FAWM: "Wish I Was (UPDATED VOCAL ADDED)"

Wish I Was (UPDATED VOCAL ADDED)

2 weeks ago by @yewnorker · @mandolinda

Wish I Was (UPDATED VOCAL ADDED)

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Liner Notes

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Lyrics

Wish I Was

I call myself a writer
Of songs no one has heard
All I do is kid myself
playin' around with words

Think i'll write another one
A song about the sea
Or maybe a romantic one
For no one else but me

This songs about a guy who sings
But he dont have a voice ~ or 'he doesn't'
Some say he has no right to sing
But he dont have a choice ~ or 'he doesn't'

I just wrote another one
Here's a couple more
I'll toss them in a waste basket
or maybe in a drawer

This song's about a bird who sings
though they won't let him fly
He doesn't know he shouldn't sing
His music fills the sky

Wish I was a bird like that
So unafraid to sing
I'd bust myself right out that cage
No chain could hold me in

[Optional Refrain after each verse]
Oh, I wish I [pause] wish I was

Comments

@cathreu 1d

Aaaand this is the 3rd mandolin I've heard on fawm, all this week. Where have you all been hiding? Such a lovely sound, your voice and the mandolin are 2 peas in a pod. I love the feeling of capturing a moment here. Very honest and lovely.

@willow1 3d

Super beautiful birdsong here.

@wacha 3d

This has so much beautiful folk in it from the lyrics to the performance, I absolutely adore it. I'm also a sucker for songs about songwriting so this one hits in all the right places for me.

@williamjames 5d

The lyrics really resonate. I was this writer of songs no one has heard for years on end. FAWM actually got me to get these songs out there and never really haven't looked back. Thank you for this wonderful listening moment.

@cmharwood89 1w

This is stellar! You've got a classic voice - I imagine that vibrato playing coming from a phonograph horn. And it pairs perfectly with that sweet mandolin.

I love the humorously reflective lyrics too. It's a clever twist to insert yourself and your meandering writing process. Delightful piece of music