could use fresh ears for a new WIP 'All Used Up'
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:05 pm
This song was inspired by Jason Isbell's 'Cover Me Up', one of the reference tracks to a recent (now expired) singer/songwriter listing. I really like the rhyme scheme, and hadn't written anything like that in awhile, so I wrote another kind of love song.
Any and all feedback would be appreciated. Thanks for your ears and comments.
Here is the link to the track: https://soundcloud.com/mamichnya-1/all-used-up
ALL USED UP
words and music by Michael A. Michnya
There was a time I knew you were mine like it was ordained
We’d sit in the park 'til long after dark drinking in vain
For beauty and truth, or just something to do, for the grapes or the grains
Night after night 'til we got tight, feeling no pain
Now there're clothes on the bed and it's cold in this room
And this ache in my chest is not from the flu
The voice in my head cries ‘enough is enough’
My heart’s gonna let you use me til I’m All Used Up
I’m All Used Up, All Used Up
Our beautiful dreams fell apart at the seams like mud in the eye
Fell off the wagon chasin’ the dragon’s pretty white lies
You always said we’d be better off dead than hung out to dry
Ah, the best we can do is take the rough with the smooth and lord knows, I tried
Now there're clothes on the bed and it's cold in this room
And this ache in my chest is not from the flu
The voice in my head cries ‘enough is enough’
But my heart’s gonna let you use me til I’m All Used Up
I’m All Used Up, All Used Up, I’m All Used Up
All the king's horses and all the king's men don't know what to do
I gave my all but it wasn’t enough to get me back to you
Now there're clothes on the bed and it's cold in this room
And this ache in my chest is not from the flu
The voice in my head cries ‘enough is enough’
Still my heart’s gonna let you use me til I’m All Used Up
I’m All Used Up, All Used Up
I’m All Used Up, All Used Up
© Michael A. Michnya, Amor Songs, ASCAP.
Any and all feedback would be appreciated. Thanks for your ears and comments.
Here is the link to the track: https://soundcloud.com/mamichnya-1/all-used-up
ALL USED UP
words and music by Michael A. Michnya
There was a time I knew you were mine like it was ordained
We’d sit in the park 'til long after dark drinking in vain
For beauty and truth, or just something to do, for the grapes or the grains
Night after night 'til we got tight, feeling no pain
Now there're clothes on the bed and it's cold in this room
And this ache in my chest is not from the flu
The voice in my head cries ‘enough is enough’
My heart’s gonna let you use me til I’m All Used Up
I’m All Used Up, All Used Up
Our beautiful dreams fell apart at the seams like mud in the eye
Fell off the wagon chasin’ the dragon’s pretty white lies
You always said we’d be better off dead than hung out to dry
Ah, the best we can do is take the rough with the smooth and lord knows, I tried
Now there're clothes on the bed and it's cold in this room
And this ache in my chest is not from the flu
The voice in my head cries ‘enough is enough’
But my heart’s gonna let you use me til I’m All Used Up
I’m All Used Up, All Used Up, I’m All Used Up
All the king's horses and all the king's men don't know what to do
I gave my all but it wasn’t enough to get me back to you
Now there're clothes on the bed and it's cold in this room
And this ache in my chest is not from the flu
The voice in my head cries ‘enough is enough’
Still my heart’s gonna let you use me til I’m All Used Up
I’m All Used Up, All Used Up
I’m All Used Up, All Used Up
© Michael A. Michnya, Amor Songs, ASCAP.