“Out of the Cold”
Tune/Composer: “Out of the Cold” by Brian Chartrand, copyright 2011, Flying Lessons Music ASCAP
Type: Home studio DEMO
Band/Instrumentation: Guitars and vocals by Brian Chartrand
Image: This is what you get when you type “rain woman door” into a Google image search…Rocky Horror Picture Show anyone?
I started humming this melody yesterday afternoon and quickly sat down with a guitar and started building chords around it. This is the second “blues” song I’ve ever written; the first being “How Thin These Walls” on my last solo album “Out of the Ether.” As with many songs, I started singing imaginary words to the melody until I settled on actual English words and started composing around that. The first line came first “Get out of the rain, child.” I had this image of a rain-soaked girl standing at the door of a man’s house. Its a bit of a role reversal where the woman has been out late and the man is home waiting for her return. Now that I describe it, maybe this is similar imagery to what Sting was thinking when he dropped “Don’t Stand So Close To Me.” In any case, the rest of the lyrics came quickly. Because there was such a distinctive and repetitive melody, I thought the lyrics should do the same, hence the repeating of the first line in every verse. If I was an accomplished slide guitar player, the solo would have been a slide solo. The vocals harmonies were an afterthought. Still not sure the tune benefits greatly from them, so I buried them in the mix and added a healthy dose of reverb to make them more a vocal pad then actual vocal part. Enjoy.
Lyrics:
Get out of the rain child
Get out of the rain child
Get out of the rain child
Let my lovin’ keep you warm
Cuz I got some space in my loving arms
Get out of the night time
Get out of the night time
Lord I know its the right time
Baby, wont you come home?
Cuz I got some friends downtown, and they know where you roam
Get out of the cold, child
Get out of the cold, child
Get out of the cold
And let my lovin’ keep you warm
Cuz I got some space in my heart, and I want you to make a home
