Song in Your Box, Week Forty-Two

Week Forty-Two, "Your Old T-Shirt"

I know I say this every time but I seriously cannot believe that "Song in Your Box" is at week 42! That's 10 more songs. It's kind of amazing for many reasons. One is that time goes by so effing fast and another is that when you start a project like this, you never really think the day will come that it's finished. It's like "yeah yeah, in far away land, I'll have 52 new songs". Well far away land is now 10 weeks away.

So this week, I am officially off the party train. I had a good run with my west coast trip and then my birthday but I'm back on the juice  (green juice that is) and off the cerveza (beer that is). It's quite obvious but not always easy to remember how amazing you feel when you are clear-headed and treating yourself well. I don't like to be too strict but it's definitely time for some good self- loving. (insert joke here)

Anywho, I mention it just as a reminder to give yourself some good self lovin' too!:) It also helps with creativity and inspiration when your head is clear-headed. Go figure!

For this week's song I had the challenge from a friend and myself to stay in one key. For all you non-musicians reading I won't go into it but basically I have the tendency to "borrow" chords from different keys, and/or go to different keys completely. Not all the time but a lot of the time. It's just what my ear likes to hear. It makes things a bit more interesting.

So this week, I stayed in one key and I wrote a song I really like! Woohoo! The story of the song is true in most ways. What I really wanted to express is how smelling is the sense that can bring back so many memories! Have you ever walked around and smelled the honeysuckles that remind you of your backyard and you're just 10 years old again? Isn't is just the best???

Well, I think it's pretty cool and I love that when I smell an old t-shirt all the memories come flooding back. I hope you enjoy it too.

With the end of Song in Your Box near, I'm going to need some help from you! I would love to know which songs spoke to you the most and why so please make a note of your favorites. Also any comments and thoughts are always appreciated!:)

Thanks as always for listening and for being on this journey...

Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think!

All my love,

Dana

Haven't thought about you, I've been living without you for some time

But then you pop in my head, while I'm making my bed once in a while

I can't help but wonder if

that's the only chance we get

It's funny how it goes sometimes

I found your old T-Shirt the other day

And I put it on right away

I was overwhelmed with memories

your scent still lingers on the sleeve

and it felt like you were there with me

I remember the time, it was your last night before you left

It was Friday night, we were drinking some wine our lips turned red

We stood there awkwardly

ya said you had something for me

so I could think about you when you're gone

I found that old T-Shirt the other day

And I put it on right away

I was overwhelmed with memories

your scent still lingers on the sleeve

and it felt like you were there with me

It's been a year or more since you've been gone

But you come back to me when I put your T-Shift on

Off you went in the morning, we said good bye

I wasn't upset, I would see you again in a few months time

We never got the chance

to finish our romance

but you gave me quite the time machine

I found your old T-Shirt the other day

And I put it on right away

I was overwhelmed with memories

your scent still lingers on the sleeve

and it felt like you were there with me

If I ever think of you

There is something I can do

take a ride in a time machine

I'm gonna put your T-shirt on