Songs in THE RAW!! August 18, 2007

My wife and I are reaching the end of her pregnancy and we're getting ready for children. Needless to say, it's been a lot easier on me than it has been on her. She's carrying twins and has been on bed rest for four months. As we reach the end of this long journey she is becoming more and more uncomfortable and it's harder to move around. Even simple tasks like walking down the hall to the kitchen are a chore for her. I feel really bad about it, but at the same time, there is nothing that I can do about it.

Anyway, over the past few months we've spent a lot of time together and it has been nice just hanging out with nowhere to go and getting the house ready for the kids. I am amazed at all the crap that you can buy for children. It's sort of a racket. Burp cloths, bibs, disposable and re-usable diapers, onezies, changing tables, car seats, strollers, carriers, baby shoes, baby hats, baby socks and a holy host of stuffed animals and various distraction devices. I think that the people in the wedding industry call the people in the baby industry and get together for a planning session every year and talk about how bad they can screw the consumer. Why do we need 50 baby outfits when three months later, they will have outgrown them and half of them will never have been worn.

Well, that's not the point of this week's song, but it's been on my mind so I figured I'd write about it. What I have been thinking about, this week, is how to get a song out quickly. I Needed to have this one done before the weekend since the "Baby Festival" begins on Saturday with the arrival of my parents. Plus I was so late getting last week's song done that it left me with little down time before this week.

I started writing this song yesterday (Wednesday) and finished and recorded it today. I am going to put it up tomorrow (Friday) so its there for the weekend. The song is called "Just a Simple Love Song". It's for my wife. It's not the deepest song I ever wrote. It's a little diddy. It's about the things that drive my wife a little crazy or piss her off. I actually asked her for a list. Then I threw a few extra on there that I've noticed over the last few years.

Let me know what you think. I am now working on reorganising my website to accommodate song files and setting up a store that can be accessed directly from my "music" page. In the mean time, the SNOCAP store and the Myspace page are the only options for listening and buying the songs. As always, you listen to past songs and purchase past songs. I've also included all the material from my new CD "Charmed Life" which is due out in early 2008. So, be the first one on your block to own that material.

Here it is;
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