The Ribbon Box
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Write twee pop/C86 jangle lyrics for a soft, slightly nasal male vocalist with gentle whispered harmonies. Theme follows a shy bookstore clerk’s quiet yearning for a regular who leaves pressed four-leaf clovers in used poetry collections, all told in diaristic, conversational tone. Music parameters: 102 BPM, G major, core instrumentation jangly 12-string Rickenbacker, bouncy walking melodic bass, slightly off-beat shambolic drum kit, warm 70s combo organ, glockenspiel accents, light melodica flourishes. Emotional tone is giddy, tender, earnest with that charmingly wobbly homemade basement recording warmth.
歌词
[Intro] [Verse] You came in exactly at three With mud on your yellow shoe I pretended I could not see How much I wanted you [Pre-Chorus] You left a green leaf in the spine A clover so fine I tucked it inside of my coat And wrote a note [Chorus] I am just a shy bookstore boy Sweeping the floor You bring me a sudden joy Right by the door [Post-Chorus] Will you come back here today? Or stay away? What can I say? To find a way? [Verse] You love the old paperback books Faded and blue I steal all these nervous looks Dreaming of you [Chorus] I am just a shy bookstore boy Sweeping the floor You bring me a sudden joy Right by the door [Bridge] I found a green clover in Yeats Deciding our fates My hands start to shake and to shake A mess we make [Verse] The organ is playing so low Rain falls outside I wish you would never go Nowhere to hide [Chorus] I am just a shy bookstore boy Sweeping the floor You bring me a sudden joy Right by the door [Post-Chorus] Will you come back here today? Or stay away? What can I say? To find a way? [Outro]
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