Rebecca Pittenger's Podcast of Weird Songs

Here's a short little ditty; I was tryin' to get my voice all good and warmed up for another song, when this song popped out. Yesiree.

Yeah, I'm just about to wrap up the possession album. Maybe just one more song to go after this one, is what I'm a-thinking. This is a song about wrapping up the album and all that, and sort of like the origin story of this album, sort of.

This is a wee, short little demo I'm posting just in case I die before I get a chance to record a full-song-length version of this little ditty. I mean, I'm not planning on dying any time soon, but you never know if you're gonna get hit by a bus or something.

I was in a dark mood when I started writing this song on Tuesday. It took a while for me to figure out what it was about all-the-way.

As this possession album comes to a close, the characters become self aware and talk to the audience. Yup, this story is ripe for a sequel, so someday these characters will return and resume their stories. But, for now, we gotta wrap things up cuz this album is 5 hours long, and counting. I mean, I think there will probably be 1 or 2 more songs, but this is the start of the goodbye to the album. I'm a little sad.I'm gonna mark this "explicit" cuz there's mention of a bong in it.

This is the next song in the possession album; I guess the title sort of explains it all.

This is a song about how, when there's a water outage in my building, there's this really loud gurgling sound in all the pipes when the water comes back on. It always sounds like the building's gonna explode. But then it doesn't. And then I'm glad the water came back on.The rap is pretty fast in places, so here're the lyrics in case it's hard to understand in those fast places:The whole building shakes with a bubbling, bilious soundMy place had a water outageI hates that - it made me pout – Fudge!!A few months ago, water did not flowAnd I said, “oh, no:” Hmoer would say, “Doh!”No water was in my buildingI'm not sure when I'll be fillingUp my toilet tank, and I will be frank – my poor heart sankThe opposite of dank: My faucets were blankWhen the water comes back onWhen the water comes back on The whole building shakes with a bubbling, bilious soundIt was a broken water mainA ways away; that's what I'm sayin'It ruined my day; how long will I stayIn water-less ways? And I am dismayed – water's what I craveAt 2 AM, I was prayingWhen the water came in, I said, “Amen”It came with a sound, it was all aroundAt first, I frowned – coming from the ground, growling like a houndWhen the water comes back onWhen the water comes back on The whole building shakes with a bubbling, bilious soundThe building sounded like a monsterWould it explode? I was not sureGurgling in the walls, filling up the halls,It sounded like calls from a monster-ball – and I was allApprehensive, with all the bubblingThese sounds were ever so troublingBut the noises stopped, and I felt on top of the world when dropsCame out of the faucet – the water ploppedWhen the water comes back onWhen the water comes back on The whole building shakes with a bubbling, bilious soundThe water is dripping and droppingFrom the faucets, and it is ploppingAnd I can say it is the best thingThis water is surely a blessing

This is the next song in the possession album...now that the girl has told the others about how she'll be able to predict when wild fires are comin' because she's in communication the fire god, the others have concerns about it. They're all worried that people'll blame her for starting the fires - cuz how would you know a fire was gonna start unless you were gonna start it, yourself? 

This song came to me in a dream. In light of recent events here in the US, I decided to make it into a song about bein' sure to say "I love you" to someone, in case it's the last time you see them. Yes, the past couple weeks have been freaky and awful. I know, statistically speaking, it's not very likely that I'll run into terrorists and crap, but I'm spooked, nonetheless. I'm also sad, frustrated, angry, and a whole host of other feelings. And, I'm realizing this world needs a lot more "I Love You"s, in general. I think we all need some "I Love You"s, so here're some "I Love You"s for you.

Here's a bummed-out-sounding mini-song...I might someday make it into a regular length song. Maybe, just maybe.