Track by Track: Werewolf on my Nightstand

WEREWOLF ON MY NIGHTSTAND
© 2009 Words & Music by Chuck Lee Bramlet

There’s a Werewolf on my night stand

He watches over me

I bought him for a dollar

The dread I got for free

I painted him with testors

I glued him with dupree

There’s a werewolf on my nightstand

So don’t you mess with me

So don’t you mess with me

There’s a bully in the schoolyard

Or maybe two or three

If I made myself invisible

Then they wont notice me

But they find me on the playground

They find me in the hall

But there’s a werewolf on my night stand now

So you can’t have my ball

Can’t fuckin’ have my ball

Mama nothings wrong

Don’t worry about your son

I don’t fear no wolf

Because I’m one

I dreamed that you were running

Tried to call your name

Kathleen in the schoolyard

Eyes of flashing flame

I thought you’d recognize me

thought you’d see my face

But you just see the werewolf

Standing in my place

Standing in my place

Song Circle assignment time. Someone suggests we draw names out of a hat. Whoever you draw gets to assign you a “custom” task. I draw Leslie King. She licks her chops (wolflike) and says “Chucky, you have to write a HAPPY song. About your childhood.”

Some might observe that I didn’t exactly fulfill the assignment. I can’t really argue that point. The song isn’t exactly happy, but the feelings are honest.

I had the werewolf (see picture). My parents thought there was something wrong with me. Oh wells.

Next post: Recording Werewolf.