Original Music #7 - Love and Laughter

It came to me in a dream! Seriously, it did.

It came to me in a dream! At least the chorus melody did. I got up before dawn, walked out into the backyard and sang the melody into my iPhone voicememo. If you listen to the lyrics (if that's your thing), you will hear the continuing story of some characters that first appeared in the epic song trilogy on my 'Fresh Out of Fucks' album, Don the Suit & Handy Jim Dandy.

Lyrics:
Here's Don the Suit and Handy Jim, sleeping rough and getting thin,
"Hale and hearty, and how ya bin?" Live a little, do what you like.
Here comes Fiona and Sally Smith, cashed-up, come-down and kept up with,
Belt and braces, believe the myth, live a little, do what you like.

If you want sparks and magic, you're barking up another tree,
But if you want love and laughter, you can get them both for free.

Now Don looked at Jim, and he said to him, "It's make or break now, it's sink or swim",
And just like a couple of idioms, they promptly ignored their advice.
Fiona and Sally, for their big finale, hopped a tree-change up to the Mallee,
And raised a crop in a secret valley, live a little, do what you like.

You say you want sparks and magic, you're singing in a different key,
But if you want love and laughter, you can get them both for free.

Hold on, and a little time will have to turn on, and a little fire's gonna burn it long, burn it strong.

If you want sparks and magic, you're never gonna get them from me,
But if you want love and laughter, you can get them both for free.
Sparks and magic are singing in a different key,
But if you want love and laughter, you can get them both for free.
La la la .....

Credits:
Once again, I played everything, engineered, produced, mixed, mastered... all very lo-fi you understand.

Released August 28, 2023