My new girlfriend’s not my girlfriend yet,
which is something of a dilemma –
I suppose I ought to tell her
but I fear that earth might tremor –
I fear her staring back at me
with her dark glamorous eyes
meeting mine with a look that promises
life can be hard with surprise.
The date on it is 25th October 2001, or in my more efficient computerese 011025. That means I wrote it 18 years ago. I have no memory who, if anyone, it refers to. I cannot recall it at all. And it is rubbish.
Now, I am loathe to throw out things I have written and taken the trouble to digitalise, but I must clear the backlog somehow. I could make another folder for it - Rubbish, Rejects, Crap, To Be Banned, something like that, but I suspect such a folder would soon end up inside another folder.
But I do have a liking for it. After all, I wrote it, there must have been a reason. So I look a bit longer. It's a song, I think, and a tune, or energy, or thrust, comes.
And picking my guitar from its faithful stand, soon I have this:
She’s Not My Girlfriend Yet
My new girlfriend’s not my girlfriend yet,
which is something of a dilemma –
I suppose I ought to tell her
but I fear that earth might tremor
I fear her staring back at me
with her dark glamorous eyes
meeting mine with a look that promises
life can be hard with surprise.
My new girlfriend’s not my girlfriend yet,
I haven’t thought to tell her –
Certainty’s a bit of a risk
and she’s still got another fella
caution comes in handy
when aversion is no therapy
I fear her too conclusively CONVINCINGLY
to barge in shouting out about our destiny.
She’s not my girlfriend yet
She’s not my girlfriend yet
She’s not my girlfriend yet
oh, dear
My new girlfriend’s not my girlfriend yet,
what am I to do
put the turkey in the oven
and shove my head in too? - That wouldn’t do -
I’ve got to see this through
got to see her dark glamorous eyes
stunned with surprise
at my agile arcing acrobatic loving grooving lies
She’s gonna be
She’s gonna be
She’s gonna be
with me
She’s gonna be
She’s gonna be
She’s gonna be
with me
This new new girlfriend is my girlfriend now
I won a better battle -
and we’re jigging round the world
wondering where we’re gonna settle –
Now it is a song. With bashed hard chords, still a lot of F-Em-Dm, D-C-Bb-Am rundowns, which atypically among guitarists, I hit hard and fast on the whole chord.
Possibly it needs more work, maybe it is not a very good song. But I haven't junked it, I have made it more.
When I know how to do it I will come back and post the song.
For now I want to post this as it stands and begin connecting.
