Songs for Saturday: Bigger On the Inside

[mdlbear]

There's a party today at Grand Central Starport, so the most obvious song to post for today is Bigger On The Inside, which I wrote 20 years ago (has it really been that long?) following a usenet post about a visit (waves at liralen) to our house.

No video (I suppose I ought to learn how to make those synchronized-image things), but you'll find the audio here.

Bigger On The Inside

© 1991 Stephen Savitzky. Some Rights Reserved.

Our house is bigger on the inside than it looks from on the street
There must be something odd about the way the corners meet.
We warn our friends about it, but they always seem surprised,
And I sometimes can't imagine how our stuff all fits inside.

    We have computers, toys, and magazines, and quiet cozy nooks;
    The bathroom's lined with cedar planks, and the living room with books.
    There's boxes full of God-knows-what in the attic up above,
    And we always keep good company and love.

There's a gallery of science-fiction pictures in the hall,
And something's taped or bolted on to each square foot of wall.
Our daughters' closets look just like a baby dragon's hoard;
It's true that we're disorganized, but at least we're seldom bored.

Colleen is halfway buried as she crochets up a quilt 
I'm getting in some songs before my voice begins to wilt.
Kids are shouting back in Emmy's room, the pizza's getting hot;
Folks come over every Wednesday whether we're at home or not.

There's a guest crashed on the futon couch who's too wiped out to leave,
And something in the fridge that's been there since last Christmas eve.
We're packed in five dimensions, and through the twilight zone,
It's all the friendly clutter here that makes it feel like home.

At the Younger Daughter's insistence, I have pluralized "daughters" in verse 2, and at the older's insistance changed the name in verse 3, both to reflect current reality.

Comments

[musicahumana.livejournal.com]

I love this. It's like a TARDIS for the non-Time Lord. :)

[mdlbear]

*grins*

We've been in the same house for 35 years. It's just a very slow TARDIS.

[hms42]

I remember that song... It was the title song on one of the first few tapes I purchased when I started spending lots of $$$ at the local convention. (Back when Wail Songs tapes were still fairly easy to locate for a reasonable price.)

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Your creative commons link states that this should be attributed to Jay Lake!

[mdlbear]

Um... WTF? What I see in the source code for this page is just what I put in:

   <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">
   <img alt="Creative Commons by-nc-sa License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/80x15.png" />
   Some Rights Reserved.</a>

... and that page is exactly what I see when I click on it. I wonder whether LJ is playing evil tricks.

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...it looks normal now.

Sometimes computers are mysterious.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I like this song a lot. I'm glad you posted it, because I hadn't heard it before.

[mdlbear]

:) I'm a little surprised you haven't heard it -- I need to bring it out of mothballs again. Especially since it's going to be on my next album, if I ever get going on that again.

[netolu.livejournal.com]

Wish I could make it up, but alas a concert this evening prevents me from getting away. Have a wonderful time, and I'll try to catch the next gathering.

[janeg.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard that song before, but it sounds just like what I've heard of your place (in a very good way). I hope someday I'll be in your area on a Wednesday to see it for real. Thanks for posting!

[mdlbear]

No matter when you're in the area, you'd be welcome as long as we're home. Just call a little in advance to maximize the probability of that.