A Stones Throw from Rock bottom

Casia - lyricist · **Reply #30 on:** June 18, 2009, 08:32:13 AM

LOL! Now I picture Billy standing on stage with all these instruments attached to him. A one man band!

AndyG6508 · **Reply #31 on:** June 18, 2009, 09:58:19 AM

Tricia,

its always been a great song, kudos to you, Donna and "Billy-band-in-a-box"

Andy

Tricia41 · **Reply #32 on:** June 18, 2009, 10:02:20 AM

thanks Andy. I wish Billy could come to my songpulls every month!

Donna · **Reply #33 on:** June 19, 2009, 12:48:50 PM

Thanks, Andy.

The song is special to me because it's the first one I (tentatively) uploaded here in summer last year. The lyric itself went through a couple of phases. It actually began life some time ago as a poem about a man who was talking to a woman who may or may not have been his ...ahem...guardian angel.

The poem didn't see daylight for a long time and then it underwent a severe revision last year to become a lyric about a man who was about to hit bottom (with nary an angel in sight

). Then a little later, at Billy's suggestion that I change the gender so Tricia could sing the song, it became a lyric about a woman who's hanging in there by a thread. That gender change was definitely a good idea.

Donna

detune · **Reply #34 on:** June 19, 2009, 01:31:09 PM

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it became a lyric about a woman who's hanging in there by a thread

and smoking six packs of unfiltered Camels a day

srvfender · **Reply #35 on:** June 21, 2009, 10:07:30 AM

Nice production. Good job all.

AJ

Tricia41 · **Reply #36 on:** June 21, 2009, 10:10:45 AM

Thanks AJ.

Donna · **Reply #37 on:** June 21, 2009, 10:14:24 AM

Thank you, AJ.

Donna

peterk1 · **Reply #38 on:** December 05, 2009, 01:18:36 PM

Paying tribute to the Page 5 songs that kept me sane at work this week. Yes, I'm going through every song posted on here in backwards order.
This one wins my award for the top page 5 tune.

I'm not going to comment much on Tricia's great (but unusual) singing on this because I think I got on her nerves enough about it yesterday in the chat window.

Anyone new to the site should check out the full history of this tune all the way from the Lyric Corner, to the studio to here, since it shows why this place is so special. You'll see people doing things and being encouraged to stretch to try things for the first time and succeeding wonderfully.

Tricia41 · **Reply #39 on:** December 05, 2009, 04:09:18 PM

Koolunga · **Reply #40 on:** December 06, 2009, 12:26:39 PM

Hi. Its a treat to listen to, for me a toe tapper.

Tricia41 · **Reply #41 on:** August 13, 2011, 01:25:16 PM

Billy, did you delete the song file? in the first post?

Billy · **Reply #42 on:** August 14, 2011, 01:38:05 AM

Wow! How did that happen? I can only assume I inadvertently deleted it on a recent file clearance job on my collabs.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Is this song really that old? Where did the time go? I want to compose at least a thousand songs before I check out of this life.

Billy.

Tricia41 · **Reply #43 on:** August 14, 2011, 06:38:10 AM

Thanks Billy!

Lets hope the music will keep us young!

AndyG6508 · **Reply #44 on:** August 14, 2011, 11:39:29 AM

Billy,

In fact a lot of your finished songs appeared to be removed the last time I checked...
Andy