This song is entirely built around a riff I came up with just playing around with my guitar, it sounded sort of bluesy and the vocal style and lyrics followed suite.
rock
southern rock
unsigned band
louisville
local music
whiskey tango foxtrot
aaron baldwin
Story behind the song
A middle aged man who lives by himself in "Old Town" Florida (out near Cross City) near Pumpkin Swamp sits passing the time by himself, looking out the back door from his kitchen table when a large fly lands on his screen door...
Lyrics
Bowfly,
Sittin' on my screen door,
Why did you come around,
Could you tell me what you're looking for
Bowfly,
I know you're lookin' at me
Just an old boy,
Sitting here all lonely
Looking out my back door,
Way down in Old Town swamp
Did you fly in from the cypress trees where the Alligators romp?
Sitting in my kitchen, alone all by myself,
I ain't got no company, no, there is nobody else
Bowfly,
I guess it's just me and you
neither knows why,
We do what we do
Bowfly,
can you tell me where the time goes?
It went so fast,
Now it's moving so slow
Looking out my back door,
Way down in Old Town swamp
Did you fly in from the cypress trees where the Alligators romp?
Sitting in my kitchen, alone all by myself,
I ain't got no company, no, there is nobody else
Bowfly,
Well I guess I'll wish you well,
Come back tomorrow,
and sit on my screen for a spell
Good Bye
Bowfly