Sea turtle
Lyrics
sea turtle with the softest shell handsomest face the hardest sell well they should name a color after you sea turtle with the wettest tears saltiest sweet the keenest ears well they should dedicate a poem to sea turtle brave sea turtle bold sea turtle ship wreck pirate gold sea turtle swim and sea turtle fight and sea turtle go to sleep at night sea turtle stained glass memory the sunlight on anemone well they should fly the flag of your hometown sea turtle tender heart and hand builds her nest upon the sand well they should sculpt your portrait in the round sea turtle ship sea turtle shape sea turtle makes her great escape sea turtle dive and sea turtle try and sea turtle i love you goodbye goodbye
Music
Chords
I think it's in Ab. I'll have to check.
Structure
A A B A A A B A A
(one of the few symmetrical songs I think I've ever written)
Author's Notes
In a way, this is a throw-away pop song. In another way, it's more than that. I got the idea to write a song using the metaphor of the sea turtle when I was on the Green Line, just north of the Adams and Wabash stop, as I recall.
This song was largely inspired by Chris Barron's I Love You, I Love You, Goodbye
I went home and wrote all the lyrics the next night. The night after that I wrote the music and recorded the demo. This is the fastest I have ever written a song, and for that reason, I like it more than most songs I've done lately, that I labor over for months, wringing all the life out of them in the process.
Stylistically, this was my first shot at a Bicycle Day-esque guitar solo. Some have remarked that this rockin' style does not necessarily fit the subject matter. I concur, but I find that to be a strength rather than a weakness in this case.
