,
+1 Great job! :mrgreen: This one's a keeper!
Thanks for sharing.
James
Thank You All
It feels good to be writing again.
Cris,
Great suggestions from Nick. I would add "Sam Stone" and "Christmas in Prison"
John
And by the way John, great song. I'd think about changing up the chorus a bit to give it more of a punch, just the music, not the lyrics.
Might I recommend "He forgot that it was Sunday", "In Spite of Ourselves" "Dear Abby" "Please don't bury me"
Great suggestions from Nick. I would add "Sam Stone" and "Christmas in Prison"
John
Thanks for posting those suggestions Nick and John.
I had an enjoyable half hour earlier working through some of his songs on Youtube. Interesting guy to try and copy too. Most of the songs I looked at had pretty straightforward chords,which even I was able to play along with. The requirements often seemed to be a not uncommon country mix of struggle against the odds, with good dash of pathos and humour, plus the odd splash of the bawdy, etc. I dug around and found some old lyrics that I wrote a while back and played them to some Prine-like chords and rhythms and it seemed to work pretty well. Count me in as a new fan of his songwriting. :)
Cheers,
Chris
You're Welcome Cris
and that's the most perfect of description John Prine's
songwriting I ever heard.
John
