Track 9 from Curse of Mercury [Play Aggravations]
One of my all-time favorite songs is Nat King Cole’s “Nature Boy”. I spent some time in voice class working on it and one of the side effects was my desire to create a tune in a similar spirit. This is a big departure from my usual mode of writing, but it’s good to reach. I had to enlist “Doc” on this one for the chord changes. I sang the melody to him and he worked it up on guitar, now if I can just get Tony Bennet to cover it.
Aggravations 3:12
All the conversation, all the hesitation
All the aggravations of love
Always close but not quite
Often good but not right
Oh the permutations of love
You keep yourself together
Enough to hold each other
Clinging tight then letting go
All at once
Agreed upon conclusions
Only lead to more confusion
What we resolve is still a mystery
What was clear is getting misty
But when the tears and laughter blend
It all starts up again
All the conversations, all the hesitation
All the aggravations of love
When boys and girls get busy
It’ll make your head go dizzy
From all the variations of love
You keep yourself together
Enough to hold each other
Clinging tight then letting go
All at once
Agreed upon conclusions
Only lead to more confusion
What we resolve is still a mystery
What was clear is getting misty
But when the tears and laughter blend
It all starts up again
All the conversation, all the hesitation
All the aggravations of love
All the invitations, all the complications
All the variation, all the aggravations
Of Love
Lyrics/Music © 2009 Perry Emge
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pen drawing In The Stars Perry Emge ©2002