Thursday, October 02, 2008
New ditties, pre- and post-Ike
When dey gonna fix my lights?
I’m one of the people who, unlike one of our local congresspersons, thinks Centerpoint Energy did a fantastic job getting the power back on to (most of the) millions of people affected by Hurricane Ike. Drive around Houston and see the amount of tree debris in most neighborhoods (I’m talking huge logs from trunks, not just broken limbs) and consider that a large number of those hit power lines as they fell, and I think the progress in three weeks (12 days for our house) ain’t bad. That doesn’t mean I don’t emphathize with the 30,000 or so people still without lights or that I can’t poke gentle fun at the situation.
Thus “When Dey Gonna Fix My Lights?” was birthed on the drive in this morning. It’s more of a chant than song (might be rap if I knew anything about rap), this posting is probably as far as I’ll ever take it, but there it is.
Sometime in the week before Ike, I typed up words to another little ditty, “Fish on the Line.” If I ever get around to doing anything with the music, I’m hearing it with the vocals, drum beat (more like beating on the steering wheel, cooler, or side of the boat), and not much music. Something to have fun getting the future? grandkids? to sing on the road to the lake.