Original Song: A Life That's Good
After spending an exciting week with my energetic and talented fellow Conference Associates at GDC 2016, I felt inspired enough to try my hand at penning a song. I had never done so before, but I've been enjoying the revision process and I look forward to filling out the tune with guitar from my talented brother Christopher Lucas and harmony vocals from Aviva Schecterson.
You may listen to an unpolished recording here: https://soundcloud.com/silkenmoonlight/a-life-thats-good
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A LIFE THAT'S GOOD
I made all my money in old Kansas City
Down on my knees, like a good girl should,
I tempted my fortune, looking too pretty,
That was the night when I learned life is good.
Oh hell yeah
The sky was aflame with the beacons of change
Oh hell yeah
You can escape but your heart feels the same
If you keep on running, you'll never be free
To live a life that's good
Met a road-weary man and his old lady that night
They lived half their days on the back of a bike
I asked, "On your travels, what is it you've learned?" They said, "Well now, daughter, love's got to be earned."
Oh hell yeah
Dare to look in their eyes, see your beauty inside
Oh hell yeah
Smile each day passing by, like we're not doomed to die
It's a heart full of patience and kindness, it seems,
That makes a life that's good
Red fiddles spun stories of whiskey and lies
The air too damn heavy with drunk fireflies
A boy kissed me sideways and taught me to dance
He said, "Now you, darlin', just give love a chance."
Oh hell yeah
He swore to the stars to the strains of guitars
Oh hell yeah
I cried to the skies with his hands on my thighs
Love is a long-lasting wisp of a thing
Keep it safe
Keep it strong
From the winds headlong
Such is the joy on our voices we bring:
Just live a life that's good.
