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Collection: shortsongs
H5 - Whoa there Nellie
Lyrics:
Whoa there Nellie
Too much power
Just slow down
Smell the flowers


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Release notes
02-14-2023
This haiku and the last are genderish; this one came to me as a kind of response to the last. Sorry for non-pc or tut-tutedness.

My first five musical haiku were released online as a batch on FAWM (February Album Writing Month), and the comments are repeated for all five.
2024-05-08
@derman
Packs a punch!

It also reminds me of Gary Larson's wise old cow who advised her little cow: when you travel down life's road, don't forget to make time to eat the flowers.
2023-02-18
@richardmasters
I really think you're on to something here. Great idea of having five songs for the price of one, so to speak - it's disorientating, but in a good way - musically and lyrically. My brain wants to make connections between the haikus and it does - it comes across as someone having a breakdown at work - my favourite haiku is the first, that's some modernistic zen stuff going on there - this is properly experimental songwriting and that's what keeps the craft alive.

2023-02-15
@rocketgrrrl
I think I like ‘ welcome to the farm, best, perhaps because the harmony works the best in tone for that. Though ‘Whoa there Nellie’ has such a nice instrumental backing!