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Good Woman Down
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My signature song. All this stuff is true...
alternative blues comedy
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Alternative. Blues. Comedy. Acoustic. Folk. Jazz. Protest. Country. Car songs. Motorcycle songs. Horse songs. Songs about mothers. Songs about being a mother.
Musically, I'm a storyteller. As a storyteller, I use music. Note, 5/10/06: I just took "Ridin' In Alone" off the page, because in my studies (I'm doing my Master of Arts in Humanities, with a Storytelling emphasis, at Prescott College) I have begun to do archival research, and that was one of several songs that were just not correct. Bits and pieces of it were, but the whols thing was incorrect... Damn! And it was one of my favorites! I have rewritten the lyrics, keeping the melody and chorus, and centered on Father Kino, an amazing man who did indeed ride alone throughout Apacheland in the late 1600's, building missions and bringing cattle, wheat, and orchards to Alta Pimeria. Gotta re-record it. I am mostly working by myself right now, although Bill Vasquez (keyboard, small brass, flutes) and I have long-range plans for recording and performing some wildly jazzy stuff. Working to pay the bills, unfortunately, gets in the way of musical time together at this point.
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Genre
Jazz Jazz Vocals
Charts
Peak #202
Peak in subgenre #20
Author
MaryK
Rights
1976, 2003
Uploaded
February 21, 2004
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MP3 3.6 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
The first good song I ever wrote. Did the lyrics while in prison, but the guitar part came effortlessly when I got out (6-30-76) and my new husband-to-be asked, "Do you want a wedding ring or a guitar?" I still have that red Guild.
Lyrics
I been through trials and tribulation I've seen troubles by the score But when I'm in a touchy situation, I say, things have been worse before Because you can't keep a good woman down I will bounce back every time You can't keep a good woman down-- I watch out for me and mine! I had a doll when I was five Prettiest thing you'd see My brothers laughed when I said she was alive And they hung her upside-down from a tree! (Chorus) My choice of men in my early days Left something to be desired Whoever was love-starved and had a line to say Could set my soul on fire! (Chorus and repeat 1st verse)
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