Song of the Week - Dragonfly - Mar. 8, 2010
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:08 am
Hi everyone,
Dragonfly
Who let
The dragonfly
Into my bedroom
Was it you?
Cause it’s buzzing
‘round my head
like a hurricane
Was it you?
Moonlight
On my windowsill
Did it fly from the cornfield
Or up over the hill
Cause it’s buzzing
‘round my head
Got me spinning here
Was it you?
(Chorus x2)
Don’t know why you
Don’t know why you
Don’t know why you
Came to me
Red dress
On my doorstep
Honeysuckle blooming
Through a front porch screen
Perfume
on my pillowcase
Empty bed
In an empty room
There’s a dragonfly flying
And a red dress
Hanging from the moon
(Repeat chorus x2)
Who let
The dragonfly
Into my bedroom
Was it you?
It was a pretty special road trip last May that took me to The Blue Door in Oklahoma City for a benefit show for Don Conoscenti who had been seriously injured in a biking accident. One of the memories I have of that night is being with BeckyG behind the merch counter while the musicians warmed up in the green room - just behind us. We could hear Ellis and Sam Baker working on a new song.....then Monica Taylor joined them....and they sang the song repeatedly - in particular the chorus. Becky and I looked at each other and laughed at one point when we heard "don't know why you" for the hundreth time or so. Monica told me later that her contribution to the song was the word "honeysuckle". During the benefit Ellis performed the song publicly for the first time - with Sam and Monica helping out. Monica and I both lobbied that the song be titled "Was it You".....but our efforts were not successful.
After the show, I caught them on video - once again singing the new song. There's lots of background noise and it's pretty raw....but it captures a special moment in time. When they decided to run through it a second time, you will also see/hear Chris O'Brien. (Chris actually posted a similar YouTube video last year, but my video has been private until today.)
Dragonfly - May 11, 2009 - The Blue Door
As you can imagine, this beautiful song holds a special place in my heart and memory. I suspect it's probably the shortest amount of time between EP having written a song and the song being recorded for a CD.
KarenZ
Dragonfly
Who let
The dragonfly
Into my bedroom
Was it you?
Cause it’s buzzing
‘round my head
like a hurricane
Was it you?
Moonlight
On my windowsill
Did it fly from the cornfield
Or up over the hill
Cause it’s buzzing
‘round my head
Got me spinning here
Was it you?
(Chorus x2)
Don’t know why you
Don’t know why you
Don’t know why you
Came to me
Red dress
On my doorstep
Honeysuckle blooming
Through a front porch screen
Perfume
on my pillowcase
Empty bed
In an empty room
There’s a dragonfly flying
And a red dress
Hanging from the moon
(Repeat chorus x2)
Who let
The dragonfly
Into my bedroom
Was it you?
It was a pretty special road trip last May that took me to The Blue Door in Oklahoma City for a benefit show for Don Conoscenti who had been seriously injured in a biking accident. One of the memories I have of that night is being with BeckyG behind the merch counter while the musicians warmed up in the green room - just behind us. We could hear Ellis and Sam Baker working on a new song.....then Monica Taylor joined them....and they sang the song repeatedly - in particular the chorus. Becky and I looked at each other and laughed at one point when we heard "don't know why you" for the hundreth time or so. Monica told me later that her contribution to the song was the word "honeysuckle". During the benefit Ellis performed the song publicly for the first time - with Sam and Monica helping out. Monica and I both lobbied that the song be titled "Was it You".....but our efforts were not successful.
After the show, I caught them on video - once again singing the new song. There's lots of background noise and it's pretty raw....but it captures a special moment in time. When they decided to run through it a second time, you will also see/hear Chris O'Brien. (Chris actually posted a similar YouTube video last year, but my video has been private until today.)
Dragonfly - May 11, 2009 - The Blue Door
As you can imagine, this beautiful song holds a special place in my heart and memory. I suspect it's probably the shortest amount of time between EP having written a song and the song being recorded for a CD.
KarenZ