I Wonder If There's Something Wrong With Me

I Wonder If There's Something Wrong With Me

 I woke up feelin' off this morning, yes, indeed, and I wondered if there was something wrong with me. Then I remembered this song from yesteryear I did a long time ago. It's a wee little ditty about wondering if there's something wrong with me - I think it was 2002 that I did it. This is sorta an updated version; I don't really remember what the original one sounded like, though, so maybe it's a whole new song.

Two Ghost Houses

Two Ghost Houses

 This song is a true story: I used to live in Altadena, and ever since the fire, I was wondering how my old house and how my landlords' house fared (they're right next door to each other). A friend and I drove there a few weeks ago, and my old house and my landlords' house are still standing! The house next door to my landlords' house was also standing. But the whole rest of the block, and most of the rest of the street, were burnt down - just total devastation. These 2 houses, which used to be such happy places, looked sad. They looked ghostly. They looked like houses that didn't know what to do with themselves, being on a block of houses that had been destroyed. They looked desolate and uncanny. That's what this song is about.

The lyrics are:

(There were) two ghost houses in a ghostly part of town, standing next door to a house that hadn't burned down
Once, I lived in Altadena

It's a town that's been a pal to me, the

Years I lived there, oh eight and oh nine

I can say were so great and so fine

I lived in a little guest house

Next to my landlords; it was the best - how

Sweet a deal it was to move to that

Neat, appealing place with my 2 cats

(There were) two ghost houses in a ghostly part of town, standing next door to a house that hadn't burned down

In January, I was aware the

Weather might get mighty bad and hairy

A windstorm formed that was like Hell's fury

It was not normal, and I got worried

My friend texted me - I was learning

From him that Altadena was burning

In the aftermath, I wondered had my

Old house and landlords' house survived that bad night?

I have memories of those 2 houses; bring back those memories of those houses

Two ghost houses in a ghostly part of town, standing next door to a house that hasn't burned down

My friend who texted me and I took a drive

To see if that old house of mine had survived

It was standing and the landlords' was, too

Was it a grand thing? Damn, I am feeling blue

Them and the next door one were the only

Ones that had not burned down - they looked lonely

They looked mostly ghostly and uncanny

Surrounded by ruins as far as my eyes can see

(There were) two ghost houses in a ghostly part of town, standing next door to a house that hadn't burned down

Hell: Part 1

Here it is for your viewing pleasure!