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Well, like so many others we’re holed up doing our best to stay focused and creative. It’s a DIY world around this house these days and that may or may not be a good thing? While our wonderful neighbors brought home a brand new baby boy this week, Suchi and I have been birthing a song about too much verbiage these days in the form of TOO MANY JAWBONES. You’ll see & hear what I’m talking about in the live video for the song. Did I say LIVE video? Yes, yet another adventure into the unknown that’s starts with, “Hey, let’s take the gear downstairs and do a live video for this song!” Then the reality …“What gear?” This process is not for the faint of heart. Feels like back in the day when we kids went out in the backyard and “created” all kinds of worlds (mainly in our heads) with a minimum of props (aka, sticks, boxes, etc). All good fun then and honestly good fun all these years later too. I sure appreciate Suchi’s due diligence & creative ability to put all the pieces together so we can share it with you. (Not an easy assignment! ) Hope you enjoy it in the spirit with which it was made. ….Tom B
As we prepare for Halloween, Election Day, Pandemic Perseverance, and Global Survival, TOO MANY JAWBONES is a song that expresses with “tongue in cheek” the visceral & verbal challenges we are all literally facing in one way or another. I am grateful to Tom, my favorite songwriter, for being able to humorously articulate & creatively capture the essence of this message in song. As a visual artist, I dove deeply into creating graphics and a video to give imagery to the lyrics and expression to the quirky soul of this song. As singer/songwriters, Tom and I made a LIVE home recording to share with you while staying true to the lyrics: “I’ll tell you what’s the problem with the world today, too much talk and not enough to say … TOO MANY JAWBONES!” Glad we’re still "A-LIVE" to do so and hope you can find a moment to “Look & Listen!” For those who would like to support our creative efforts as singer/ songwriters, the last two singles we have co-created: “Too Many Jawbones” and “Monet’s Daughter” are now available to digitally download on “The BenjaminWaters” music website for $1.50 at this link: https://www.thebenjaminwaters.com/benjaminwaters-singles May we all find our way through these jaw-dropping & transformative times. .....Suchi WB
TOO MANY JAWBONES
Tom Benjamin ~ music/lyrics
There're backbones
And there're jawbones
There's solid rock
And there're rhinestones
There's give and take
And there's shut down
There's to the point
And there's round and round
I'll tell you what's the problem with the world today
Too much talk and not enough to say
Too many jawbones
Not enough backbones
Too much big talk
Not enough walk the walk
Too many houses
Not enough real homes
Too much who cares
Not enough hand sewn
So take a look around and I know you'll see
Listen for a moment and I think you'll agree
Too many jawbones...
There're big hearts
And there're hardheads
There's what you say
And what they say you said
There're those who lead
And those who are misled
There're those who rise
And those who stay in bed
I'll tell you what's the problem with the world today
Too much talk and not enough to say
Too many jawbones
Not enough backbones
Too much big talk
Not enough walk the walk
Too many houses
Not enough real homes
Too much who cares
Not enough hand sewn
So take a look around and I know you'll see
Listen for a moment and I think you'll agree
Too many jawbones ... including my own
TOO MANY JAWBONES....