Songs

Earl Vickers

Demos for some of the following songs are also available from iTunes and other online song vendors.

(And yes, I'm keeping my day job, thanks.)

Sad and/or Serious Songs

Lyrics	Music	Notes
Which One Are You?	mp3	Based on a story a friend told me about her grandmother
Lost His Sense of Humor in the War	mp3	Based on a story a friend told me about his ex-girlfriend's father
I'll Be Watching Over You	mp3	Love is stronger than your fears
You Hate Me and I Don't Know Why	mp3	Hatred of unknown origin
Everyone's Prayer	mp3	When all of your sorrows come knocking, you don't have to let 'em in
What I Don't Like	mp3	Your contempt is not subliminal
Hymn for Jerry	mp3	Garcia

Love Songs, Wedding Songs

Lyrics	Music	Notes
I Choose You	mp3 video	Written for my wedding
I'd Have to Be Crazy (to Be Crazy 'bout You)	mp3	Written for Ed & Kim's wedding
Middle Age Love	mp3	Not as crazy as young love

Novelty Songs

Lyrics	Music	Notes
Take My Life Back	mp3	Some dude must have taken everything I ever wanted
I Think You Should Dump Her (and Introduce Her to Me)	mp3	Reply to a guy who complained about his girlfriend being too noisy
Special Effects	mp3	Attempt at a pop song, needs a girl singer
Do Me All Day	mp3	Cheery little ragtime ditty
Stuff I'd Do for You	mp3	Written for a wildlife biologist, hence the army ants, fer-de-lance, etc.
Then I Met a Man	mp3	Based on a Chinese proverb, via a Steven Wright joke
That's Gotta Hurt	mp3	The book of Job in song form
Stupid for You	mp3	So many tears, my glasses need a windshield wiper
A Better Life	mp3	My attempt at writing a John Prine song
Spend the Night with Me	mp3	Your basic "we're all gonna die so let's do it" song
Erection	mp3	A song about love at first sight — my attempt at writing a Motown song like "Second That Emotion"
Trade Her in for You	mp3	Pop song about friends with benefits
Who's the Asshole Now, Asshole?	mp3	Based on a parking lot incident
Bag City	mp3	Available for use as a commercial jingle if your company happens to be named "Bag City"
Don't Piss in the WELL	mp3	A song about virtual community; inevitably, it ignited a big flame war
A Flask of Spanish Perfume	mp3	Faux British folk ballad
Sweet Tropical Love	mp3	Island music

       
Kid's Songs, Lullabies

Lyrics	Music	Notes
Three Lullabies	mp3	Written for a friend's daughter
Nocturne in E-flat Major (melody by Chopin, lyrics by Earl Vickers)	mp3	Written for another friend's daughters
The Kid in the Mirror	mp3	Might as well treat the kid like somebody you love
Flaky the Bee	mp3	Based on a dream in which a co-worker liked Flaky the Bee better than me

       
Video Game Music

Lyrics	Music	Notes
Music from Atari's 1986 skateboarding video game, 720°	video MySpace	Music by Earl Vickers and Hal Canon, performed by the New Orleans band, Metronome the City.
Awesome Possum theme song	mp3	Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt

       
Misc.

Lyrics	Music	Notes
Long Black Veil (Additional lyrics by Earl Vickers)		Something always seemed incomplete about the original song