That's Just the Way that I Am
This song was recorded last night, 7/15/04, on my PC using PowerTracks Pro and Band in a Box, there are lots of bands that should be in boxes (coffins). I'm more of a songwriter than a recording engineer so what's here is "still rough" kind of like it would be in a bar at an 'open mic jam' with a dummy like me at the mixing board!
THAT'S JUST THE WAY I AM Very, very, autobigraphic!
By WILLY SENKIWSKY 5/7/04 6:00 PM, A-Harp, Key of E, Slow Boogie
I'd rather laugh then cry
I hope to be this way till I die!
If you like it or not I don't give a damn
That's just the way that I am!
I don't like summer, I sweat
Winter wouldn't be bad but it's wet!
Now I get grief cause what I do ain't new
That's okay I'll still sing the Blues!
I know I was meant for Babylon
I'm the first born son of a son of a gun!
I'd be a Dr. today but I failed the exam
Screw it; that's just the way I am!
Some kids will make a discovery in a few
They'll discover the lost art of the Blues!
That's just another phase to go through
Muddy's old licks will again be brand new!
Woman I ain't a baby for you to change
I'm tellin it like it is don't look at me strange!
Which is something you didn't get from them
I ain't sorry that's just the way that I am!!!...
@2004 Willy Senkiwsky
"The Blues are the roots, and the other music is the fruits." One of Willie Dixon's favorite sayings, from I Am The Blues by Willie Dixon with Don Snowden (DaCapo, 1989)