Of Course I'll Fail

I went into the studio again last night,
and recorded four songs, so I'm right
on schedule with the CD. You might be
wondering why the title "Of Course I'll
Fail"? I'll get to that.

But I wanted to recap how I got to this point.
I've been playing Blues Harp for well over
ten years, and just in the last couple years,
I've gotten really good.

I've always written song lyrics, and about a
year ago I met up with someone at a
Songwriters Dinner,
(Minnesota Area Songwriters), and he
had a studio (Checkerhot Studio), I had
some songs and an excess of capital, and
in short order, I had a demo CD called
A Puppy At The Table.

I made up about 90 copies of this CD and
handed them out to any musician who didn't
move fast enough, but I still had 5 copies
left over.

To get rid of them, I sent them off to CDBaby,
and to my suprise I sold 1 CD (to a guy in
Maryland).

Of course when I sold the CD
I got worried that there might be a run
on these so I had another 20 copies made,
and they're in the trunk of my car right now.

So, I recorded a demo CD and I was pretty
happy with it, and a year's gone by, and
I've written a bunch of really good material,
I've tried it out on open stages, and people
seem to like it, and I've left the last band I
was in (The Dee Miller Band), and the next
band (The Blue Jack Trio) isn't getting up to
speed like it should, so I decide I'm going to
make a real CD this time.

Not another demo CD, but a honest to
goodness CD with other musicians and singers
and effects and arrangements and the whole
thing - a CD not just for a music lover in
Maryland, but one that any typical person
might listen to and even buy.

So building on one success after another like
I have, I've gotten to this Second CD.

So I'm going into the Studio again next Wed.,
and I'm going to start the session with "Dino
Gas", and then go to a song called "Of Course,
I'll Fail". This song is my response to
all those people who sit sit on their ass and tell
you that you'll never make it.

Of Course I'll Fail, Glenn Bowen, 2005

Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
I'm going to try,
That's why I'm standing here tonight

Look what it took,
Look what it took just to get here,
Look what it took,
Look what it took just to get here
And here is no where,
it is nowhere they will tell you

Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
Of course I'll fail, tell me something that I don't know
Of course I'll fail, tell me something that I don't know
I'm going to try,
That's why I'm standing here tonight

You better believe,
man you better believe in something
you better believe,
man you better believe in someone
you better believe,
man you betther believe in something
or they will drive
they willl drive you into nothing

Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
I'm going to try,
That's why I'm standing here tonight

You better live
you better live the life you believe
you better live
you better live the life you believe
you better live
you better live the life you believe
'Cuz that man in the long black cloak,
he's gonna tell you to leave

Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
Of course I'll fail,
tell me something that I don't know
I'm going to try,
That's why I'm standing here tonight

So I'll just leave on that encourging note:
Of Course I'll Fail

Glenn