My Own Version (of my very own song)

In a high tech music world of borrowing and sampling...copying and pasting, it gets harder and harder to tell who has written which song. One day I heard a girl say,

"...you know, that song Little Wing...by Sting..."

and I nearly yacked up my left shoe.

(I bet Jimi chuckled up a cloud of pot smoke, somewhere.)

The fact is...
if you are an "artist" you can get on a computer and download anything...splice it together and call it a song. You don't even have to know how to sing or play an instrument. And if you use music samples that are already popular and famous, the chances of people liking it instantly are high. And that's cool for the song writer, I suppose. Especially if they are alive and making publishing money. But sometimes people fail to mention their names and try to take credit for something they didn't create. And that's a strange thing to do, I think.

But anyway...
...this song was fun to write, sing and record. And it is and shall always be... my comedic approach to preventing any confusion, as to who the particular writer of this song is...

your truly
your friendly cyberhood
Uncle Samurai

My Own Version by Uncle Samurai

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Speaking With Her Fingertips by Uncle Samurai

We Got A Scapegoat Now!

President?

Politics?

Elections?

Pay no attention to the fool on the hill trying to hide his disguise
Haze and smoke behind the mirrors as the years burn red in your eyes
Pass that buck like a flame and we'll know who to blame next time
Ask that man in the hot seat sweatin' through the cracks of his mind

We got a scapegoat now, we knew he'd turn up somehow
So take your problems on down for the man with the two horned crown
We got him now! We got him now yeah...we got a scapegoat now
We got him now yeah!

Bend right over til your back starts to break from the weight in your arms
Send your burdens to the top because they never seem to do him harm
He was made to take a punch we just never had a hunch who he was
See him wobble back and forth at the podium of promises

We got a scapegoat now, we knew he'd turn up somehow
So take your problems on down for the man with the two horned crown
We got him now! We got him now yeah...we got a scapegoat now
We got him now yeah!

Hold your laughter at the bank til you're sure that you're walking away
Spend your money on a steak while you talk about the good old days
Who could have guessed at the price that you're payin' for your gasoline
But you'll never have to think twice if you don't have a clue what it means

To have a scapegoat now, we knew he'd turn up somehow
So take your problems on down for the man with the two horned crown
We got him now! We got him now yeah...we got a scapegoat now
We got him now yeah!

(written during the G.W. Bush era)
words and music by Musashi Lethridge

a.k.a.

your friendly cyberhood

Uncle Samurai

Ska/Reggae Jams by Uncle Samurai

Hoping to put a little upbeat in your day/afternoon/evening...

Ska/Reggae Jams

All songs instruments played by

your friendly cyberhood

Uncle Samurai

Fools Gold

I have seen the look in their eyes when in the Jewelry store; gazing at the giant rocks in a trance...

I was always curious as to who the very first person was to put a price on a shiny piece of stone. And I wonder how long ago that was. And how many people did it take for it to become a permanent idea in everyones heads, the value of a piece of stone.

Because that's where the value is.

It's in your head.

Anyway...
After watching the movie "Blood Diamond" a few years ago, I was inspired to write this tune.

Done on garage band with a Baby Taylor acoustic, a strat and an electric bass. All done in a days work.

Fools Gold by Moose Lethridge

a.k.a.

your friendly cyberhood

Uncle Samurai