Songwriting exercise, SSG Y10W41. The assignment was to write about a place, being reasonably specific in the description. I wrote about a friend's house.
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Story behind the song
I started to write about visiting my hometown and how it wasn't really home anymore. I got sidetracked describing how my friend still lives in her mother's house surrounded by dust and memories and clutter. She was the first person that I ever shared music with. We eventually became a trio in high school. She went on to get a music degree. I didn't. Years later, I"m making music and she's not. That became the entire song.
Lyrics
verse:
Heard from a childhood friend
Who had never moved out.
She wanted me to go home again.
She lives in her mother's house.
chorus:
My friend Kelly is stuck in time,
Reliving our happy days.
I find myself redefined
When I'm home again in that time and place.
verse:
Books piled on the piano
That she no longer played,
Stacks of paper on the stereo,
Dusty cassettes in crates.
chorus
verse:
She offered me a drink,
Started to rinse a glass
From dirty dishes in the sink.
I said I would pass.
verse:
Musty smell from the basement,
From last spring's rain.
Outside grass through the pavement
And weeds with free rein.
chorus
verse:
We would sing and play,
Try to work out chords,
Talk for hours on a summer's day.
There's no music anymore.
chorus
