No One's Child

This is a song I have been working on for a while. The chorus came to me first, and the rest of it eventually fell into place.

This is a ballad (I guess). I am using an electrified acoustic guitar along with a Boss loop station. A loop station (also called a looper) allows me to add stuff to the song like lead guitar playing while strumming. You will see it toward the end.

I only got the looper this weekend so I'm still learning how to use it, and I think I go flat on the first line because I'm still sniffling a bit with my sinuses, but I needed to get this recorded before I forgot the tune.

So here is No One's Child.

Here are the words to the song:

No One’s Child

By Anita Firebaugh

My momma she was a broken tree upon a rocky shore.

My daddy was a drunken sea, a storm when I was born.

Between the waves and the killing tree

There was never hope for me.

There was never hope for me.

And I am no one’s child. I run eager, free, and wild.

And I drift along like deadwood in a stream.

I was born to bleed

To always have this ache and need.

With nightmares in my sleep, I do not dream.

With nightmares in my sleep I do not dream.

My sister was the silver moon, she fed me fruit and grain

My brother was a thunder boom, he brought me wind and rain.

Between the thunder and the moon

I grew up too soon.

Yes I grew up too soon.

And I am no one’s child. I run eager, free, and wild

And I drift along like deadwood in a stream.

I was born to bleed, To always have this ache and need.

With nightmares in my sleep, I do not dream.

With nightmares in my sleep, I do not dream.

(Guitar solo)

Whispered: No one’s child.  I am no one’s child.  No one’s child. Etc.