Comedy
This song was brought to me by my friend and frequent collaborator Zane Elliott. Zane is a phenomenal guitar player and one of my favourite songwriters - he has a knack for that effortless, half-talkin' half-singin' country & western feel that is so hard to do honestly. I loved this song instantly and did the bare minimum to warrant a co-writing credit - I changed the second-to-last-line of each chorus, I switched a chord, I suggested a key change at the end. It's Zane all over. Zane's been away from his Alberta home for a long time, and you can hear the distance on this track. It's a terribly difficult subject to write about without falling into the pitfalls of cliché, but Zane dips his bucket in the well and up comes this clear, country water, fresh and clean and full of truth. This demo was recorded during maple syrup season, 2020, at the beginning of a global pandemic, so sadly Zane doesn't feature on the track. But someday we'll record it properly.