The seed for this song arrived during a scavenger hunt I did around Toronto with a friend last Saturday afternoon.  One of the items on our list was to find a toy that was not made in China.  We both thought it would be really simple, but to our surprise it was only in the fifth store that we actually found something (Lego). One of the links in my email that evening was an article where a factory worker in China was marveling at all the crap that is produced to go overseas, and then goes onto say that the only thing more depressing than assembling said crap is dismantling it when it comes back to China in garbage form.  That thought really caught my attention and I wanted to put it into song form.

I was surprised because the song wanted to be much more positive than I thought it would be, and that concept was cut out completely.  (As an aside, there’s a quote on a songwriting site somewhere that says that songwriting is about discovering –  if you already know what you’re doing to write about then write an essay.  That’s definitely applicable this week).   There were many complex ideas involved at various times, but in the end I’m glad that it was significantly parred down.  It was a big fight lyrically so due to lack of time the recording (which I just finished) is quite rough.  But time (and sleep) wait for no man.  Happy Salad Day to all, and to all a good night!

Thanks go to my mom for helping me tweak the lyrics. 

Song #2 is called Blue, Rose and Gray. 

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