Folk In A: Music

October, 1998 - One of the first "real" songs I wrote. I'm still not sure exactly what it's about. Love to hear what you think!

Save Yourself
Copyright 1998, October, Ted Kastelic

Am, E7 vamp New Orleans, second line rhythm.

When I said I was thinking about you
I was lying to myself
The real truth of the story
I wasn’t thinking about nothin’ else

Well you can tell me, If you want to
But you don’t have to now.
And I would tell you, If you want me
But I just don’t know how.

CHO
Well you can save yourself if you want to
Baby, you can save me if you try
You can have all your tears and your sorrows
Or you can just let them fly

I thought I knew all the that I ought to
But know I find I am just a pawn
I thought I was a tall oak tree
But now I find I am just a pawn


CHO
Well I could save myself if I want to
Maybe I could save you if I tried
I can have all my tears and my sorrows
Or I can just let them fly

I was hoping that love would show me
How to save us all from hell
But now I’ve broke my heart, can’t find my soul
I’m drowning and I can’t yell

CHO
Well we could save ourselves if we want to
We could save us, if we tried
We can have all our tears and our sorrows
Or we can choose to let them fly

Well you could save yourself if you want to
I could save us if I tried
We could have all our tears and our sorrows Or we can just let them fly (repeat and out)