Pale Compromises

Commentary:
The most baffling of my songs, I introduce it a bit on the recording. I decided that it was because I was listening to a lot of blues music and a lot of Randy Newman, so I came out with this very strange dramatic blues monologue. The percussion is me stomping on an empty guitar case.

Lyrics:
Saw a lady on a Sunday afternoon
she was busy humming some old gospel tune
"If god's a-coming then he better get here soon!"
Tell me, lordy why'd you make a man this way?
Do I have to fall in love most every day?

Saw a lady in a church on Monday night
Lord have mercy she was really outta sight
But she looked like she would put up quite a fight!

And before I even knew it was Tuesday morn,
I could hear a lady honking on my horn,
she was naked as the day we all was born!
Tell me, lordy why'd you make a man this way?
Do I have to fall in love most every day?

It was Wednesday in the middle of the week
Tried to tell a girl she had a nice physique
But she took her purse and smacked me in the cheek!

Friday finally came a-rolling in my head
Saw a baby she was dressed up all in red
but her husband came and nearly killed me dead!
Tell me, lordy why'd you make a man this way?
Do I have to fall in love most every day?

So I'm glad that I'm living this Saturday
And I'm kneeling by the San Francisco Bay
Pray to God he gonna take my love away!