The TPF Life Story Songscapade

GoM · Feb 16, 2007

A long, long time ago,
I can still remember
How those pictures made me sad.
I knew that if I had a chance,
That I could make that silver dance.
Maybe I'd be happy for awhile.

But every time I hit the shutter
I knew I'd have to shoot another.
Nothing ever made it.
I couldn't make that next step.

So I went onto the internet,
And found this place with all my friends,
It's a place we're all a member at.
The day my photos died.

So bye bye new photographer guy,
Showed my Canon to the man and
He said "Well, you did try.
But Nikon's the best for doing
Anything right.
And this'll be the day that you fly.
This'll be the day that you fly."

Did you write the rule of thirds?
Do you always shoot the bees and birds
And nature everywhere?
Do you take it to the street?
Do you show them dancing on their feet?
And with your telephoto, get the stares?

Well I know that you're not bad with that,
I really wish you could show me how to do that.
All the things you already know.
Tell me if you didn't already show.

I'm a lonely 'twentied' photo buck,
With maybe an eye, maybe a little luck.
I need you to show me what's enough
To make my photos right.
So I can show em..

Bye bye new photographer guy,
Showed my Canon to the man and
He said "well you can try
To get on a knee and try it any other way,
Maybe then you'll get it right.
Maybe then you'll get it right."

I went into town on a shooting spree,
But not the kind you see in Tennessee.
Nobody was hurt in the making of this scene.
I took the tips that I learned online,
Through the help of the people reading this very line.
I know that I could do it if I tried.

I know you helped me from afar,
I couldn't thank you enough for getting me this far.
How could I ever repay all you?
"A simple lensbaby will do" OOOOOOOOOOOOO

And while Corry read on a book on scenes
And Sky was Lucy'd (LSD?)
We all took photos of the big-ass bean
The day the forum sighed.
We were shootin...

Bye bye new photographer guy,
Showed my Canon to the man and
He said "well you can try
A little of this, maybe a little of that
Maybe then you'll get it on time.
Maybe then you'll get it on time."

I know this song's getting kind of long,
I haven't even started telling stories gone.
I know that I've got you in a trance.
While this may be all over the place.
Take a look in the mirror, at your 'artsy face'
Your fartsy self-portrait's your 'tour de grace'.
The day the forum cried.
We were shootin....