Under Blue Skies

[FreeEarCandy]

I wrote this song around early spring 2016. I entered the studio and began fooling around with various sounds on my keyboard, looking for inspiration. After a long period of getting nowhere and not feeling inspired by anything I found, I came across a sound effect that seemed to match exactly how I felt about the progress I was making. It was the sound of my time going down the drain. Amused by the irony, I put the keyboard away and grabbed my faithful acoustic guitar. That's when I latched onto something that wouldn’t let me go. It was like I was under a spell and couldn’t break away.

Many hours passed, feeling like minutes, until I had completed the musical arrangement. When I looked at the clock, I was shocked to see I had been up for at least 48 hours. I must have drunk six pots of coffee through the whole ordeal and was looking for more because I didn’t want to fall asleep in the middle of the day and begin a vampire sleep cycle. But I was completely out of beans. So I drove one mile down the road to the local coffee shop to grab an extra-large cup of rocket fuel, hoping it would keep me awake for at least six more hours.

As I sat in the parking lot of the coffee shop, sipping my brew in the noonday sun with my window wide open, the sun was warm as I inhaled the cool spring air into my exhausted body. I knew I wasn’t going to last six more hours. My eyes began to close as I sat there, watching the people energetically hustling and bustling as my mind surrendered. I didn’t want to move another inch, but I knew I couldn’t fall asleep sitting in my truck at a coffee shop parking lot. But there was a part of me that really didn’t care. It just felt so good sitting there in the warm sun, breathing that cool spring air.

I do not remember publishing this tune and I have no records that I did.  So you will be the first the hear it after all these years.

The title is Under Blue Skies. Hope you enjoy it.

 

Edited February 13 by FreeEarCandy