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Della Rae Hutchins

THE SHED HE NEVER BUILT

Keeps a notebook of things people said to her and dates them like evidence

style

  • country pop
  • narrative songwriting
  • acoustic guitar
  • subtle banjo
  • warm female vocal
  • clear and storytelling
  • big polished chorus
  • bridge key change
  • radio production
  • southern american drawl

the numbers

bpm
99
key
F major
energy
0.67
dance
0.95
valence
0.48
vocal at
3.4s
length
3:06
language
En

lyrics

(the shed)

Nine years of plans and costings on the kitchen table
Wood stacked in the side return under a blue tarp
And when we cleared the house in April it was still there
Dry as a bone. Perfect. Every board.

The shed he never built (never built)
Nine years of it, never built
Happiest man I knew, never built
Never built

The shed he never built, never built, never built
I used to think it was a failure and it wasn't
The shed he never built, never built, never built
It was the thing he got to want on Sunday mornings

(key change up)
My brother built it. In two weekends. After the funeral.
Used the wood. Did a lovely job. It is a very good shed.
And it has never once been used for anything at all.

The shed he never built, never built, never built
I used to think it was a failure and it wasn't
The shed he never built, never built, never built
It was the thing he got to want on Sunday mornings

(the shed...)
THE SHED HE NEVER BUILT — Della Rae Hutchins · FERAL