We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

What I Thought It Would Be (#48 of 262)

from I'll give you something to cry about (262 songs, volume 3) by Brendan Milburn

/

about

This is the forty-eighth of my proposed 262 song-a-weeks. Just letting them come out now and seeing what they are. This one appears to be about white privilege and my own white-boy experience growing up in liberal San Francisco in the 70's and 80's. Or it might be about something else.

lyrics

this is not what I thought it would be
where are the conga lines and drinks with paper umbrellas
like what I saw back then on our black-and-white T.V.
women in form-fitting gowns and dapper, debonair fellas
this is not what I thought it would be
where are the muscle cars and late night drag races
'cause up and down my street all I can see
is middle-aged white dudes with their middle-aged white faces

this is not what I thought it would be
I thought it would be cooler somehow
this is not what I thought it would be
I thought we'd be farther along by now

this is not what I thought it would be
I'd like to teach the world to sing like that commercial
I had that 1970's kind of naivety
holding hands across the world with every tom, dick, and herschel
this is not what I thought it would be
the great american melting pot is rusted full of holes now.
I watched my schoolhouse rock on afterschool T.V.
there are no bills on capitol hill; there's only opposite poles now.

this is not what I thought it would be
I thought it would be cooler somehow
this is not what I thought it would be
I thought we'd be farther along by now

credits

from I'll give you something to cry about (262 songs, volume 3), track released September 25, 2017
Photo by Stefan Cosma on Unsplash
all singing and instrumenting and producering by Brendan Milburn.
All of the instrumental music came from the Synthstrom Deluge, a wonderful groovebox that I am just beginning to get to know. synthstrom.com
This song is (c) 2017 by Brendan Milburn, my hat music (ASCAP)
administered by WB Music Corp

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Brendan Milburn image

Brendan Milburn Seattle, Washington

Brendan Milburn is a music teacher and a dad. In his former life he wrote musicals, songs for animated movies, shows for theme parks and cruise lines. He used to play in a band called GrooveLily. Now he has chickens, cats, and kids, and he is making a song a week. ... more

contact / help

Contact Brendan Milburn

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Brendan Milburn recommends:

If you like Brendan Milburn, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now