Eddy Boston One step out of time.

First of all, a note that I've re-recorded one of my other song postings, This Is a Beer Night. I think the new performance has much more energy than the previous one.

But the real reason for this post is I have a new song for you. Continuing a great American tradition, it's a song about a car. The car the song describes is real: The last car I owned (I'm carless at the moment) was a real lemon, a Frankenstein's monster of mis-sized parts, electrical components held together with duct tape, and mysterious repairs. One of the strange behaviors of this beast was that it would not start in the rain, or even a heavy fog. I eventually traced the problem back to a crack in the distributor case, a pretty simple fix, but it was frustrating to have to check the weather forecast every time I wanted to take a drive. Luckily frustration, for someone who likes to write, is inspiration. Add metaphors, mix well, bake for an hour, and viola! Out comes a song.

• Eddy Boston - Ignition Key

I wanna take off, wanna keep on driving
But my car only starts when the sun is shining.
And there's nowhere to go anyway

I don't got no job don't got no income
I don't know where the repair's gonna come from
Guess I'll just stay home today.

I poured a little water on the spark plug wires
To see if when I turn the key the engine fires.
See if I can make it drown.

Just the old process of elimination
To try to get through this aggravation
But I can't eliminate this feeling down.

If only I had some way to drive
And a place where I could feel alive
To where my baby would wait for me
I'd go as soon as I could turn the ignition key

Attention all passengers waiting for the subway
Hurry up and get ready, then we'll soon be on our way
Please stand clear of the tracks

The next train's approaching, it's arriving, it's right here
No time to say goodbye before it's time to disappear
This time there'll be no time to turn back

The doors are gonna open on the side that you're on
Climb aboard when they do 'cause soon the train'll be gone.
Better make up your mind.

Please move in, 'cause the doors are closing
You best get on if you think you're coming
The destination of this train is the end of the line

If only I had some way to drive
And a place where I could feel alive
To where my baby would wait for me
I'd go as soon as I could turn the ignition key

Yeah, should never have bought a Chevrolet
If I wanted to make it far away
But I'm stuck here with this piece of junk
Stuck here in this lonely funk.
Stuck here in this drizzling rain.
Stuck here in this muddy wet puddle of pain.

If only I had some way to drive
And a place where I could feel alive
To where my baby would wait for me
I'd go as soon as I could turn the ignition key

I'd go as soon as I could turn the ignition key