The Kids (Gabe version)
This is a song by my friend Becky Stark. I love this song so I made a lo-rent dance version in tribute. I'm sorry if I've ruined it for everyone forever.
Contents
Lyrics
the kids don't care what they're doing just want to stay out all night long tuning in to the information radio station in the land of the midnight sun the kids don't care where they're going they just want to get there before it's gone go out to the window look at the sky they hit the rails and they start to run oh yeah okay do you have any other bright ideas? you said that you would do anything you could to get me out of here and i would love yeah i would love to cut you down but you're a thing of beauty you're a thing of beauty the kids don't care if they're finished there's always something that don't get done so fucking smart they don't consider it art hit the rails and they start to run when you meet when you meet just remember there will always be a first time for these things and i would love i would i would love to cut you down but you're a thing of beauty and i would love i would i would love to cut you down but you're a thing of beauty and i would love i would i would love to cut you down but you're a thing of beauty you're a thing of beauty the ropes the rings scatter all the little conversation
Music
Chords
Near as I could figure:
verse: D Dsus2 prechorus: A G D G chorus: e f# G D G e f# G D G A G E G
bridge: G D G D G A e G x 6 A G e G outro: D
I went back and forth several times on whether the E chords should be major or minor. I think they can kind of work either way, and I actually like the sound of the major chord there, but it sounded a little funny in the techno genre, and I just left out the third in my version to avoid any confusion.
Author's Notes
I don't know when Becky wrote this song, but I know she recorded a demo of it for the set of stuff she did with Loren in the winter a couple years ago. This one didn't make the final cut, but somehow I got ahold of it. Maybe Becky actually gave it to me, but maybe I just hacked Loren's website. I can't remember. Anyway, it's awesome. I don't have the vocal presence to carry it the way she does, so I tried to make up for it with beats. Sigh. I think what this song really needs is a live band power pop adaptation that tweaks to structure to include the "yeah! ok!" hook several times. I'll see if I can't do that one of these days. Thanks, Becky, for writing an awesome song. Sorry if I made a joke of it. I meant well!
