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But I HAD to get something I could show her for my trip there last week because the plan is when she comes over here she'll sing it so there needed to be a song for her to work on.
And so I managed to get this down.
I could wait till it's finished but that might be months and I wanted to share.
So the caveats ::
First, this is a scratch vocal just to show her the song ... though I will do a version with me singing it, this is not a final vox for me .... it's a scratch vocal and ultimately the final version will have Jenn singing.
Also I have a lot of mixing to do ..... these are almost raw tracks and I just threw them on. I ran out of time and only got this late the night before I left for N.O. so it was rushed ..... for all I know some horn parts are inaudible while others are far too loud and I haven't EQ'd any of them.
The massed vox at the end need the same kind of work plus I'm gonna get some folks ( some of ya'll hopefully ) to add to them so I can have more variance in them.
And some tweaking of that 3rd verse ... already know what I'm gonna do and the written lyrics are what will be there..
Lastly there's no rhythm section really .... just bass and drums and the horns ....... I'm not sure it needs anything else because it's all about the vox and the horns but I do have a jazz pianist I reached out to and he may have something to add so we'll see on that.
But I'm not sure it needs anything ... certainly not guitar.
Bass drum is way too fat but I haven't even EQ'd the drums so that should be an easy fix.
So because I like it ..... Jenn likes it ( she said "It's perfect" and drumber boyfriend said "nailed it" and that's who I needed to please ) I wanted to share where it's at with ya'll
Well who's that coming down my chimney pipe?
Looks like Santa but it's the wrong night
Now he's pretty early 'bout a month and a half
Wonder what he's carrying in that bag
So I walk on over and I tap his wrist
He whirls around with a great big grin
He says I gotta get you ready for the Christmas ahead
I'm gonna put a PIC line right beside your bed
You're gettin' chemo for Christmas ... holy crap
Chemo for Christmas .... I don't want that
Chemo for Christmas but wait there's more ... there's radiation coming to your door
horns
Then he shot back up the chimney while I stood there in shock
Damn, I knew I should've changed my locks
Now I've gotta get chemo probly lose my hair
While watching people out celebrating everywhere
But I can see that it's not all bad
Be the quietest Thanksgiving that I ever had
Relatives I don't like all I do is say
My immune system's shot you gotta ... stay away
I'm gettin' chemo for Christmas ... holy crap
Chemo for Christmas .... I don't want that
Chemo for Christmas and that's no jive
But it's the only way to stay alive
horns
The steroids give me extra energy for going out and tryin' to be all the best I can be
And I'm beginnin' to seein' the world so much better than I've ever seen
With the colors so bright and the touch of a breeze blowin' thru my hair and blowin' round my shoulders
As the night gets later, it gets a little colder
Well I'm so glad for all this love that I've got
And I'm finally getting some of that gov't pot
I'm gettin' chemo for Christmas ... holy crap
Chemo for Christmas .... I don't want that
Chemo for Christmas you'd best believe , that chemo won't be getting the best of me
I'm getting
chemo for christmas! ............... holy crap!
I'm gettin'
chemo for christmas! ............... we don't want that!
Gonna keep living hard ..... we won't stay in bed
WE'LL BE DRINKING TAKING CHEMO WITH A WIG ON OUR HEAD!
and so on