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"Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - my new song [vanity, vanity, all is vanity]
Me, via YouTube ^ | 9/5/14 | Me, as "Hopalong Ginsberg"

Posted on 09/05/2014 1:12:34 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

OK folks, I've got a new song out. This is also a country song, but not a humorous one. (Not intentionally, anyway.) Once again, I'd appreciate it if you'd give it a listen and an honest opinion, preferably in that order. The waaaaahmbulance is standing by.

A few quick notes:

1) I did indeed record the song as "Hopalong Ginsberg." No, that is not an autocorrected spelling of "Slings and Arrows."

2) Yes, I know what my voice sounds like, so let's get this out of the way:

3) If you like the song, or even if you just want to inflict it on an enemy, you can download the MP3 for free here. Or here. But not here.

4) To justify pinging my kitty ping list:



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To: Slings and Arrows

41 posted on 09/05/2014 2:01:47 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Slings and Arrows

May as well have been, it did not resemble Obamaland for sure


42 posted on 09/05/2014 2:03:36 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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Well a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
And he told me it was the perfect country and western song
I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the
Perfect country and western song because he hadn’t said
Anything at all about momma or trains or trucks or prison or gettin’ drunk

Well he sat down and wrote another verse to this song
And he sent it to me and
After reading it I realized that my friend had written the
Perfect country and western song
And I felt obliged to include it on this album
The last verse goes like this here

Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in the pick-up truck
She got runned over by a damned old train

And I’ll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin’ in the rain
And you don’t have to call me darlin’, darlin’
You never even called me, well I wondered why you don’t call me?
Why don’t you ever call me by my name?

David Allan Coe - You Never Even Call Me By My Name Lyrics


43 posted on 09/05/2014 2:05:56 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
For those of you who want immediate notice (or fair warning) of my future songs, I'm starting a Hopalong Ginsberg Ping List. Please contact me to get on or off the list.

A Three minute warning would be great, please.
Your last song was a hit with those i played it to.

44 posted on 09/05/2014 2:07:00 PM PDT by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day. Doggies Rock.)
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To: martin_fierro
Here's a hankie to dry your tears.


45 posted on 09/05/2014 2:09:23 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: LucyT
Keep up the good work! ♪♫♪♫♪♫ - ♪♫♪♫♪♫

I'll keep on plugging until the last hound dog gets out of prison.

46 posted on 09/05/2014 2:10:14 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: NormsRevenge

I’ll take two. Plus the drinks.


47 posted on 09/05/2014 2:10:55 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: martin_fierro

There’s some echo too.


48 posted on 09/05/2014 2:12:16 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: GeronL

I hear ya, FRiend.


49 posted on 09/05/2014 2:12:43 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: moose07

You are added. Flak vest and helmet are NOT included.

(And thanks!)


50 posted on 09/05/2014 2:14:33 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Blonde substitutes available,, frosty jugs uhhh mugs too.

I used to party with bands a lot,, I must have aged a decade

In a decade uhhh

Minniesoda used to have lots of good bands all over

Before the invasion


51 posted on 09/05/2014 2:24:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
First off, it's 4:48 seconds too long.

Second: Well...I couldn't write about second...it would take too long.

Third:You're third finger on the G chord is slightly too behind the fret, making my cats scream in undeniable pain.

Also anything passing for a D or A7. Tho I did like your accidental attempt for playing a diminished 6th.

Otherwise I liked it

52 posted on 09/05/2014 2:25:48 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: Focault's Pendulum
Oooh, I've got a GREAT comeback ready for these situations!

What was it again...

Almost got it...

Oh yeah!


53 posted on 09/05/2014 2:30:46 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Heres' my shameless plug....
54 posted on 09/05/2014 2:32:59 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: NormsRevenge

My college experience was spent in engineering and tech schools. Unless you had a fetish for HP calculators, you’d probably want to pass on the local groupies.


55 posted on 09/05/2014 2:33:30 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: kjam22

How dare you shameless self-promote on my shameless self-promotion thread?!

;^)


56 posted on 09/05/2014 2:35:06 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: Slings and Arrows

:) I know... but I’m a realtor... so you know... we pretty much have no shame :)


57 posted on 09/05/2014 2:37:24 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: GeronL; Slings and Arrows

Please, puh-lease sing GeronL’s song!


58 posted on 09/05/2014 2:40:47 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (Mind your atomic bonds.)
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To: kjam22

You’ll do well in the music business. ;)


59 posted on 09/05/2014 2:41:07 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I LIKED it!! I thought of Iron and Wine, soft and slow - and sad.


60 posted on 09/05/2014 2:43:56 PM PDT by oldmomster
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