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Wish I Was So Sure – listen[mp3]

[Written for the I Wish I Was So Sure Songfight.]

Matt Sharpe seems to be MIA, so I had Sarah sing the high parts.

(Obviously, this song is a tribute of sorts to Weezer. Though when I listen to it side-by-side with the Pinkteron tracks that inspired it, the resemblance isn’t as striking as I expected. Probably it’s the Matt Sharpe-less performance.)

STORY

The “skinny girl” in the song is Waifer, our 22 year old cat. The “old guy” is me 4 years ago, when I assured people Waifer had 3 months to live. Somehow, she’s still ticking. (Our working theory is that she has Three Stooges Syndrome, with all her diseases in perfect balance. For example, she has a bad heart, so the vet long ago predicted she’d die of a heart attack set off by a sudden noise. Fortunately for Waif, she’s also deaf…)

Before judging me for singing “I won’t miss you when you’re gone”, listen to some of the noises she’s given us:
    MrrrrrEEEhhhhhwww
    RrrrrooOOOOOOWWWeeerrrrr
    MrrrrAAAAAAaaaaaawwwwwrrr

The latter is a favorite of hers at 4 a.m.

LYRICS

I won’t miss you when you’re gone, you see
I can’t think of anyone but me.
You may be close and you may be warm.
O.K., maybe just a little when the fall comes on.

Well the old guy told me you’d be gone by now.
I don’t know why I listened to him anyhow.
Why so cold? I feel fine.
You’re so old. When do I get mine?

  Skinny girl you’re on top of the world
  I wish I was,
  I wish I was.
  Now you know that it’s time to go,
  I wish I was so sure

I’m not gettin’ what you give away.
I can’t take a lot of noise these days.
Your failing heart, your failing balance
leave us both a little wary.

All the shakes and rattles in your one-track mind,
I swear to God girl, you wake me up one more time,
I’ll be there faster than your heart can beat.
There’ll be one less wailer in the world this week.

  Skinny girl you’re on top of the world
  I wish I was,
  I wish I was.
  Now you know that it’s time to go,
  I wish I was so sure

One time, let’s take a break and see how much I need you.
Who’ll curl around me when you’re gone?

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