when it came time to record Serving Time, Producer Paul Rigby and i talked a fair bit about how we wanted to approach it - either stripped and stark, or fleshed out with a full band - both approaches had their merit. i'm going to share with you today Serving Time (Alt Version 1) - it has only Paul playing beautiful his old Gibson (which he told me "fixes everything") and me singing.
Paul and i both liked this version but we wanted to try it out with the full band as well - i'll get that to you all very soon too.
hope you enjoy it and here's those reworked lyrics for you:
Serving Time
I let the back door swing
She could keep everything
I never liked that chair anyway
Leaving it back there would be easy
I wish everything was so well left behind
She threw the books at me
I pleaded endlessly
And when all was plead and done
She said she’s let me off easy
I wish everything would just let off for a while
I can’t reverse them
These things that seem to eat my life
It only seems a matter of time
And I didn’t rehearse it
And I can’t figure out what I’ve done wrong
And I don’t even know the manner of my crime
You call this living free
But don’t read your guarantee
You should be well on your way
They say the money here is easy
As if everyone was earning what they buy
They say the money here is easy
As if everyone could get there if they only tried
I can’t reverse them
These things that seem to eat my life
It only seems a matter of time
And I didn’t rehearse it
And I can’t figure out what I’ve done wrong
And I don’t even know the manner of my crime