The other day as I walked around the lake at Forest Park, a country music title (and a bunch of lyrics) came to me in a flash. But as I took a few more minutes to develop the lyric further, I faced a conundrum, which I here set before the reader. Should the song be in that slow, old-timey 2/4 time of classic country, like this:
"So Jee-sus grab yer hard-hat,
we've got some work, to do..."
Or should it instead be that 4/4 (8/8?) driving beat of contemporary country rock:
"Jesus grab your hard hat, Satan's back in town,
it's time we had a rumble, time we put him down--
so have yourself some whiskey, drink a little Jack,
he's gone down to my girl's but we'll get him coming back...
Maybe the world isn't ready for a Brawling Construction Jesus, I dunno. Maybe just the easy-does-it Construction Jesus. What do you think? Not much of a diary I realize but this could be my breakout song.