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Witchie

by Jswetch

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First the disclaimers: this is not intended in any way to be offensive to practitioners of any New Age/Pagan faith who might think "This guy is painting us with a broad brush that's based on archaic stereotypes.", Sorry if that impression comes across to anyone. Secondly, this song was written and first recorded in the very early 1990's, when sensibilities about being PC or "woke" were a bit different.
This is basically a lighthearted take on something that really happened to me on a Long Island roadway about a mile from home one late afternoon. I fearfully observed another driver nearly clobber a few of us at an intersection. It just so happened that their car was absolutely covered with bumper stickers and decals telling the rest of us that they'd rejected many conventional belief systems and embraced what's mentioned above as their alternative.Beyond the stickers and decals, there were crystals hanging from mirrors along with a spirit catcher or 2.
We all very narrowly avoided an accident and I was soon home, shaken and stirred to commemorate the experience in a rather curious way. I'd recently gotten an old cassette port-a-studio, and set out to document the experience and soothe my shattered nerves through song. Witchie was born, and a very old version of this survives somewhere in my basement on a cassette tape. My wife and daughter actually helped out on the "Which witchie was it..." part on that version.
My wife is now part of an upcoming run of Macbeth at one of our local theaters. Of course, the famous "Weird Sisters" are part of that, and the director and cast are having a bit of fun with that aspect of the production. Therefore, my wife asked me about that old cassette of Witchie. Rather than finding that, and dusting off whatever might still exist on that tape, I set about to do a 2023 DAW version, and here it is!.
No help from others on this. It was all written, played, programmed, produced, engineered, and recorded by yours truly here at Swetchsongs studios in early October of 2023. Hope it'll be heard in the tongue in cheek fashion in which it was written and intended.
ASCAP (C) Swetchsongs 2023. Photo adapted by John Schwetje

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Witchie

I saw a witch in an old car, it was just the other day
The charms and stickers were so obvious, I had to look the other way.
But the way she drove that heap, made me shut my eyes in fright
You see that witches go through red lights

Stories often told me witches can sometimes misbehave
Might find them flying past the moon, or see them camping on a grave
Now this modern age has brought me a heightened sense of fear
At a red light, a witch might slam into my rear

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
Airbags burst, and radiators bubble
Eye of newt, and horny toad, better get that witchie off the road!

Which witchie was it, whose witchie did it;
Are they in a coven putting children in the oven?
Hold the herbs, pass the pentagrams, Witchie is a coming and into my car she slams!

Maybe I shouldn’t have told you about my run-in with the witch;
Might have my tires all fall off and have the car flip in a ditch.
I think it’s only fair to warn you about these dangers on the road,
If witchie hits you, I pray your car won’t explode
You see the modern age has brought us this heightened sense of fear
At a red light a witch might plow into our rear.

By John Schwetje; © Swetchsongs; ASCAP 2023

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released October 11, 2023

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Jswetch is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with many years of playing experience in varied settings. He's influenced by Kurt Rosenwinkel, Neil Finn, John McLaughlin, XTC, Oregon, Todd Rundgren, Keith Jarrett, Weather Report, The Beatles, Hendrix, Jack Bruce, 70's Prog, Pat Metheny, and Fairport Convention. A little of all this filters into his own unique songs, sound, and musical vision. ... more

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