Still The Same (Lucky Man)
Episode #42: Still the Same (Lucky Man)\xa0 (Song at 4:22sec)\nHi Folks, welcome to episode #42. The song kicks in at the 4mins-22seconds mark - but first\u2026today I'll take you down to a Summer Music Festival in Mornington (Vic, Australia). I was hired to perform on the street. The first song I played, I made up on the spot, especially for a dachshund who was sitting nearby....as you do.\nStill The Same (Lucky Man) was written in late Dec, 2017 - a\xa0time of year when we often reflect on the things that were (during the year) and what might be\xa0 next year).\xa0\nI wrote this song for my wife. I talk about things like where the song came from: in the opening lyrics you go from \u2018walking at sunset\u2019 and the next line it's a close up of the 'light in her eye'. All you need is a start.\nAs a songwriter, you\u2019re like a director, imagining a movie. When you're in this creative state and its all unfolding naturally. It's really like you're being you're own secretary, trying to keep up with the action, one line leads quickly to the next and then another entirely different (but still related) scene unfolds. \nIt's an endlessly fascinating business analysing the process. I\u2019m having fun as I play the piano here and there, to demonstrate what I'm talking about.\xa0\n..and there is plenty of fun along the way. This week I relate a yarn about me dressing up rather scarily at Halloween to drop one off my kids at some new friends of ours house.\nThis is a love song -\xa0 but it's more of a reflective 'mature' type of song rather than 'oh baby I love you' type of \u2018early days declaration of love\u2019 type of song. \nOften it's only as a song unfolds that you find out truly what it's about\u2026and then when you have a dig, there\u2019s often more layers.\nSo join in now, pull up chair and have a listen to a songwriter speaking -\xa0 and having fun. Enjoy!