A new song, what I done finished, today:
Sep. 1st, 2008 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
capri0mniOn August 28th, the pet-peeve valve in my brain finally opened up, and I started writing a song in response to all those people, over the years, who have:
SIMPLY HUMAN (Working Title)
Chorus:
You tell me that I'm "Special,"
And then, you look away.
You call me "Inspirational,"
But you don't hear what I say.
Well, I won't be your metaphor
For Grace, or lack of Grace,
'Cause I am simply human,
In this complex human race.
"There but for the Grace of God."
You say it to be kind.
But do you really think, my friend,
That God's left me behind?
It's true my body does not work
The same as many folks'.
But my life is (mostly) happy,
And my heart is far from broke.
(Chorus)
There are things that I wish for,
But walking is not one.
I would like equal access
To my place out in the sun.
And I would like the freedom
To choose where I may live.
And I'd like you to accept the gifts
I know I have to give.
(Chorus)
Yes, I am brave (on some days).
I am a coward, too.
I can be kind, or greedy.
I am human, just like you.
And now, I hope you'll think about
This simple little fact:
That we each have strengths we're given,
And we all have things we lack.
(Chorus)
To get your computer to play this, copy the emboldened code below, and paste it into the text window at Concertina.net's ABC Convert-A-Matic (might be easier to right-click, to open in a new window) and click [submit]. This will lead you to another page with the link "Midi Music File;" click that, and your computer should play this tune for you automatically. If it doesn't, you might want to try turning off any pop-up blockers.
X:1
T: Simply Human
C: Ann Magill (CapriUni)
Q:1/4=135
M:4/4
K:C
z7 C|C3 F F2 G2|F4 E4|
F G2 A G2 F2|G6 G2|c2 B2 A3 B|
c2 A2 G2 G F|F2 E2 F2 E2|D4 z2 E2|
G2 F2 E3 F|G3 F D2 D2|E3 A G3 F|
G4 z G A2|G2 F2 F2 E2|D2 D2 E F3|
E2 D2 D2 C2|-C4 z4|C2 F2 F2 E2|
D3 E F4|F G2 A G2 F2|G6 F2|
E2 E2 D3 E|F2 E D3 D E2|F E2 D C4|
z2 E2 G2 F2|E3 F G3 F|D2 D2 E3 A|
G3 F G4|G G A2 G2 F2|F2 E2 D2 D2|
E F3 E2 D2|D2 C6|]
Also, I'm sure someone on my f'list (knowing my f'list) caught Stevie Wonder's performance at the Democratic convention, last Thursday;
Did my ears deceive me, or was he really singing a song that asked what a blind man would like to see, what a child without feet or hands would like to do, and what a deaf woman would like to hear, if each of their disabilities were miraculously cured?
I can't find the lyrics to that song, online, so I can't double-check.
- Said "God bless you!" in a sickly-sweet, talk-to-a-child, tone of voice (which I hated even when I was three years old), when I'd just uttered a snarky, sarcastic, comment about something.
- Told me how "inspiring" and brave I must be to do ____, even though I'm "wheelchair bound."
- Answered the walking person who happened to be with me, even though I was the one who'd asked the question.
- Asked me if I wished I could walk, and when I answered: "No, not really," asked me why I'd given up on life (or something to that effect).
- Let me know, either directly or indirectly, that if I accepted Jesus into my life, my life wouldn't be so miserable (even though the only thing they knew about my life is that I use a wheelchair).
SIMPLY HUMAN (Working Title)
Chorus:
You tell me that I'm "Special,"
And then, you look away.
You call me "Inspirational,"
But you don't hear what I say.
Well, I won't be your metaphor
For Grace, or lack of Grace,
'Cause I am simply human,
In this complex human race.
"There but for the Grace of God."
You say it to be kind.
But do you really think, my friend,
That God's left me behind?
It's true my body does not work
The same as many folks'.
But my life is (mostly) happy,
And my heart is far from broke.
(Chorus)
There are things that I wish for,
But walking is not one.
I would like equal access
To my place out in the sun.
And I would like the freedom
To choose where I may live.
And I'd like you to accept the gifts
I know I have to give.
(Chorus)
Yes, I am brave (on some days).
I am a coward, too.
I can be kind, or greedy.
I am human, just like you.
And now, I hope you'll think about
This simple little fact:
That we each have strengths we're given,
And we all have things we lack.
(Chorus)
To get your computer to play this, copy the emboldened code below, and paste it into the text window at Concertina.net's ABC Convert-A-Matic (might be easier to right-click, to open in a new window) and click [submit]. This will lead you to another page with the link "Midi Music File;" click that, and your computer should play this tune for you automatically. If it doesn't, you might want to try turning off any pop-up blockers.
X:1
T: Simply Human
C: Ann Magill (CapriUni)
Q:1/4=135
M:4/4
K:C
z7 C|C3 F F2 G2|F4 E4|
F G2 A G2 F2|G6 G2|c2 B2 A3 B|
c2 A2 G2 G F|F2 E2 F2 E2|D4 z2 E2|
G2 F2 E3 F|G3 F D2 D2|E3 A G3 F|
G4 z G A2|G2 F2 F2 E2|D2 D2 E F3|
E2 D2 D2 C2|-C4 z4|C2 F2 F2 E2|
D3 E F4|F G2 A G2 F2|G6 F2|
E2 E2 D3 E|F2 E D3 D E2|F E2 D C4|
z2 E2 G2 F2|E3 F G3 F|D2 D2 E3 A|
G3 F G4|G G A2 G2 F2|F2 E2 D2 D2|
E F3 E2 D2|D2 C6|]
Also, I'm sure someone on my f'list (knowing my f'list) caught Stevie Wonder's performance at the Democratic convention, last Thursday;
Did my ears deceive me, or was he really singing a song that asked what a blind man would like to see, what a child without feet or hands would like to do, and what a deaf woman would like to hear, if each of their disabilities were miraculously cured?
I can't find the lyrics to that song, online, so I can't double-check.
