This is a rough worktape of a new song. It is really new..like I wrote it yesterday, so that means I didn't give it the several months of sitting in my notebook treatment before recording/posting.

It needs a music break, I think. I was thinking of dusting off my keyboard and perhaps adding a little piano sound to it, but haven't gotten that far just yet. This is the first time I've posted anything where I've attempted harmony with myself. I suck at harmony but I keep practicing all the time anyway. The vocal is not great on this either. I had a really sore throat when I sang this.

I'm looking for feedback on the lyric and what could be added musically, in particular. I'm working on a set of songs that I can perform at open mics, etc and feel this could be a "quiet coffeehouse" song. I've been listening to Sufjan Stevens and Joanna Newsome a lot lately, so there's probably a little of that influence working in this.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10231976

You wanted a blue shirt
but I was always green
you wanted a princess
but I was a queen

I couldn't be the thing
you wanted
me to be
I could only be me

You hated my painting
And didn't like my yellow dress
And when my purse
didn't match my shoes
It caused you great distress

You wanted to make me
Someone I could not be
I can only be me

You wanted pink roses
But I was not able
You didn't like
how I gripped my fork
or how I set the table

And now it's time
to pull the vine
where no fruit
will ever be

I can only be me..

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YHxGUvESQz2KVWX7tGfLo?si=j7Uu4cSLRLmwhBBn75e68g

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wYxBeX6HkRciSVwmn9bdr?si=UmPlCB5gS0SHRie8_wXo5A