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Virtual Music Studio => Finished Works => Topic started by: Michael Gary on November 28, 2009, 10:44:50 AM

Title: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: Michael Gary on November 28, 2009, 10:44:50 AM
Thanks to Robert DePriest (ld57) for the awesome lyrical imagery and Andy (AndyG6508) for the thumpin' bass line on this one. 

More to come....


Stranger Things Have Happened.

Verse 1:
The girl in the bar said I was different.
That doesn't happen most of the time.
Usually they tell me to mind my own business.
That wasn't what she had in mind.

Verse 2:
Somehow we ended up down at the graveyard.
We talked for an hour next to somebody's tomb.
When you take strange and mix it with bourbon,
Things like that seem normal to you.

Chorus:
She was not your ordinary woman.
This was not your ordinary night.
This would make a pretty good story
If I was the kind of guy who could write.
I guess stranger things have happened
I guess stranger things have happened.
I guess stranger things have happened.

Verse 3:
I don't know when "yes" turned to "maybe."
Something I said didn't come out right.
I think it was when I said "I'm in the Navy."
Some girls don't dig the military type.

Verse 4:
I asked for her number, I said I'd call her.
She said she'd rather just be alone.
But she smiled, said "thanks for the offer."
I left her lying on somebody's stone.

Chorus:
She was not your ordinary woman.
This was not your ordinary night.
This would make a pretty good story
If I was the kind of guy who could write.
I guess stranger things have happened
I guess stranger things have happened.
I guess stranger things have happened.

Bridge:
Sometimes you get that funny feeling.
Something passes by in the night.
You feel the wind of some deadly bullet
Aimed a little too far to the right.
She was not your ordinary woman.
This was not your ordinary night.
This would make a pretty good story
If I was the kind of guy who could write.
I guess stranger things have happened
I guess stranger things have happened.
I guess stranger things have happened.
I guess stranger things have happened.

Outro:
Coffee and toast and the morning paper.
Last night's murder on the front page.
Some Okie pilot on leave from Altus.
The girl in handcuffs had her face.
I guess stranger things have happened
I guess stranger things have happened.
I guess stranger things have happened.
I guess stranger things have happened.
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: PVD on November 28, 2009, 02:12:58 PM
MG/All:

Well done, has a good feel.  Good lyrics Robert.

Paul
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: AndyG6508 on November 29, 2009, 10:31:40 AM
Hi Mike,

Congratulations on your first MCS Finished Song post!!!

Ive always liked the CCR/swamp rock feel, and the music, your singing and Robert's lyrics complement each other perfectly.

Thanks for letting me sit in on the bass guitar! I hope we can do a few more before too long!

Cheers
Andy
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: NickT on November 29, 2009, 10:59:39 AM
Very cool guys!

Nice soundscape. Very cool story.

Well done.

Nick
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: Donna on November 29, 2009, 03:48:47 PM
Oooooh, great story! Favourite lines:
When you take strange and mix it with bourbon,
Things like that seem normal to you

Love the groove altogether. Swamp rock,eh? So this is what it sounds like. ;)

Great work all round Michael, Andy, and Rob.  :D

Donna
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: riggorog on November 30, 2009, 11:49:55 AM
Nice tune! Kinda has a Born on the Bayou vibe going on. Great work :)

Roger
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: Stoney on November 30, 2009, 02:11:09 PM
A fine track track guys a lot of fun and I look forward to more

Nice one
Ian :)
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: Paulo on December 01, 2009, 10:23:03 AM
Me likes it too... Very nice. If the Rolling Stones were able to play a little bit better, they could have done this song  ;D
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: Michael Gary on December 01, 2009, 12:59:52 PM
Me likes it too... Very nice. If the Rolling Stones were able to play a little bit better, they could have done this song  ;D

Naaaahhh...we just got low on heroin.  Amazing how much tighter you get when you're clean. ;D
Title: Re: Stranger Things Have Happened
Post by: r4m on December 05, 2009, 10:18:20 AM
Cool tune. Verse sorta remindes me of Three Dog Night "Mamma Told ME Not To Come" ;)