Adrift
by @berni1954
Challenge: Get LostLiner Notes
In the last few months I have gotten to know a guy who lives on the streets in the town where I live. Initially we talked in Spanish, but then he said something in English and I realised he was actually a Brit. In fact, he was from my birthplace, Liverpool. His "educated" Scouse accent clued me in to the fact that he was probably originally from a Middle-Class family and now he was sleeping in the streets in all weathers.
So that was the inspiration for this song - surely you cannot be more lost in life than when you have no home to go to and no income other than the generosity of passers by.
Recorded using a Kala Tenor Ukulele and a patch from the PIGMENTS Synth. This is the first time I have ever used that synth in a song on FAWM (or anywhere else)...
#fuc #ukulele #synth #pigments
PS do you find the constant warbling synth aids the song or distracts?
Lyrics
(C) I thought I was a winner, but everything I gained I have lost
I'm left (F) here an empty vessel, to the dogs I've been tossed
All I (Am) saved was a guitar to busk on the street
But (G) somebody stole it while I was asleep
I (C) thought I was a winner, but (G) everything I gained I have (C)lost
My (C) life has no direction, I'm living through Groundhog Day
(F) Begging on the streets just to keep the hunger away
Most (Am) people are indifferent to my present plight
But (G) some leave food and coins by my bedroll at night
My (C) life has no direction, I'm (G) living through Groundhog (C) Day
(Dm) Everything I lived for now has gone
(C) Aimlessly I wander from sun to sun
Or (Dm) sit contemplating everything I've done
I (G) can't find a reason why I carry on
(C) Once I was blessed, but now I feel I am cursed
(F) Once I never suffered true hunger or thirst
(Am) Once I thought I knew the meaning of life
But I (G) lost my job, my home and my wife
(C) Once I was blessed, (G) but now I feel I am (C) cursed
As I (C) sit here in the street few look me in the eye
I (F) wish them a good day, but not many reply
I can (Am) see in their faces my presence they condemn
They (G) don't recognize it could happen to them
As I (C) sit here in the street (G) few look me in the (C) eye
BRIDGE
Carry on! Carry on!
Dedicated to Jonathan X