That's Me Trying

[Jason Rimbaud]

I get my inspiration from numerous sources. Much like Weird Al Yankovic gets his inspiration,

for this piece, my inspiration is William Shatner. Go Captain Kirk.

That's Me Trying

By: Jason R.

I got your address from the Internet at the library

Wandered in, looked you up and you were there

Weird how it?s been the best part of fifteen years

You must be, what, in your late twenties now

If I remember

You were born in June or was it May

As I waited for you to pick up, I wonder what you?d say

Years of silence

Not enough

Who could blame us giving up

Above the quiet there?s a buzz

That?s me trying

You still singing inside churches down in Texas?

Have you told anyone?no, that?s not fair

I know I haven?t been the best of friends

I?ll hold my hand up there

The reason that I?m calling, is I miss you a great deal

Let's get a little nostalgia action going

Put the past behind us

Eat some food and drink some beer

You still talk to our family?

Catch me up on their lives

Years of silence

Not enough

Who could blame us giving up

Above the quiet there?s a buzz

That?s me trying

But I don?t want to bring up any of that bad stuff

Why I left you in that hell hole two days before graduation

I?d like to explain my actions

But I can?t

So let?s keep things easy

Stick to topics that won?t freak us out

How ?bout this

Let?s choose a book and we?ll read it before we meet

Then we can sit down at the restaurant

Have a look at the menu and talk about it while we eat

Pretend that we?ve never had a problem

So our life can be like

Easy

Uncomplicated

Cool

Let?s pretend that the past never happened

I don?t really like thriller?s anyhow

I don?t want to know if you have a boyfriend

No need to tell me where I went wrong

I don?t want to know what happened in your twenties

You wanna try ?Brokeback Mountain?

Or is that too long?

Years of silence

Not enough

Who could blame us giving up

Above the quiet there?s a buzz

That?s me trying

[Tragic Rabbit]

I give up. How is this Shatner related?

Sigh.

TR-one born every minute...

[Camy]

I like. Don't care if Shatner doesn't obviously leap out.

If pushed I'd say it's because he's now a curmudgeonly old dude, but we remember him for being Jim Kirk

thus:

'The reason that I?m calling, is I miss you a great deal

Let's get a little nostalgia action going.'

Good one Jason. Are you humming it?

Camy

[Jason Rimbaud]

Don't feel bad TR, the piece this is based on is so obscure I'm sure no one has read it.

I changed the words to fit the mood I wanted to convey. Though I kept his chorus like chant

between verses. Which is why I said I sort of wrote this piece.

Jason R.

[Guest Rustic Monk]

First I thought it was David.

Then I was like, Nope! KAAAAAAHN!!!

I like the chorus a lot.

That's . . . . ME, trying.

[Jason Rimbaud]

Hey Camy,

Of course I was humming. I wonder if you know the tune?

And Gabe, that's just funny man. The one thing that sticks out in my mind

about Shatner, Kaaaaahn!

Jason R.