MissouriPicker Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Here's a recent song of mine about a stripper. Played on my Southern Jumbo I posted a version of it the other day on YouTube and DuluthDan commented on it a few hours later (the guy is a glutton for punishment). Anyway, I changed it shortly after that. This version is close to what I want to say. Forgive me staring at the ceiling trying to remember the words for a lot of this song. The Reason Your Mama Told You (not to go) Got a story about this dancer. She's one sweet little honey. She'll pretend that she loves you, if you've got the money. She's raiser of hope. A razor for your wrist. She helps us ol' married guys regret what we think we've missed. Her favorites are rich college boys. She says they're not too bright. They're sure she'll do what she won't, so she let's them think she might. They give her all their daddy's money and they never understand This filly wants more than a stud....she's lookin' for a man. Chorus...... She's the mother of a 5-year-old. She's a fan of Johnny Cash. She went to The School of Hard Knocks. She was first in her class. She dances down at Wild Bill's where she puts-on quite a show. She's the reason your mama told you not to go. Her mama died giving her life. Her daddy lives "the drifter's code." Being with friends and on her own about all she's ever known. She had a baby at sixteen. The rest is pretty clear. She did what she had to do to get them both to here. Wive and girlfriends they don't like her, 'cause she makes their men cheat and lie And in her wake she leaves a demon that cannot be exorcised, But she don't want one of their men. She wants a man of her own. That's why when it's 3AM she goes home alone. Chorus..... Don't get your feelin's hurt, 'cause her little boy's on her mind. See, when you run out of money, she runs out of time. Ohhhhhhhh......what she can do when they play Folsom Prison Blues,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Heard this the other day, and made me scratch my head and think about what your mother would think of this song, or the underlying inspiration. Love those lines. [thumbup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I like songs about people. Real people. This is a great one. ("what would your mother think?' REALLY?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I love it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I love it ! What he said! Really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Thanks for the nice words, folks.... Actually, I think my mom will like this song. She says she can't believe she has a son who is almost 70 and I tell her that I can't believe I have mother who is almost 91. .... I doubt anything I do would really surprise her........Got the idea for the tune from an article in The Kansas City Star several years ago about strip clubs in the area and some of the girls. Not all the girls were hookers or druggies. Some found it a way to make a lot of money and get themselves and their kids out of a bad situation. I wrote down a few ideas and let it simmer for a few years. Got back to it a couple weeks ago.. That's pretty much how the song came about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I wasn't sure I should open the thread - I am on the work computer and alarms are probably going off about me and strippers This computer also has no sound, so I will listen later on on my Mac, MP. BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 This was real good Larry.Like a condensed movie.Love the lyrics - gentle humor and home truths. When I saw the title - Stripper on a southern jumbo-I thought it was going to be about a stag night on a plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I need a cigarette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 We don't have strip joints here I'm kinda glad and annoyed at that at the same time Lucky you're American Larry , if you were European it would be hard to get rhyming couplets about ping pong balls and goldfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Well done, Larry! Keep the tunes coming. BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Well done, Larry! Keep the tunes coming. BluesKing777. Sorry, I got interrupted before without telling my stripper story.......will try again. Now back in 1974 in a very straight laced world, a friend turned 18 and his very strict parents felt obliged to do something but had no idea what, I guess. So the mother booked a table at a nightclub in the city for about 10 people. We had to dress up! Searched the clothes collection, nope - just black t-shirts and jeans, had to borrow something from dad. Keep in mind that the birthday boy and his brother and a friend and I had hair of the times - almost to the waist...(oh where oh where did you go, hair?). So we looked like a bunch of rubes, for sure, but it all went well through all the multi - course meal and the father was about to make an "18th Birthday Speech", when the music came on, the curtains parted and of course, shock to all in different ways, out comes the Stripper Queen! The mother and father were hugely embarrased as they obviously had no idea it was a stripclub type nightclub and they were about to shuffle us all out and home when.....the stripper headed for the father to help with her routine! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Larry, that's a good song! The lyrics are a mix of hearbreak and light laughter. I like that! So, you wrote the lyrics in the ceiling, huh. Your voice sounds very good along the SJ. They blend perfectly. Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Yes, you tell a solid story with pictures and warmth. I like this, Larry--good job. 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarPlayer919 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Loved it.... Glad I got to "live" a little through your song/words. Great Delivery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Davis Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I agree. First rate songwriting and delivery. Great job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Nice one Larry. But I think you should have had a stripper doing her act next to you while you leaned back on that armchair with the SJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Yeah, a stripper would have been nice, providing my wife didn't get home early...lol.. I guess it's only natural that this song reminds me of other people/things in the past. Thank God for strippers. Right?,,,lol.....Seriously, writing songs is a blast. I really enjoy it. Most of them take me a while. A few form quickly, but most take weeks, months, and longer. I think my shortcomings with writing and playing guitar fit together nicely at times. Writing something half-way decent kind of enhances the accompaniment and just playing guitar adequately can add to a story being told in a song and that's all I've ever wanted to do. It's the only kind of stuff I can write. I can't write a standard love song or a song about summer time. It's got to be something I've personally had experience with and it will almost always be from a nostalgic perspective. And it's definitely easier if I can abstractly or indirectly show the love or whatever by using metaphors and mental pictures.......Anyway, it 9:30 on Saturday night, we've got some thunderstorms headed our way, so I'll be headed-out to the back deck with a guitar. A sweet time to just think and play a few chords. Life is good, with or without a stripper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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