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Grant Mbeki

THE TUESDAY BOY

Plays a horn that belonged to a man he never met and feels responsible for it

style

  • afro jazz
  • cape jazz
  • saxophone lead
  • upright bass
  • male baritone
  • smooth and conversational
  • live band
  • sophisticated groove
  • south african accent
  • smooth

the numbers

bpm
96
key
D major
energy
0.72
dance
0.93
valence
0.48
vocal at
5.2s
length
3:37
language
En

lyrics

(Tuesday)

He cracks the third note every single time he plays
He has the worst embouchure I have ever had to fix
He turns up twenty minutes early every Tuesday
And he laughs when it goes wrong, which is the whole thing

The Tuesday boy (Tuesday boy)
Fourteen years old, Tuesday boy
Terrible, Tuesday boy
Tuesday boy

The Tuesday boy, Tuesday boy, the Tuesday boy
Grace said give it to somebody who will play it badly
The Tuesday boy, Tuesday boy, the Tuesday boy
And I have been holding it for twenty years

(solo sax, 8 bars)
I gave it to him in September. Didn't make a speech.
Said "it's yours, don't be careful with it."
He said "is this a loan." I said "no." He cried in a music room.
(band returns, gently)

The Tuesday boy, Tuesday boy, the Tuesday boy
Grace said give it to somebody who will play it badly
The Tuesday boy, Tuesday boy, the Tuesday boy
And I have been holding it for twenty years

(don't be careful...)
THE TUESDAY BOY — Grant Mbeki · FERAL