This is the first song of the set after sound check. I had some issues with the PA, the vocal levels especially (too hot/clipping) which were fixed in a brief intermission between songs. Such is live sound.
Musicians | The Camp Store Carlsbad, CA | 6.15.2023
Dan Greenbaum
Aaron Brownwood
Mike Hunt
Mark ODonnell
Mike Pritchard
Lyrics
Bird Song
Jerome J. Garcia / Robert C. Hunter
All I know is something like a bird within her sang
All I know she sang a little while and then flew on
Tell me all that you know
I’ll show you, snow and rain
If you hear that same sweet song again will you know why?
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passin’ by
Laugh in the sunshine, sing
Cry in the dark, fly through the night
Don’t cry now, don’t you cry
Don’t you cry anymore, la, la, la, la
Sleep in the stars, don’t you cry
Dry your eyes on the wind, la, la, la, la
So Lucky
I got an ache, I got a feeling
Want to meet in the street tomorrow
Had ENOUGH, being Locked up inside today
Let the golden sun, shine down, cast our shadows
You want anything, babe, you can have your way
And as we wade into the evening
City lights are gonna shine
Choose to use a little hustle
Let the city do our bidding tonight
Come what may
Nothing to lose, but to choose, do or die, win or lose
No Excuse, let's put these hearts to good use
What if all hell breaks loose
We should be so lucky
So LUCKY, So LUCKY, my babe, she get me HIGH
3rd street, 3rd street, got to find my baby on 3rd street
Need a new change of clothes
Hug the curb real close past drug slinging rogues
Packing so much heat, no need to die today
Hope to make some time, hop off the subway line
Walking east to west, up from 125th
When I see you, pretty babe, gonna make my day
And as we wade into the evening
City lights are gonna shine
Choose to use a little hustle
Let the city do our bidding tonight
Come what may
Nothing to lose, but to choose, do or die, win or lose
No Excuse, let's put these hearts to good use
What if all hell breaks loose
We should be so lucky
So LUCKY, So LUCKY, my babe, she get me HIGH
3rd street, 3rd street, got to find my baby on 3rd street
I got an ache, I got a feeling, won't leave the bed till tomorrow
I got my love right here in our birthday suits today
Let the golden sun, shine down, cast our shadows
You want anything, babe, you can have your way
And as we wade into the evening
City lights are gonna shine
Choose to use a little hustle
Let the city do our bidding tonight
Come what may
Nothing to lose, but to choose, do or die, win or lose
No Excuse, let's put these hearts to good use
What if all hell breaks loose
We should be so lucky
So LUCKY, So LUCKY, my babe, she get me HIGH
3rd street, 3rd street, got to find my baby on 3rd street
About the Song
Bird Song is one of my favorite jams off or Jerry Garcia’s first album, Garcia. The week before we were practicing, and because I arrange my setlist by song keys, we decided to dance in and out of Bird Song, and my original So Lucky as they both live in the same key
So Lucky is yet another homage to NYC. Some of my fondest memories were meeting friends in the summer months up at Grant’s Tomb. I lived at the bottom of the hill on 123rd Street in between Morningside and Manhattan. As you walked out of my apartment, you could see Grant’s Tomb up on top of the hill. So many memories. It’s also one of my all time favorite songs to sing and play. I love Dan’s bass line, Mikes beat, and when Mike Pritchard is playing, his keyboard gymnastics.
About the Day
Days rarely get any better than these. It was a fine June Saturday in Carlsbad, California and it was a perfect way to say goodby to family, friends, and the band. In a few days I would be gone: flying off to Greece for the remainder of the month, then coming back stateside for a family reunion in Upstate New York.
My oldest just graduated Carlsbad High, kids were out in numbers, the summer was in full effect. Everyone was out in full force. To meet the crowd, we had a bunch of new material. We played 4 songs that we had never really played as arranged that night before, but we were feeling it. We had just finished programming the new Nord Stage 4 we picked up of the keyboard player, Mike Pritchard. Thus the reason why the keys sound like an interstellar spaceship.
About the Ram
Mark "The Ram" O'Donnell is an independent American composer, producer, filmmaker, multi-instrumental performer, designer, and visual artist based out of Carlsbad, California. He performs original, surf-inspired rock-and-roll music on the West Coast.
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Song Metadata
So Lucky
The Ram
UPC: 196512160483
IRSC: QZNWZ2195615
Release date: December 24, 2021
ASCAP Work ID: 914350006
ASCAP Singer Songwriter IPI Number: 375350750
ASCAP Publisher IPI Number: 375351159
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