Some Say
by @berni1954
Skirmish: Branded (@atornberg)Liner Notes
Written for the Branded Skirmish (some time later)
The narrator makes a plea for us to stop labelling each other.
Instrument: Yamaha FG 180 (Red Label)
Lyrics
Guitar Chord Shapes - but CAPO 5
(F) Some Say I'm like (D) this
Some (F) say I'm like (D) that
If they in(F)sist on defin(D)itions
They won't get (A) over my door mat
(C) They can keep their (G) branding
For the (C) products that they (G) make
(C) If you try to (G) label me
You're (D) making a big mis(A)take
"Everyone's a world!" they say
"Vive la difference!" they cry
So why do they need to pigeonhole
Why do they even try?
She's a Punk, he's a Hipster
They're Crusties, that lot's Goths
When I hear folk use those labels
It just arouses my wrath
I will not be put in boxes
Defined or identified
Tagged with any labels
In a few words classified
I don't fit their description
And I know I never will
But I guess they'll keep on trying
To grind me in their mill
Back in my adolescence
I didn't feel the need to belong
Didn't follow any fashion
Didn't let myself be strung along
Didn't give in to peer pressure
Never smoked or hit the booze
Steered clear of pills and powders
Swore myself I'd never lose
And I never have (Em) lost my(D)self at (A) all
Comments
Related: obsessing about what genre a piece of music needs to be regarded as has always mystified me. It's *music*—that's all that matters!