Tom O'Brien - Late at Night info, credits, lyrics, and comments at IndieMusicPeople

Tom O'BrienLate at Night Acoustic Jazz

/Uploads2/128691_7_20_2017_7_30_35_PM_-_Tom_O'Brien.jpg

song created

Monday, March 22, 2021 8:55:32 PM

song updated

Monday, March 22, 2021 8:55:32 PM

stations playing this song

a new beginning

2020 IAIA Golden Kayak Award Nominees

SLEEK FM - a Desperado Revue station

Dj Bruh Golden Kayak Winners

Link to IndieMusicPeople!
Advertise on IndieMusicPeople!
Export IndieMusicPeople Player!

A jazzy late-night kind of song.

Written, performed, and recorded by Tom O'Brien

I often write songs late at night, and one night I wrote this song about writing a song. Shouldn't poetry be the essence of all our days?

Why does poetry come so late at night
When it should be the essence of my day?
When it's late I free associate
But I'm much too tired to ever make it stay
But I begin to sing
Whatever words the late night brings
Get my guitar and play
Whatever chords get in the way
Then in a while you stop
And recognize the moment

I don't know if I've been hypnotized
But a late night love of coffee can't explain
How the notes tend to prioritize
And the words just rattle on to a refrain

Then, in the gloom of two
Some kind of light comes shining through
Putting the spell on you
Knowing exactly what to do
Then in a while you stop
And recognize the moment

Why does poetry come so late at night
when it should be the essence of my day? x

Song Comments

2020 IAIA Golden Kayak Award Nominees
jazz

Dj Bruh Golden Kayak Winners
Tom O'Brien, gifted song crafter and great guitarist singer. Golden Kayak Winner