Beware the Ides...

Last night was a fun show at Wuzz Up Cafe, a local jam spot that I hadn't played since my college graduation show back in 2007. I was opening for two Pinoy bands, one of which ended up not making it because they were stranded in Atlanta snow. No matter, it was a decent crowd given the looming storm. Chapter 2 Band played an upbeat set of covers and a singer named Robertino Limas (?) sang Jazz standards that could make any girl swoon.

"I guess that's why they call them standards," he quipped.

Gotta love those at-home gigs. Sure beats loading your guitar and keyboard and other equipment into your teeny car to travel hundreds of miles (looks like this'll be the formula for April, when I play the D.C. area).

This week is busy busy busy! I'm gearing up to record (again, I know... when will this album be finished?!). Friday I'm heading down to Long Branch to record at this place where a bunch of awesome folk have recorded (Springsteen, Bon Jovi - the Jersey shore bunch - and Meatloaf...as legend has it, he recorded "Bat out of Hell" on the same piano I'm going to tinker amateurly on). We're re-doing "Home to Me" (lyrics here).

But I'm also psyched to see Glen Hansard play an acoustic set at Joe's Pub on Wednesday. YEAH. And... for you foodies, I'll be dining at Veselka with some college friends tomorrow night. Nothing like some yummy Eastern European fare - at least for me, I had a bad experience with borscht a few years ago. :-/

Photo by Mike Lesley.

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Anyway, someone asked about a song I opened with last night called, "Love as Tragedy: A Play in Three Acts". So I'm posting the lyrics here, along with a live performance of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjVffKNBQA. The awesome recorded version, you shall hear soon. Promise.

Love as Tragedy: A Play in 3 Acts

Act One was brilliant, we played our parts so convincing

and I still remember the lines.

You had me going on first dates and I fell

like Icarus falling away from the sun.

Chorus:

Now that it's all over and done, I notice

you just needed someone to play your damsel

Now that I can see things a little clearer

I feel sorry for the next girl

and you will always see, you'll always see love as tragedy.

You will always see, you'll always see love as tragedy.

Act Two was gripping, she came out of nowhere

Storm in a teacup, the irony bare.

And you seemed so honest, playing your part so convincing

but she is speaking my lines.

Chorus Interlude

Now that it's all over and done, I notice
you just needed someone to play your damsel
Now that I can see things a little clearer
I feel sorry for the next girl...

Now that it's all over and done, I notice
you just needed someone to play your damsel
Now that I can see things a little clearer
I feel sorry for the next girl
and you will always see, you'll always see love as tragedy.
You will always see, you'll always see love as tragedy.

So don't let me sit through another minute

'Cause Act Three's the part that I couldn't get right.

And you'll be persistent, 'til somebody gets it

but I don't intend to find out tonight.

Copyright Alfa Garcia. 2008. All rights reserved.