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| Wikipedia photo Waylon Jennings 1958 |
The tune Marian chose for our inspiration this week is "I've Always Been Crazy" and she invites us to let it take us where it will.
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| Public domain photo PDPhoto.org |
SUNNY-BOY
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I’m slyer than a cardboard box of foxes
and loony as a mountain lake of loons
people call me crazy
but they never call me lazy
cuz I’ve memorized a mile of country tunes
I laugh when things aren’t funny
and I seldom have much money
in my jeans, under my mattress, in a bank
but I’ll sing, and for your dollars I will thank
you if you just don’t call me “sonny”
cuz my mama called me sunny-boy and loved me
and she expected many great things of me
but then she died
oh, how I cried!
and there’s been no more sunny skies above me
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12 comments:
I’m slyer than a cardboard box of foxes
and loony as a mountain lake of loons...
I just loved the way this began - such excellent images and I can hear it being sung rather mournfully. Thoroughly enjoyed your take on the prompt.
The rhyme works well for this piece, Kay...bringing in that lyrical country quality!! :)
These are my favorite lines:
I seldom have much money
in my jeans, under my mattress, in a bank
but I’ll sing, and for your dollars I will thank
The combination of dissonance and rhyme provides a pleasing flow while telling the tale.
Ah, he was the one who gave up his seat! Thanks for the background. I put him in the poem as I read, thinking no more sunny skies, not after the death of the Holly--but I reread with Mom there, and I'll never call him Sunny. Lovely, Kay. I can tell you honor him.
loved those first two verses (and you should've been a country song writer ;)
oh, my, Kay, this is simply perfect. i think without a doubt my favorite of your pieces. wow! WOW. i love the rhymes, the cleverness, the voice. just love it, whoosh! you clever clever girl.
they don't call ya lazy when you memorize a mile of country tunes. hah!! did i mention i love this?
I SO LOVE your two opening lines...love the lilt and rhythm of this......you could write country songs yourself, kiddo! In fact, I think you just did.
this is sweet...it sounds straight from heart and so a gem....
Ms. Sherry 'took' my comment ... all through the read, I thought .. this could be lyrics to a song!!!
@ Sherry and Helen, and all:
I must admit I've written a couple of songs, not just the lyrics but I imagined the melody. I have singer-musician friends at the coast who can translate my off-key humming into guitar strumming, but I decided I had no future in the music world. LOL
Thanks for the compliments, though, and I'll be happy if you keep 'em comin'!
K
Funny and sad at the same time.
This needs to be sung, and loud. What a great write! Love it. The first lines to the last.
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