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Disappointment (home version)
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Home recording of a song played live at a JPF meeting at the Community Music School of Springfield in 2004
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Singer/songwriters and group musicians playing various forms or music
Welcome to our page. The Just Plain Folks western Massachusetts chapter features various musicians -- some who play solo, some who are in groups, and some who don't play out. At meetings, we tend to bring along original songs to play for each other to hear; sometimes they're recorded live. Some of these recordings, as well as home recordings of songs presented at our meetings and whatever other songs we choose to post, appear on our music page. Thanks for visiting and listening!
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #521
Peak in subgenre #99
Author
Peter Schindelman
Rights
2004 by Peter Schindelman. All rights reserved
Uploaded
October 09, 2004
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.0 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Written in the midst of writing a JPF "assignment" song...about a fictional someone who feels continually disappointed
Lyrics
DISAPPOINTMENT VERSE I had a lot of friends once To play with all the time. We had such fun together. My childhood was sublime Till one day I was crippled, Through no fault of my own. Though I was not contagious they had left me all alone. BRIDGE In moments of reflection I cannot help but wear a frown As if I’m stuck beside someone with smelly ointment. Yet what’s so great (a)bout friendship When friends, they always let you down. The only one to stand by me is disappointment – disappointment. VERSE I used to have a woman. She loved me, so she said. I’d picked out a tuxedo; Alas, we didn’t wed. After years of devotion She truly wanted more Than that and my affection, which were all I could afford. BRIDGE I kept my heart from others. I didn’t want to run afoul. I strove to treat her like a queen at her anointment. Yet where’s the “love” in lovers Who chew you up and spit you out? The only one embracing me is disappointment – disappointment. MIDDLE I don’t know what I’ve done to draw such misery into my life. I think I’ve gotten more than I deserve. Sometimes it seems the sharpest thing to do is end it with a knife. Thank God, I’ve never really had the nerve. INSTRUMENTAL – 1 VERSE {but end on D instead of G7 G6} VERSE It hurts to be unhappy So not surprisingly The days pass way too slowly And agonizingly. Sure, they used to look different. I remember them then. Since I was happy once why can’t I feel that way again? BRIDGE Well, maybe life’s forgiving, Responding to a turnaround. I’m often late but I’ll strive to make this appointment. If there’s a knack to living – When loneliness and fear abound – Perhaps my challenge is to conquer disappointment – disappointment – CODA Disappointment – disappointment. (3-23-2004) WORDS AND MUSIC COPYRIGHT 2004 BY PETER J. SCHINDELMAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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