More Than Soup

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For this song I decided to get political, for some reason. I wouldn't say the lyrics are "laughable" necessarily, but, um, they're not great. Not exactly subtle, I guess, is the problem. Also I tried to be slightly funky this time, though I mostly tried to rock. The guitars, predictably, are the most solid part, and there's some decent lead playing. I must have redone the vocals, as they sound pretty decent, and I think originally they were kinda weak. But hey, this was only the fourth song I'd ever tried to do. Anyway, if nothing else, I can at least be proud to say that I lost to Starfinger's now legendary "More Than Soup".

Lyrics

verse 1
on my tour of duty
i served my country well
in the jungles of vietnam
in a living hell

come home to find out
i couldn't make ends meet
that's how i wound up
living on the street

chorus
and it's gonna take
more than soup to feed me
more than a bed to lay me down
we need more than spare change
to turn this world around
2x

verse 2
i was an honest man once
i stayed out of trouble
but then i got mixed up
with a little white devil

i was once just like you
i had a family and a home
but all that changed in the blink of an eye
and now i'm on the streets alone

chorus

sometimes I hear demons
telling me what to do
you can tell me they aren't real
but they say the same thing about you

I got turned out of the hospital
but i still can't find peace
there's no cure my sickness
out here on the streets

Etc.
Straight ahead blues rock, guitar, drums, bass, vocals. I layered the vocals up a bit more than usual during the last choruses. Look out for the spastic fake drum freakout at the end.