Down On The Farm

This song was recorded for a forthcoming 2011 album that never got finished once my ex girlfriend moved into town, I basically shelved it and forgot all about it till going through tapes and picking up ideas for what would be No Exit.  Elements of the song came from Daddy Put The Bomp, an old song from Ducks Deluxe to which song writing credit was given to Sean Tyla for inspiration.  Working on a dead line to complete the album, the drum tracks were all over the place to which the final part is just me tapping on a mic stand since it sounded like a bass drum anyway.  The album working title was Between The Cedar And The Wapsi, which I live between both rivers.

Down On The Farm (Smith/Redding/Tyla) 4:56

Between the Cedar and the Wapsi
This is where that you can find me down the road, down the road
Living easy and living free
Ain't no place that I rather be, rock and roll,  rock and roll
Cuz down on the farm we put the rock in rock and roll

Rock and roll
Rock and roll
Cuz down on the farm we put the rock in rock and roll

See my baby such a cutie
She can shake it like a willow tree rock and roll, rock and roll
She's a wonder and she's a dream
She knows the ways to make me scream let it roll, let it roll
Cuz down on the farm she puts the rock in rock and roll

Rock and roll
Rock and roll
Cuz down on the farm she puts the rock in rock and roll
(repeat)

Love my baby love her too
Without her charm I wouldn't know what to do rock and roll, rock and roll
Do me wrong do me right
Why don't you do me like a Saturday Night, let it roll, let it roll

Rock and roll
rock and roll
rock and roll
rock and roll
rock and roll
rock and roll
rock and roll
rock and roll
cuz down on the farm she puts the rock in rock and roll
cuz down on the farm she puts the rock in rock and roll
etc.
etc.
(c) 2011 Hot Air Music

As you can tell, this was a songwriting in process as we were trying to get into the groove and upon looking at the finished product this is not one of the better songs ever written.  Later on, when we performed this life, I changed the lyric See my baby, such a cutie, she can shake it like an old time movie which sounded better than the willow tree comment. For a throwaway, the music is actually quite good.

(from the Soul Biscuits! CD)