Get You Back
Lyrics
If we're ever together in Chicago again I would take you out to eat at Soul Vegetarian We could take the El to Reckless, and then Walk off our fingers for Sarah and Slumberland And when we grow more hippie than hip let's get haircuts at Milio's When we wear our suits out at Ragstock we'll get new clothes We'll reconvene in the museum's hall of armor To plan our next embattled capture Either the world or you turned away You either fell in or out of love Seems like it takes forever each day But suddenly you just adjust Did you forget what it was we were trying to say Forget what it meant to feel that way I'll get you back one day I'll get you back one day If we're ever together in Chicago again If they're still there we'll go to Buddy and Heaven You know we cut our teeth at basement shows No one would believe we're from around here now, though We could ride from the Shedd to the Garfield gardens Get to the Point and jump off at the deep end Or if it's not August we'll plant ourselves on a bench And wait until summer has a chance to sink her teeth in
Music
Chords
Verse:
G D G D C D C D
Chorus:
G Am C D G Am C D G D C D G Am C D G Am C D
Structure
A, A, B, A, A, B, B
Songwriter Notes
i guess i've been trying to write a song about chicago lately. i've been taking a class in los altos, which is about an hour away from san francisco, going south on caltrain. i've been trying to use the transit time to work on music. this is what i came up with somewhere around redwood city tonight.
Comments
yay, more sj tunes! it's so nice to hear your voice again! did you get an acoustic at some point? is that you playing it? i'm suspicious.
the name-dropping action in the verse is a little on-the-nose, do you know what i mean? it just seems like you had a list of places to mention... i'm just not sure what i should be taking away from that list. you should try writing a version of the verses that don't rhyme and see what happens. i think the melody is nice, though. not mind blowing, but a solid verse melody. you might want to just go for a straight up list song, like, "we didn't start the fire" or something. no shame in that.
the chorus, though, is a great lil' hook. and i like the words, too, though they don't seem to have an obvious connection to the verses. for some reason, i really like the pseudo-rhyme of "love" and "adjust". alot. the melody is really great, one of those really catchy ones you just seem to fire off effortlessly. i like where it is in your range, too; you sound lovely singing high up like that.
have you thought at all about the arrangement of this one? seems like it could be a later-era cure type song.
great to see you posting again! makes my day!
Gabemcelwain 12:33, 2 February 2009 (PST)
