"From The Vault"? More Like "From The Trunk"!

Bill, now listen to me good buddy. I had a listen to your link and the "plot" of your song and theirs is totally different, so don't sweat it. Get that song out of the trunk and finish it because I'm looking forward to reading it and hearing it. If it bothers you just add "I'm Ruthless" simples!

Bill, now listen to me good buddy. I had a listen to your link and the "plot" of your song and theirs is totally different, so don't sweat it. Get that song out of the trunk and finish it because I'm looking forward to reading it and hearing it. If it bothers you just add "I'm Ruthless" simples!
Going back to the original subject, I have what I call my slush pile. It's a box with all my abortions in. If I'm in the full flow of writing and feel the need for a change of direction, middle 8, chorus or bridge and I'm stuck then that's where I go to give me ideas, so many of my songs may be new with a 30 year old section.

HECK... name it Ruth-less --- people read "ruthless" but it puts the pun right there where it belongs and brings to question being without Ruth.  Makes people TAKE the second look.  do it.  do it now.  go.

Okay here's what I came up with during the last hour. (REALLY!) I think if y'all would just give me an "assignment" to write a song about..... whatever, I could do a better job of it.

Here is "Ruth-Less" with thanks and love to all of my friends for their support. Think of this as one of those "Country-Talking- Blues" songs, such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16fG1sDagU

As always, feel free to add, subtract and change for the better.

Ruthless
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G                            C                        G
Well, I know a man who liked to have fun
G                             C                       D
It wasn't like him to run from a gun
G                             C                        G
Except when the gun was the voice of his wife named Ruth.

That woman was pretty as she was mean

And all she had to do was LOOK at Gene
                                                                                                                         
And he'd commence  to beggin' and tellin' the truth   
                             

Chorus:
G                                         D
But now he's "Ruth-Less", Ruthless
                G                         D
And yeah, just a little bit toothless

But ol' Gene he WON that night (fight)

And sent  Ruthie to her folks for spite

He called his buddies up after she left

Told 'em friends, I gotta confess,

I'm ruthless.

It was late night poker Ruth couldn't  stand

And yellin at Gene to beat the band

Just never seemed to do her any good.

She tried making him sleep on the couch

But that just turned 'em both into a grouch

And you could hear 'em screamin' across the neighborhood.

But then one night it all came to a head

When Gene came beggin' to be allowed in the bed

But beg as he might it didn't help

He was so drunk he'd fart and belch

And threw up on poor Ruthie's negligee

OY VEH!!!

Well, the last straw hit the camel's back

Ruth and Gene went for the attack

And what happened then is best left to your imagination

But I will say this, if you could have seen that mess

You'd agree there were no grounds for negotiations.

And that's  the story of Gene and Ruth

Some of it's lies, some of it truth

Did they make up? Well, I hope they did

Nothin' worse than a marriage on the skids

Not takin' sides, you understand.

Just wish that game had been better planned

With some give and take on either side

Let some of it hit, let some of it ride.

CHORUS:

But now he's "Ruth-Less", Ruthless

And yeah, just a little bit toothless

But ol' Gene he WON that night (fight)

And sent  Ruthie to her folks for spite

He called his buddies up after she left
Told 'em friends, I gotta confess,

I'm ruthless.

EXTRA CHORUS:

And now she's Gene-Less, Gene-less

Beauty with a touch of mean-ness.

Their home it stinks of beer and smoke

And every now and then a "toke"

But I believe they both would say

Being "Ruthless" and "Geneless"

Is the only way.

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Corrected for chords above. I hope they're correct because I'm not as accomplished at writing the music as y'all are. I pretty much have to have the tabs/chords in front of me to play anything. Sorry!

Bill

PS: If anyone can improve on what I have listed as the chords, can you help me out and I'll try to find an online tutor to help me til then.

Great song Bill you got the magic.

I may have let myself get into big of a hurry, Ed.

It seems like every time I write a "story" song, I "paint myself into a corner" and say to myself "you have to resolve this new conflict, Bill!!!"" It is for that reason, I tend to lose the "rhythm and rhyme" of the whole thing.

The only bridge I put in there is the chorus after the first verse and the double chorus ("Gene-Less") after the last verse.

Yeah, I could use some help.

Thanks, my friend

Bill

funny at the beginning and humourous at the end. i heard someone on the radio today say that a good writer can make you laugh, cry and dance, this song you've created certainly fills that criteria ('cept maybe for the dance bit) but i love it wierd verse structures and all. so glad you got the encouragement to finish it, so well done chordians for the extra push.

Thanks you two. I don't know how the rest of you writers feel, but once I get started on a song/poem/short story --- whatever ---- the people in them become like my kids or my friends and I react to them and with them the same way I would in real life.

It's got something to do with my emotionality (is that a word?), but by the time I finished this one, damned if I didn't feel like I wanted to cry because these two couldn't work it out.

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” ----- Omar Khayyám

I always liked this quote and I especially like Peatle's and keepitreal's abilities to write prose such as we see by them from time to time. With just a few lines, they both manage to convey their messages to us just by using the minimalist approach. Maybe this literary device could prevent me from that "painting myself into a corner" thing.

Love You Guys!

Bill

Bill, your on a run here with your song writing................excellent..........love what your doing, keep it coming.................looking forward to hearing this one as well

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