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I wrote this song for FAWM 2010 (see fawm.org). I only did four songs for FAWM, but it was four more than I would otherwise have written. I recorded the song using my iPhone and GigBaby (I’ve since moved on to GigDaddy). It’s rough, but it’s magical.
I should say that I’ve had complaints about whether or not I am legitimately rhyming “orange”. I don’t sing it well here, but if you want to take a crack, the trick first to pronounce “orange” like “ore-ange” not “are-ange”, then use the syllables thus: “or-ange-though”, “poor-ban-jo”, “more-an-jer”. It really works, you just have to practice. I didn’t practice enough before recording.
I had the first half of a third verse in my head for a long time. I just finished writing the verse so I could post it here, but haven’t recorded it yet. Here’s the recording:
©2010 Stephen G Brown
Green’s my favourite color
It might as well be orange, though
Neither one would look so good
Painted on my poor banjo
And if you want to play her right
You’re going to have to practice more
And your gonna play a lot better
If you never let her
Languish on the floor
Now green is nice
But that don’t mean that I don’t like purple
Lovely colour of the kings
But I will not usurp
Long as I get left alone
I won’t go Wyatt Earp
Letting Tombstone
Be the seat of my throne
Bad guys in the dirt
Purple, Orange, they’re both nice
But half way in between
Is the color of the rainbow
My favorite to be seen
Red, yellow, blue
Ain’t the worst
Of colors that there have been
But seeing those colors
Makes me wish for others
Bring me back to Green