No Flood This Time (a demo)

I have written only a few of what I call apocalyptic songs. This is one of them.

(After writing another one, I suggested to a friend who writes little else that we do a series of gigs billed as “Apocaloopsa!”)

“No Flood This Time” came out of the same mystical river I mentioned in the song blog about “The Bullet.” I had changed up guitars from acoustic to electric to try and stir the creative juices and out popped three songs. (Melissa ascribed the results to having also watched the first True Detective series. Not sure the second series will produce anything except bad reviews.)

This song went through some iterations and re-writes. I remember a gig I was playing solo and a friend showed up for moral support. His presence made him the only one in attendance, when, to be more honest than pitiful, I’m reminded it was raining hard and I was playing under a portico.

It was actually the perfect opportunity to try out a new song. I played this in its original version. I could tell it needed work because of his reaction. You really can’t hide the response to a song. So don’t try and fool me with niceties. (Same thing happened when I played an early version for my son, an accomplished songwriter.)

So, I did what any self-respecting writer does: I re-wrote it.

Later I played it at another gig where this friend was, and his response was more than encouraging. Not long after that, I actually had a request for “No Flood…” at a gig, and I had probably played it out only two times, max.

The above is just me and my guitar.

No Flood This Time

You got nowhere to run
You got no place to hide
You got no one to tell
Where you’re going tonight

So you better watch your step
Cause it’s dark out there
there’s no moon in the sky
and the stars have all disappeared

(chorus):

This is the end after all
No time to be baptized
You better run don’t you walk
Cause that’s a fire in the sky

They say don’t believe what you hear
don’t trust what you see
it’s not as bad as it appears
it’s just making believe

no, it’s time to say goodbye
with a word to the wise
be careful of the rewards
they’re offering for the best disguise

(2^nd chorus):

This is the end after all
No place to be baptized
Noah ain’t building an ark
Cause there won’t be a flood this time

(repeat 1^st half of v 1)
(3^rd chorus):

this ain’t no winner take all
there ain’t no judges to bribe
it doesn’t matter who you call
cause your money ain’t worth a dime

(repeat 2^nd chorus)
(tag: no flood this time x3)

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