Decomposition – Message From
Posted By ron on April 29, 2006
Message From, an excerpt from Kiss the Breath of Sunset. This is one of the pieces in the book that was set to music right away, and comes from the Mary Jane Bann’d era 1967-72.
Melody Dee is on my mind
Baby, we haven’t got much time
I know our love is going fine
Say goodnight, say goodnight
Say goodnight, not goodbye
Don’t let those people make us fight
Racial contempt puts you uptight
Our love is more than black and white
Say goodnight, say goodnight
Say goodnight, not goodbye
When I am with you I can fly
Our love will last if we just try
Please don’t ever say goodbye
Say goodnight, say goodnight
Say goodnight, not goodbye
(Decomp:
This is a really early piece. I was impressed by Janis Ian’s song “Society’s Child” and was moved to do a piece in the same vein. This song came together in Bob Griffin’s living room, I was messing around with the chord progression on my Gibson J-45 and it just sort of took off. Seemed like the words and music fell into place all at once.
The name Melody Dee came out of nowhere, and just sounded nice. The second verse seems very naive at this point, but to our young fans at the time it was a message they felt was important.
I still have a great passion for the chorus, “say goodnight, say goodnight, say goodnight… not goodbye” and still have a lot of fun with it.)
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