DON'T BE CAREFUL WITH IT
Plays a horn that belonged to a man he never met and feels responsible for it
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 123
- key
- G minor
- energy
- 0.75
- dance
- 0.95
- valence
- 0.42
- vocal at
- 7.6s
- length
- 4:13
- words
- 186
- clichés
- 0
- language
- En
most sung: “careful” ×24 · “don't” ×14 · “being” ×4
lyrics
(don't be careful) Four words I did not invent and did not improve on Passed down a line of people who were given something once Grace to a teacher, a teacher to a boy of twelve And a boy of twelve to a boy of fourteen in September Don't be careful with it (don't be careful) That is the instruction, don't be careful The whole thing, don't be careful Don't be careful Don't be careful, careful, don't be careful, careful Anything you are careful with stops being an instrument Don't be careful, careful, don't be careful, careful And starts being a shape in a case that nobody plays (solo sax, 8 bars) He dented it in November. Against a music stand. Badly. He came to me white in the face, holding it, apologising. And I said good. And he did not understand. And he will. (band returns, gently) Don't be careful, careful, don't be careful, careful Anything you are careful with stops being an instrument Don't be careful, careful, don't be careful, careful And starts being a shape in a case that nobody plays (and he will...)