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tedgiffin
Artist and Musician
If Not for You (cover)
If Not for You. (lyrics) If not for you, I couldn’t find the door Couldn’t even see the floor I’d be sad and blue if not for you. If not for you, the night would see me wide awake The day would surely have to break But it would not be new if not for you. If not for you, my sky would fall, rain would gather too Without your love I’d be nowhere at all I’d be lost if not for […]
I Believe (cover)
I Believe. I dedicate the song to my Grandfather on my Mother’s side of the family. I never met him, as he passed away several years before I was born. I was reading an old journal, where it was mentioned that He loved to sing, using his big baritone voice. Perhaps he is where I acquired the music bug? (lyrics) When I was young and full of grace, and spirited a rattlesnake. When I was young and fever fell, my spirit I […]
a Free For All!! (original album)
a Free for All!! (original album)
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue live (for Todd)
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (cover). (lyrics) You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast Yonder stands your orphan with his gun Crying like a fire in the sun Look out the saints are comin’ through And it’s all over now, Baby Blue. The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense Take what you have gathered from coincidence The empty handed painter from your streets […]
Rid of Me (PJ HARVEY COVER)
Rid of Me. (lyrics, changed a bit to fit my gender) Tie yourself to me No one else No, you’re not rid of me Hmm you’re not rid of me Night and day I breathe Hot hot air Hey, you’re not rid of me Yeah, you’re not rid of me Yeah, you’re not rid of me Yeah, you’re not rid of me I beg you, my darling Don’t leave me, I’m hurting Lick her legs I’m on fire Lick her legs of […]
Journal Entry (circa 1995)
The family thinks that I’ll ‘go’ insane. I read to many biographies of Dylan. Acquaintances treat me like a defective toy that they loved when they were four years old. Rimbaud- “I was damned by a rainbow.” I think he was speaking for all defectives when he said that. Prison Shelters for youths. Asylums and correctional facilities for adults. All inmates. The outcasts. When I am sane, I’m treated like a Madman. When I am a Madman, everyone ‘knows’ […]
It’s My Funeral!
Walking my 77 year old dog (in human years) thru the foggy, pre-dawn hours. Giving her relief. She is coated in the rain drenched grass, six inches high. She is slick, black, like my shiny soaked shoes. Looking down, I realize that I feel as if I am wearing ENORMOUS RED CLOWN BOOTS. We sit. I begin to laugh, “It’s my funeral! I want dancing clowns blowing horns as they lay me to rest into my grave!” I blurt, “It’s MY FUNERAL! […]
Artist- Ted Giffin - Musician 