Sad Songs / Carrington Street

by Call Me Charlie

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This song was originally written midway through 2022 and wasn't supposed to have this much going on in it. I was feeling a lot of things, and as songwriters tend to do, I started writing about it, hoping to give it form, so I could point at the song and go "THAT - yeah, it's that feeling".

Fun fact - the start and end includes some bird noises from Mt Lawley, Hilton, and Manjimup - all places that I considered a home at one time or another. Not only that, but the extra voices at the start are actually recordings from rehearsals with some friends of mine. Not the music part of the rehearsals, but the goofs, and the in-betweens.

I think this helps to capture that feeling of melancholy, as these sounds are reminders of the gifts of little mundane moments with friends, in nature, and at home. These are the sounds of being grounded, and steady, to help offset meandering and uncertain lyrics.

But that's just some of the ideas I tried to inject into this song. I always love it when people get a different imprint of the songs I write, as they can take away meaning from it that I never even intended to put there in the first place - it's a beautiful kind of accidental catharsis (as you can tell, it gets me excited when that happens.)

lyrics

LYRICS

The phone speaker
Should be louder
The crackle of the car makes it
Harder and harder
To hear you
So please repeat that one more

Time for dinner
Scrolling pictures
The microwave is beeping but I’m
Now already creeping to bed
With a sad song in my head
I fumble the lyrics

Midnight muttering
Traffic down on Carrington street
Try and shut it out with my bed sheet
Breathing alone
Charging your phone
Do your laundry tomorrow
Coz god knows you need to
Stop that stuttering
Thinking isn’t going to help you
So take it all one day at a time
In the meanwhile just hold tight

Aching shoulders
Dust and dog fur
How many showers am I allowed before it’s weird
And can I turn the music

Down to meet with
Friends and family
They could help
But I’m a liar
And I’ll tell ‘em that I’m fine
But lately nothing keeps my mind from despair
As a premonition glares
With it’s sad lonely lyrics

Midnight muttering
Traffic down on Carrington street
Try and shut it out with my bed sheet
Breathing alone
Charging your phone
Do your laundry tomorrow
Coz god knows you need to
Stop that stuttering
Thinking isn’t going to help you
So take it all one day at a time
In the meanwhile just hold tight

Sad songs
Bed sheets
Youtube
Brush teeth
Cradle
Salty knees
But
People
French toast
Heat packs
Warm toes
Say your fears to the night and then let ‘em go
Can I let ‘em go

Midnight muttering
Traffic down on Carrington street
Try and shut it out with my bed sheet
Breathing alone
Charging your phone
Do your laundry tomorrow
Coz god knows you need to
Stop that stuttering
Thinking isn’t going to help you
So take it all one day at a time
In the meanwhile just hold tight
In the meanwhile just hold tight
In the meanwhile just hold tight
In the meanwhile just hold

credits

released November 30, 2023
Yasmin Omran - Violin 1

Claudia Tero - Violin 2

Tegan Finlay - Cello

Lucy Browning - Double Bass

Thank you so much to all these players for bringing this song to life! It absolutely rips along and it wouldn't have been the same without you.

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Call Me Charlie Fremantle, Australia

I'm a WA singer songwriter, trying to make a living out of doing what I love.

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