Doin' Time (Pre-Production)
Stole that money for that girl of mine, can't be with my baby now that's the crime, "Doin' Time, Doin' Time," can't be with my baby now that's the crime.
Performer/Songwriter
Hey everybody! I'm Jerry Flattum, Performer/Songwriter.
The recordings you are listening to are in Pre-Production, a fancier way of saying "demo." I'm currently working on getting up the financing to re-record and master several recordings in preparation for commercial release.
Nothing drives me nuts more than knowing how these tunes will sound with new arrangements and a top notch mix/master. There's alot of color missing from the current recordings, but most of all guitar and backup vocals. Live drums and new keyboard samples will really bring the arrangement to life too.
Two of the songs feature "hired guns" (session players). Tim Thompson did the guitar and mix on "My Little Girl," a Country/Rock ballad. Thompson is a finger style champion and when he let's loose on uptempo rockers he rivals the best pickers I've ever heard.
Stephen Sea knocked out his own arrangement of "Best Place Around" and topped it off with some amazing guitar work.
Virtual instruments and sampling technology will be heavily used in the new recordings.
Once the recordings are finished, with sufficient financing and backing, I'm planning a global tour with a stage show that includes dancers, acting, stage design, lighting and costuming.
Story behind the song
I've been in jail...but only over night. That was enough for me to imagine what it's like being locked up for years. For most of us, our impressions of prison are from TV and the movies.
The worst punishment is not being able to be with the one you love.
Lyrics
DOIN' TIME
I'm gettin' real tired of this dingy cell,
what they want to know, I said, "I'll never tell".
Stole that money for that woman of mine,
now I'm here just'a DOIN' TIME.
M'cellmate's goin' crazy, can't take the tears,
'specially when he heard I got 15 years.
"You got your baby, you're partners in crime,
ya gotta break out from this DOIN' TIME."
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME,
I can't be with my baby, now that's the crime.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME,
until I break out I'm here DOIN' TIME.
I can't wait to be paroled,
that's gonna get me nothin' but old.
I got my baby, we're partners in crime,
I gotta break out from this DOIN' TIME.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME,
I can't be with my baby, now that's the crime.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME,
until I break out I'm here DOIN' TIME.
I wonder if she's OK,
I think about her everyday.
I wonder if she's all right,
I can't take another lonely nite.
Spoken:
I gotta get out of here... Feel like a caged rat.
I don't know, man, maybe...
Cut me a tunnel with my teeth...
Wait... Pay the morgue man 50 bucks...
Puts a tag on my toe... I'm outta here!
Sung:
Break out! Break out! Break out! Break out!
I'm guilty, I'm sorry, yeah, I guess I'm wrong,
but I can't keep singin' the same old song.
I got my baby, we're partners in crime,
I gotta break out from this DOIN' TIME.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME,
I can't be with my baby, now that's the crime.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME,
until I break out I'm here DOIN' TIME.
Sittin' on the rock just poundin' all day,
thinkin' 'bout my baby takes the blues away.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME.
DOIN' TIME, DOIN' TIME.
Copyright 2010 Jerry Flattum
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