This is a song that Jesse had written towards the end of our time playing as a band and because of that it was never recorded…until about 2 weeks ago.
Jesse recently set up the old recording equipment and played/recorded all the parts for this on his own (and in typical Melmac recording fashion… in his basement).
I don’t believe many people have heard this outside of the band so this could be a welcome surprise to some of you.
Hi, My name is Mya and I am Joeys cousin. I and a friend long time back went to see you guys play. Ive met Jesse and a couple of the guys once or twice but music (sadly) isnt one of my biggest interest. HOWEVER- My 10 year old son plays your songs n..o..n..e… s..t..o..p. AND now my niece (16) has discovered you and has requested c.d’s from joey with any and all music you guys have done. Anyway, just wanted to let you all know that even though you may not be currently recording (etc) you still gain new fans all the time. PS- If I have to watch your music video one more time I might scream, LOL. For my sanity please if nothing else just make new ones, my kid is killing me w/ the replay button. My best to you all, Mya
This is another acoustic demo that Jesse recorded at home. We also had a full band arrangement and if you saw us live in 2003/2004 then you definitely heard this one.
If we ever recorded again this would probably be the first song we did (…there is actually a scratch recording somewhere of the full band arrangement on minidisc. If I could just find it…)
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Lyrics:
And I don’t miss you anymore Don’t want to kiss you anymore And when you walked right out the door I saw a teardrop hit the floor and it wasn’t mine
She said “Don’t go there” Whoa Whoa Yeah Yeah
I’d like to know where we went wrong And now it’s been so long since I’ve been this confused but now i’m getting used To you and your short fuse and I will always loose Cause there’s no way to win Your hanging up again But you won’t see me dialing
Cause I don’t miss you anymore Don’t want to kiss you anymore And when you walked right out the door I saw a teardrop hit the floor and it wasn’t mine
She said “You don’t care” Whoa Whoa Yeah Yeah
I’m gonna been up all damn night Thinking about this fight and if I’m wrong or right I guess she’s pissed at me she blew a kiss at me and said I’m history She won’t be missing me It took till now to see We weren’t meant to be
But I don’t miss you anymore Don’t want to kiss you anymore And when you walked right out the door I saw a teardrop hit the floor but it wasn’t mine It wasn’t mine
Cause its a real big world And there’ll be other girls I bet you didn’t know That I could watch you go
I think Jesse recorded this sometime in 2003. The title is inspired by one of his favorite movies “Its a Wonderful Life”.
We always wanted to record it as a full band but this acoustic recording is really powerful all on its own.
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Lyrics:
I’m trying To keep my chin up But my life feels like a test And there’s no cheat sheet up my sleave
I don’t have all the answers So now i’m hoping for the best I’ll see what’s next And what’s the best for me
What’s the use in complaining I’ll pretend the sun is shining Even though I know it’s raining
Everything around me is changing Don’t want to play their games You know it’s such a shame
It’s all fun and games until I loose my mind Will someone please draw the line I see them getting theirs but someday i’ll get mine I made it this far i’ll be fine yeah
I’m chasing Down all these dreams But my legs are tired And my motivation gauge is on E
I’m thinking Maybe this time Everything will go as planned So i’ll just give it hell and wait and see
Instead of complaining I’ll pretend the sun is shining Even though I know it’s raining
And when I catch these dreams I’ll write In a letter “To whom it may concern” “Things just took a turn for the better”
And it’s all fun and games until I loose my mind Will someone please draw the line But until then i’ll be fine yeah
(I’ll be fine) I’m chasing down all these dreams I’m sick of playing these games and seems I’m gonna loose my mind (I’ll be fine) I’m chasing down all these dreams I’m sick of playing these games and seems I’m gonna loose my mind (I’ll be fine) And I know i’ll be fine this time And no one can take away these dreams cause their mine
Ever since Melmac broke up I have been thinking about what to do with our website.
I know I wanted to keep a history of our music online somewhere; songs we released and songs we didn’t. So at least this site will serve as that history - with links to the highest quality versions of songs I can find (while digging through CDs and tapes we made throughout the years). It will try to also document the songs that we never got to finish (and maybe inspire us to once and for all record them properly for you).
It is awesome how much technology has changed since we built the first website for our band in 1999. Instead of online stores we had printable mail order forms, kept our merch inventory on print outs in my parents basement, mp3.com was used to share songs, video wasn’t an option, we planned shows/tours over phone calls more than emails (having a spreadsheet of contact numbers and directions), etc…
So because technology has improved one of the other things I was looking to turn this website into was a place where you could send us your memories so that we can post them as well. If you have anything you want to add to our history please feel free to send them to us through the form on this page: http://melmac34.net/submit. It can be anything from photos, music, quotes, video, text, links… whatever you can find if time permits.
I hope you know that you were just as much a part of Melmac as we were. Thank you for your kind words over the years, your voices at shows, your handshakes and high-fives.
Sincerely, Anthony (who needs to practice trombone more often) and the rest of Melmac
