This song has undergone a pretty substantial transformation since I wrote it. Originally it was a much harder-driving song, very electric and groovy (click here for the first post). Then, after playing around with Morgan and Nando, the song grew into a much steadier, kind of gentler thing.

The kernel for this song first appeared in the New Mexico desert many years ago in a song I wrote called “Sow the Seeds”. Unfortunately, the song didn’t hold up over the years, but in it was the line: “You can run around the world but you can’t escape your death,” which I culled and used in this one. I also grabbed the first line (”One thing I know is you’ve got to be strong”) from a song I wrote in college and used to holler from the loggia outside my dorm room window. No word yet on whether that song has held up over time. In any case I thought it interesting to note how much of this song is “recycled”, and how appropriately that fits with the general theme of wisdom passed down.

This cut is pretty raw, with only very basic instrumentation. I’m trying to block out where I want the different parts to go. The best part of the song, I think, will be when I get Nando and Morgan to sing backup. In my eyes, they really make the song.

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