[ Disclaimer: this is my first posting here, so I hope I follow all the forum rules ]

I've been using BIAB for quite a while, but this is the first time I have a good singer at hand and are no longer limited to pure instrumental music.

Some technical information:
- raw composition done with my old acoustic guitar
- the backing tracks are done with the "Flipside Alt Rock" style, but I have replaced (and added some more) guitars, bass and drums with other Realtracks which I liked more.
- the song was mixed in Cubase 11, some guitars were re-amped, and of course the vocals were added there as well.

I hope you like it, feedback and tips how to improve are very appreciated.

Since I don't have a SoundCloud account (and I have created a video for the song anyway) here's a link to YouTube, I hope that's okay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ji57-3XW9I

On request: the lyrics, slightly edited because the forum software thinks they're kinda explicit blush

Lyrics: Eleanor Lennox - City Punk Blues

Walking down the city
really bored and looking sh*tty
too much drinks, too much drinks

Waiting for the city
to wake up and to look pretty
too much drinks, too much drinks

Boring loser faces
telling boring loser stories
Empty phrases, empty faces

Do what you want
I don't listen anymore
You're a f*cking waste of time
a beautiful decor to ignore
to ignore, to ignore, to ignore, to ignore

Leaving things behind me
nasty people who did blind me
on my own, all alone

Searching for my friends
who told me things are getting better
they're not here, they are gone

Avoiding all the places
where they hurt me, gave me grazes
dude it hurts to hear those words

Do what you want
I won't listen anymore
I will never look back
and make the same mistakes as before
as before, anymore, anymore, anymore

Coming back my city
I feel better, I feel pretty
I am free, like a bird

Rocking all the places
looking at the smiling faces
have a drink, have a flirt

Having friends who really care
and just are there
I'm not going, never leaving

Do what you want
I won't listen anymore
I will never look back
and make the same mistakes as before
as before, anymore, anymore, anymore
Maybe one more time...

Walking down the city
really bored and looking sh*tty
too much drinks, too much drinks

Waiting for the city
to wake up and to look pretty
too much drinks, too much drinks

Boring loser faces
telling boring loser stories
Empty phrases, empty faces

Do what you want
I don't listen anymore
You're a f*cking waste of time
a beautiful decor to ignore
to ignore, to ignore, to ignore, to ignore
to ignore

Backstory of the song: when a relationship breaks one or sometimes both partners leave behind most of their buddies and sometimes even close friends or family.
After the wounds are healed they meet new people, find new friends and are ready to start a new relationship.
And do the same mistakes again...

Last edited by B.D.Thomas; 07/24/22 09:43 AM. Reason: Backstory added
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