Lily Tomlin said she’d always wanted to be someone, but now she realizes she should have been more specific.
Here’s a song I wrote that’s heavily influenced by John Prine which I’m planning on singing at tomorrow’s Tuesday Night Open Mic at Hard Times Cafe.
Spaceman Ern (by me, Ernest Lilley) ((I’m still working on it))
G I used to want to be a spaceman Now I just want to G stay here and I wanted to be someone |
But now I think that I’d be happy So you can take some other rascal But if I’m being factual G I used to want to be a spaceman…
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Cause now I see things clearly
I find I feel sincerely
That all really want now
is a space inside your heart.
and I wanted to be someone
that people would look up to
and not just that they’d look through
like a dirty windowpane
I’d like to be your good friend
on which you know can depend
to be there when you need me
and never go insane
(obviously, I’m still working on both the song and the never going insane part)