Too Pure
Liner Notes
“Too Pure” - #fawm 50/90 2024 song 46
Here’s another completed lyrical draft from last year that isn’t one of my favorites but was still a fun challenge. I went more “classic cutesy ukulele” with it but still tried to make it feel like me. The minor chord on the bridge helped with that.
6 lyric drafts left to finish from 2023…
All my originals: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6mTUlPL-MmAm45IMVgat1necrh2mGnT6&si=sAdXP581ZNU__9rn
#fuc #acoustic #acousticonetake #ukulele #personwithukulele #onetake #girlwithukulele #singersongwriter #midemfoke
Lyrics
Caught in class staring into space
Wasn’t, though: I was looking at a face
Got a crush on the girl two over, one down
She’s always squinting at the board,
She never turns around
You asked me what I’m gonna do
And I say “nothing new”
I’m gonna sit, I’m gonna pine
I’m gonna dream that girl is mine
— She’s just too pure
Teeth like pearls, halo hair
Eyes kawaii, perilously rare
My mind hold files that bear her name
Can’t read her thoughts, not loud like these
Can’t get inside her brain
CHORUS
She’s got a dog named Teddy Bear
Cute as a stuffed animal
Her conscience must be ever-clear
I don’t know what I see in her
CHORUS
Comments
'Teeth like pearls, halo hair
Eyes kawaii, perilously rare' .............. now that's imagery
The location "two over, one down" reminded me of a Canadian song from 1963 by Bobby Curtola. It was called "Three Rows Over". In the case of Bobby's song, the girl was two seats down. Given that the two songs are 61 years apart (yikes!) there is no similarity to the sound. https://youtu.be/rwu-6bPfd38
You captured that here and the 'cutesy' uke sound fits it very well!