If I Fall I Will Bounce

If I Fall I Will Bounce - early 4-track

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If I Fall I Will Bounce - 90s pno/vox

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If I Fall I Will Bounce - Origin

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If I Fall

I

Will

Bounce

If I Fall I Will Bounce

If I fall I will bounce

Once or twice

Just enough to set me on my feet

If I fall I’ll be OK

I’ll bounce away

At ease

High on a wall

Just before his tragic fall

Yes

The great egghead Humpty was heard

Talking to himself

And those words

Which proved to be his last

His poignant epitaph

Were carved in stone

To caution the young and restless

“If I Fall I Will Bounce”

He said that once or twice

“And once I bounce

I will surely be OK

I’ll bounce away”

Said the King “It’s hard to believe

The silly egg was so naive

Still - all of you horses and men

Had better find some glue”

And though his men and horses brought to bear

Their most intensive care

It was too late

“If I fall I will bounce”

He said that once or twice

“Once I bounce

I will surely be OK

I will bounce away

There will be no bad news”

If I Fall I Will Bounce

is a great example of a song that really should find its way into the world someday, but hasn't done so yet.

I don't have a good recording of this geat song I wrote.

I first found the Title and a bass groove in 1988 when I was staying with Oz in an old farmhouse somewhere near Milan Michigan. I knew I had a live one - the title

"If I Fall I Will Bounce"

was obviously great, and a great title is ALWAYS connected to a great tune.

But writing it took a while. I moved out East, worked on the song in Wilmington DE in 1989, worked on it some more and nearly finished it in New Haven CT in the early 90s, worked on it some more and pretty much finished a lyric in Birmingham AL sometime in the late 90s - and then I was swamped with family responsibilities and other big music projects - FABLES and 7.4.

If I Fall I Will Bounce

If I Fall

I

Will

Bounce

If I Fall I Will Bounce

is a great example of a song that really should find its way into the world someday, but hasn't done so yet.

I don't have a good recording of this geat song I wrote.

I first found the Title and a bass groove in 1988 when I was staying with Oz in an old farmhouse somewhere near Milan Michigan. I knew I had a live one - the title

"If I Fall I Will Bounce"

was obviously great, and a great title is ALWAYS connected to a great tune.

Here it sits, unrecorded. I've only played it live a couple of times.

I bet I could do a great arrangement and recording if I ever get to try one.

If I Fall I Will Bounce

If I Fall

I

Will

Bounce

If I Fall I Will Bounce

is a great example of a song that really should find its way into the world someday, but hasn't done so yet.

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I don't have a good recording of this geat song I wrote.

​

I first found the Title and a bass groove in 1988 when I was staying with Oz in an old farmhouse somewhere near Milan Michigan. I knew I had a live one - the title

"If I Fall I Will Bounce"

was obviously great, and a great title is ALWAYS connected to a great tune.

​

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Here it sits, unrecorded. I've only played it live a couple of times.

​

I bet I could do a great arrangement and recording if I ever get to try one.