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Wrote this a while back, on acoustic guitar. Later I developed the keyboard part. This was a "musical lunch break" today (while no one was in the house but me). Yeah, it's rather ... raw, maybe... and, yeah, there's a break in the middle (where I messed up and decided just to pick up where I left off and splice the video later). And, yeah, I didn't do a very good job (either the singing or the playing... you don't have to listen very closely to hear some wrong notes in both). And the video portion... well, let's just say I have a lot to learn about "presence" in front of a camera. But, hey, if Ronnie can upload two videos of himself eating a cicada, surely I can upload.a silly recording of me singing and playing (an original song, mind you).

Keyboard is a Yamaha DGX-620, mic is a USB Rock Band mic (recognized as "Logitech" on the computer), video camera is a Sony HDR-PJ260V, vocal is a lousy tenor. :) Main music/keyboard is from the camera mics (with some vocal on it), vocal is primarily from the USB mic (with some keyboard on it). I should probably separate out the vocal and keyboard a little more next time (and maybe rehearse a little more, and not just splice together two quick takes).

Lyrics (more or less; written this way, sung mostly the same), if you care (note: copyright 2007, original creation date, by me):

Life's Unfair (the Electric Chair Song)

I used to be in love with you all the time
Then I started going out of my mind
I had a thought that you couldn't be left alive
So I ended your life with my .45

And now you're gone and life's unfair
'cause I'm strapped to this electric chair


Now my life is filled with such regret
I hear your voice ... inside my head
I wish I hadn't done the thing I did
If I'd have used poison then it could've been hid

But now you're gone and life's unfair
'cause I'm strapped to this electric chair


It won't be long now until my life is through
I guess I won't be reunited with you
I wish I'd found a way to outsmart the law
Hid your body ... in a pile of straw

Now you're gone and life's unfair
'cause I'm strapped to this electric chair


I see the man about to pull the switch
I feel a tingle, I start to twitch
It won't be long... things starting to spin
And on my face... an evil grin

'Cause now you're gone, and life's unfair
I'm frying here in this electric chair...


I'm in the ground... unable to scream
The light floods in... it was all a dream
You're lying there, right by my side.
I close my eyes, and start to go out of my mind...

Doing some maintenance work on an older computer (that one of the kids uses) over lunch, I ran across this video of Lydia singing 10,000 Angels at a church service 11 years ago. Yeah, she could sing back then, too! Now that we have YouTube, you can enjoy it as well. (Sorry for the audio quality... but this is all I have of the video, as far as I know.)