Paul J Penton – Songwriter

Another Perfect Morning – Songwriting Case Study

I recently had a song of mine -Another Perfect Morning  Critiqued at a seminar by none other than Mr Pat Pattison himself- generally he liked the song – as did the crowd – and made some suggestions for improvement-

I thought it would be interesting to document the initial inspirations and ideas and see how the final version [almost] has evolved.

Over the last year I have take to longish Sunday morning strolls around the neighbourhood and off in the bush too, usually armed with my mp3 recorder/player. So if I hear/see/smell something unusual I hit the record button and make a note- at the time the thing may seem almost inconsequential – but later they might ‘join together’ as was the case with this song…..

Just after we had changed the clocks from summertime I was riding to work at around 8.30 am. The day before it was of course 7.30 a.m- hence I noticed that the shadows were longer and that there were some damp patches on the ground. I stopped the bike and hit record and made some notes and observations:-

riding ’round the Botanical
golden light of mornings
seems to shine off buildings

Autumn rain,
mirror puddles in the park
all reflect the world right back
those golden hues of autumn

puddles on the ground
mirroring the world
Trees stripped bare
losing their autumn coat
autumn leaves reflecting the earth

the trees are losing their bloom,
colder days are coming soon
The sun is getting up so much later

mirror puddles in the park
all reflect teh world right back
those golden hues of autumn

shadows seem to stretch to noon
got to get to work real soon
computer screens growl
telephones buzz like angry mosquitos
and people come around
with impossible expectations

everybody I know
would rather not be working

I’ll pop up another installment tomorrow.