A song I wrote April of 2020, in the early days of the covid-19 quarantine.

Be Safe by Willy Grigg 4/13/2020

It’s the same old world we used to know
Not so very long ago
The streets and buildings all look familiar, but
We don’t get out much, anymore
We try to stay at home and relate
Cause everybody wants to be safe

I’m feeling pretty good right now, but
Not everybody is
I wonder who’ll be missing from the roll call
When we get over this
We try to do our part and think straight
Cause everybody wants to be safe

Day after day, everything was all the same
You never really notice, ‘til everything’s been changed

I hope we can work together
And keep our motives pure and true
And all the things I’m doing for me
I also do for you
We’re trying not to congregate
Cause everybody wants to be safe

This time of year there are so many nestlings heading out into the world. I wish them luck and exciting times!

Walking Off The Edge of The World by Willy Grigg 3/5/16

I [G]know how you like to [Am]explore,
It’s [D]hard walking by open [G] doors
You want exotic places / you [Am]want exotic faces
[D]Ones you [C]haven’t seen be[D]fore

Now you’re [G] going where you want to [Am] go
You’re [D] learning what you want to [G] know
You’re growing in a hurry, but you [Am] really got me worried
I [G] wish you could [C] just take it [D] slow

You’re [G] walking off the edge of the [Am] world
[D] Walking off the edge of the [G] world
You felt like you were wasting time, so you [Am] left it all behind
You’re [D] walking off the edge of the [G] world

You spent a lot of time back there
You’re certain that you weren’t treated fair
You’re headed for a foreign land
A place that you don’t understand
Away from the people who care

You’re walking off the edge of the world
Walking off the edge of the world
It’s hard to read a stranger / hard to recognize the danger
You’re walking off the edge of the world

And it’s [C]so [G]ex[C]ci[G]ting /[C] watching the [G]sun come [Em]up
On landscapes / [D7]you’ve never seen
All your [C]nerves [G]ig[C]ni[G]ting /[C] watching the [G] world fly [Em] by
No time to [D7] see what it means

This song is about being competitive, ambitious, cutthroat.

You Want to Win by Willy Grigg – early May, 2016

Don’t throw no stones, brother
You’ve got your problems, too
You’re not so highly evolved
There’s a little violence in all you do

You want to fight, you want to brawl
You want to see the others crawl
But most of all – You Want to Win

You break the rules, you don’t play fair
Leavin’ lots of broken pieces everywhere
But you don’t care, You Want to Win

I know you think you’re great
And you were meant to rule
You know just who to hate
You’ve been to Hatred School

You want to live a life of ease
You’ll take it all, you won’t say please
Let the beggars freeze
You Want to Win

Here’s a song a friend requested. It’s one of my big hits from 20 or so years ago – The Dog Song. Words, music, recording by Willy Grigg.