Humphrey Dumpty - E.P. version
Nothing to do with Eric Clapton. Nothing at all.
This is the final version, there's about two earlier versions on this site if you're into evolution.
Mostly acoustic, genre's attempted include:
Folk, Blues, Rock, Funk, Jazz, Pop, comedy
Usually a mix of all that stuff.
The deal with soundclick is that I really use it more as an archive these days than any sort of promotional tool - i.e. it's not updated anywhere near as often, I don't really log in much either. so if you wish to communicate or for more action though you should head to myspace:
www.myspace.com/hotshackett
Yeah. I have finished an E.P, you can hear most of it over there at myspace or the whole thing at mp3.com.au/scotthackett . Might put it here eventually.
Story behind the song
I had the line "please come crawling back into my window" going round in my head for no apparent reason. It is fictional. Probably.
Lyrics
Humphrey Dumpty
Well it was like we were livin' in a fairy tale,
Just me and my wife, and a bouncing baby boy -
A bundle of joy, 'til I found out it was a fallacy,
Y'know baby's just don't bounce,
They don't seem to have an ounce of elasticity,
And I'll tell you how I know:
We were livin' in a single bedroom apartment
On the fourteenth floor, it's pretty high for sure,
But it never bothered me much, until one fateful day.
My wife went out to do her daily shopping,
Left the kid with me, it's no big deal,
It's part of our routine.
Little did I know it would all go wrong,
I was feeding Humphrey when the telephone
Rang at the same time as the kettle boiled.
I'm just a man, I've only got two arms,
I can't handle all three tasks-
Humphrey's dinner would just have to wait.
I only left him for a moment on the window sill,
He never left my sight - yeah I watched him as he fell...
Please, come crawling back into my window,
I didn't mean for you to plummet to your death.
Please, come crawling back into my window,
'Cos if my wife finds out she'll have my head.
In a panic I cleaned up the sidewalk,
And ran all the way to the local pet store
To ask them if they knew where I could buy a baby.
My plan was simple but effective,
With luck my wife would never detect that,
Her son was not the same child she had this morning.
Please, come crawling back into my window,
I didn't mean for you to plummet to your death.
Please, come crawling back into my window,
'Cos if my wife finds out she'll have my head.
Well they sent me down to the orphanage,
They were out of stock, but they could order some in,
But there was a two to three week wait.
I said "That's too long,it just won't do,
Tell me who exactly do I have to screw,
To get next day delivery 'round here.
Everywhere I tried I came up empty,
Even Ebay couldn't help me,
So I started walking home to face the music.
As I prepared to face Mrs. Dumpty,
I wondered why the hell did we name our child Humphrey,
Why not something normal like Sebastien?
If you,come crawling back into my window,
I promise I'll be a better dad this time.
I never should have let you watch that stupid Disney channel,
Why else would you think that you could fly?
