[Lcjones]

This will be included in the It's In The Works Project. I've included an mp3 on this one. It's about a third time through recording. The timing is a bit off and there will be a couple of changes. But I thought I'd throw this into the pot. Let me know what you think!

No, I'm Not Crazy [4.1mb @ 4.21] ( but it will be shorter )

07/04/06 Chapman Jones - ASCAP
Capo 2 - In C : C F G Am
2nd Guitar Capo 7 in G .....
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Can you hear me talking
Do I make any sense
Am I missin' the boat
Or wastin' time with a fence

I may be a little out of touch, I guess
But I didn't think love could make such a mess

No, I'm not crazy
I never really was
It only seemed that way
I was just in love

What is it I don't get
How did we lose that spark
There's a hole in the window
And on the other side it's dark

Except for a picture of you
A fading photo of a someone I knew

No, I'm not crazy
I never was
It only seemed that way
I was just in love

So when does this end
Maybe it never will
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe in a hotel

Or maybe it's just one of those things
Like the rain that comes and goes in spring

No, I'm not crazy
You know I never was
It only seemed that way
I was just in love


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As always, thanks for getting this far.

Les

[peterm]

Hi Les,
Firstly, let me say, I'm fairly new to songwriting and I am finding your songs and reviews very helpful in my endeavours to build my craft. Thanks for sharing them with us.

So I don't feel qualified to give a full technical review yet so I will just stick to the bits which leap out at me as a listener.

This one works well for me except for the line
"or wastin time with a fence"

The image this conjures up is hangin around with someone who trades in stolen goods
If you are trying to portray indecision, would
"wastin time on a fence"
work a bit better?

The other verses and the chorus are all spot on, as is the guitar work

Cheers

Peter

[Lcjones]

Hey peterm,

Interesting you would find that line ....... and now that you mention it ....

I don't know but I guess maybe this would be an Americanism....

in the context of talking..... sometimes when talking with someone who doesn't respond or just doesn't grasp what it is I'm saying, I might say ... "talking to you is like talking to a fence", hence "wasting time with a fence"

Does that line make sense now ?

Or, I suppose I could be quite literal and write ....

did I miss the boat
or am I talking to a fence ..... or some derivative.....

The crux of the verse is I'm talking and no one is listening.

Les

[737blues]

Interesting. Most people of Brit. origin would probably say "like talking to a brick wall" in that context, rather than fence. (Nothing to do with Pink Floyd's brick wall BTW, just a very old saying) So yes, I think that would suggest it's an Americanism.

[D-Dawn]

LMAO The end (the window fan bit) was too funny!! And unexpected!

Sounds great!

[peterm]

Hi Les
I read your reply and thought, "ahh, he means talking to a brick wall", then I saw that 737blues had just said the same thing , yep definitely an americanism. Then I guess my reading fence as a purveyor of stolen goods may also be british derived slang and possibly not have the same meaning in the US



Thanks for clearing that up

Cheers

Peter

[allthumbs]

I would change the line to
Or am I just dense.
We don't use the fence thing in Canada either. Closest we have is dumb as a post.

[Smurf42]

"Can you hear me talking
Do I make any sense
Am I missin' the boat
Or wastin' time with a fence"

I took the whole thing as being a 2-way thought, like being stuck in the middle....sitting on the fence....just my .0 worth...