DEMO 10.10.2006 10:07am

There was no folder for Prague 05 and I've no idea why. I'm pretty sure I just skipped it numerically by accident, but perhaps something was actually recorded and is out there in the ether never to be heard again. Maybe that's for the best. Regardless, here's Prague 06. I started this in October 2006, but the version below with lyrics didn't happen until March of 2007 actually. Just an awful vocal performance here by the way.

I eventually transposed this to the acoustic guitar and began to play it out at open mic nights in New York after we moved there in 2007. This song was an early entry in an ongoing series of songs I wrote about terrible people doing terrible things. I don't know why I felt called to write this, but I did nonetheless. I don't think I would now. Looking back it seems so juvenile, something for shock and maybe an amused chuckle. And that's a big maybe. Anyway, thanks for listening, I guess...

NO ONE WILL

FOR YEARS I KEPT YOUR PICTURE ABOVE MY BED

WHILE YOU WERE OFF FALLING IN LOVE WITH MY BEST FRIEND

I TRIED FOR YOUR HEART BUT YOU ALWAYS REJECT ME WITH SKILL

SO IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU NO ONE WILL

I'VE MADE ARRANGEMENTS SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL EXTREME

TO FOOL EVEN THOSE FAMILIAR WITH ALL MY CROOKED SCHEMES

I'M PRIMPED AND I'M PRIMED FOR TONIGHT I'M DRESSING TO KILL

'CAUSE IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU NO ONE WILL

THINK BACK TO THE TIMES

WHEN WE WERE PARTNERS IN TIME

WAS I BLINDED BY ESPRIT?

OR JUST ENTICED BY YOUR COQUETRY?

REGARDLESS, IT'S TIME TO CARRY OUT ALL MY PLANS

TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR SHORT ATTENTION SPANS

WHEN I'VE PUT YOU IN LINE I WILL LEAVE ON A PLANE FOR BRAZIL

FOR IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU NO ONE WILL