What'd You Come Here For? (Original Song)

This is video 1 of 3 that I am putting up before I go overseas...I'll be in Japan for a week and then England (yay!) for most of December and so won't be putting up new videos. So hopefully the three I'll be putting up will be enough to tide you over until next year! :)

This song I actually wrote about a bus driver...yeah, I'm cool. And it sounds much better (in my opinion) on an actual piano, but oh well. But the most important thing in this video is the AMAZING hat I'm wearing, which was my friend's grandmother's in the 50s. And my friend gave it to me. *squeals*. Anyway, admire the hat and let me know your thoughts on the song. And look out for the other 2 videos over the next few days!

I didn't go to school today but wasn't happy staying home
Couldn't face the crowd at the corner store but didn't want to be alone
So I went to this place I'd heard all about
If you don't fit in they kick out out
And oh baby, I saw this guy sitting on his own

Bandages wrapped around a wound from an old bar fight
He's got a gold earring through the piercing he got one drunken night
Talkin' with the drawl he picked up twenty years before
And he leans over and says, "Now kid, what'd you come here for?"

I couldn't speak, I was near stuck with fright
How could I explain to this stranger I'd found the wrongs that felt so right
The band started swinging, I swayed along
It was like happiness in the form of a song
But those guy's words they stayed with me all night

Now every time I'm sick of quiet days
I head back on down to that lively place
And maybe I'll see him down at the bar
With that same old earring and same old scar
And I bet I'd know exactly what he'd say

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[shitarse666]

Love it

[downstube]

i dug it.

[Zarwa242]

Love the song, can't beleive you got the inspiration from a bus driver.

Oh and I love your hat. = )

[ctubeyea]

loving the soul and slides you put into this. great lyrics!!

[SummerFaith00]

oooo! i like it!! :)

[jimik1234]

it's not bad :)

you playing at all while you're over here in London town?

[darebinroad]

Ilana, I have a very scientific reason why you can't go overseas.

In Melbourne we are trying to maintain the delicate equillibrium between beauty and ugliness.

If you leave and Rex Hunt stays you will throw the balance way out.

So that's settled, you are staying!

[bostonblakie]

I loved the song and the hat. Very nice. Have a safe journey.

[squincegoddess]

Love your voice and everything about you, so unique!!! :) squince

[TheVictoriaPoet]

I really loved the hat - always wanted one like that on my own. You're lucky. :D

And about the song... a bus driver or not, it's an awesome song! It would be nice if you played it on the piano and recorded it someday.;) It still sounds amazing though.

Good luck traveling!