Song #35 Touched (2020)

I started working on this song just before the pandemic started, in February of 2020. Rediscovering my love and appreciation of Joni Mitchell, and having fun experimenting with open tunings, the song wrote itself. The "tearing off our masks" lyrics were actually a reference to a relationship, and not about Covid, but sometimes life and art intersect in unexpected ways. Alan Morse, Ira Ingber, and Richy Stano (The AIR collective) provided the glorious electric guitars a safe distance away at their respective home studios. Filmed the video over two days during the summer, in our pool which was being resurfaced, and it was miserably hot. But suffering for one's art is not as unusual as a once in a lifetime pandemic. Touched
I never thought it would end this wayI never knew the best words to sayHow much I love you and want us toTear off our masks and make love at noon
I’m touched 
Just another normal weekend Falling off the deep endAnd dreaming about New YorkAnd all the simple stupid fun we had
And the more I get to knowThe more I want to throw youA deeply romantic kissBut the headlines scream remember this
I know too much I don’t know much This rabbit hole never endsI know too muchI need your touchTo get me back to normal again 
I’m touched
Maybe we should take a walk nowBaby, maybe we should talk nowAbout this state of affairsAnd if all this smoke will clear the air
Back home I’ll make mojitosAnd we can bounce around like yo-yosOff the walls of the tvWhile the commercials keep reminding me
I know too much I don’t know much This rabbit hole never endsI know too muchI need your touchTo get me back to normal again 
Don’t know why we’re meant to be hereLet’s take a moment just to drink a beerWith a little twist of lime To remind us of our timelines
Is this Steinbeck or Clancy Don’t mean to be a negative Nancy But who’s writing this shitI just can’t remember all of it
I know too much I don’t know much This rabbit hole never endsI know too muchI need your touchTo get me back to normal again 
I know too much I don’t know much This rabbit hole never endsI know this muchI need your touchTo get me back to normal again 
I never thought it would end this wayI never knew the best words to sayHow much I love you and want us toTear off our masks and make love at noon