Circles (in Winter)
4 Worktapes
winter circles – first lyrics
original lyrics / first draft
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It’s time to pull your winter clothes up from the basement.
Time to get a refill on your medication.
Go outside even less than normally.
Try to hide even more. be. cause. you. see. it’s. get. ting.
Getting cold. Outside.
Getting cold. Inside.
Getting old. This life goes in circles.
Oh, in circles. Don’t we try to draw circles ‘round our lives and our friends.
And the people. Oh the people we let. And the people we push out.
Such a steep learning curve. How we work hard to earn.
Our own spots. In their circles.
Then take our turn drawing circles of our own.
Circles of our own. Inside.
Circles of our own. Outside.
Til we’re old. We die.
They lay us flat.
Like a line.
Today. I was late.
For my job. ‘Cause there was frost on.
My windscreen. And I was lazy.
Too lazy to clean. Too lazy to clean it off.
So I waited. Oh I waited.
I just waited. For the sun.
To do my job.
I make websites all day long.
Except in winter. When I realize.
Every winter. When I re-become acquainted.
With the fact that. I make websites.
I make websites. All the year long.
Another year gone.
It’s not the pavement.
Or the poor management.
Though they both throw me under the bus.
There’s just too much. Snow and frost.
For me to clear it all. On my own.
So I just go on. With my job.
Making buttons and blogs.
And just wait for. Oh just wait for.
And just wait for. The sun. Again.
circles – aug 20, 2015c
digging through some old files on new years day 2023, I stumbled on this worktape from 2015 - it's got a few good moments and really captures the lackadaisical prowess of the lyrics
circles ho ho ho 2022 – hum
i revived this song in Dec 2022 when a friend was having a wintertime show-n-tell gathering... we were all asked to bring something (song, story, photo, poem, article - anything) that related to the season of holiday bliss and blues... so i dusted off this 10+ year old song, whittled the lyrics, tightened the melody and grabbed the ukulele
Lyrics
time to pull your winter clothes up from the basement
time to get a refill on your medication
go outside even less than normally
try to hide even more because you see it's getting
cold outside
getting cold inside
getting old this live
goes in circles
oh in circles don't we try to fit in
drawn around our lives and our friends
the people we let in
and oh the people we push out
such a steep steep learning curve
oh how we work so hard to earn
our own spots inside some circles
then take turns drawing our own
circles inside
circles outside
til we're old, we die
they lay us flat, like a line
it's getting cold outside
getting cold inside
getting old this life going
oh ho ho ho
circles-sqrd-01 (home demo)
a few days after dusting this song off, i was toying with it in my head and finally tried playing around on this quick home demo using all computer instruments and waaay too many vocals
Lyrics
time to pull your winter clothes up from the basement
time to get a refill on your medication
go outside even less than normally
try to hide even more because you see it's getting
cold outside
getting cold inside
getting old this live
goes in circles
oh in circles don't we try to fit in
drawn around our lives and our friends
the people we let in
and oh the people we push out
such a steep steep learning curve
oh how we work so hard to earn
our own spots inside some circles
then take turns drawing our own
circles inside
circles outside
til we're old, we die
they lay us flat, like a line
it's getting cold outside
getting cold inside
getting old this life going
oh ho ho ho
Credits
- Brandon Pfeiffer — Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synths