I attended a songwriter workshop, associated with the rescheduled RiddleFest 2024, given by Joy Clark. At one point she gave us a few minutes to think about a song topic. What almost immediately came to my mind was my 8th grade experiences. (For some reason, i remember that school year perhaps better than any other one — maybe because that was where i met Jane.) I decided to write a song about them.
Anyway, the lyrics came pretty quickly over the next day or so, with the result that you can see below. I think they turned out pretty well to describe some of the key aspects of my 8th grade experience. As usual, the melody was harder to come by, but did eventually come. Aside from the fact that the chorus is too similar to the that of the verses, i’m reasonably satisfied with it.