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I Was Thinking

by Patrick Ames

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Climate crisis is here: I Was Thinking.

Produced by Jon Ireson.

Songwriter Patrick Ames releases two new powerful singles: “Young and Amorous" and “Was Thinking”. They are as opposite as the two edges of a radio dial. Young and Amorous has a dance-floor pulsing beat, soaring vocals, and a universal set of lyrics about growing older. On the other hand, I Was Thinking is an acoustic talk-along on climate change in the likes of Leonard Cohen and Mose Allison. The two singles couldn't be more different except as classic examples of the ever-determined songwriter, 69 year old Patrick Ames, who revels in exposing hidden places and the compromised pieces of life.

I Was Thinking is more than a soft acoustic counter-weight to Young and Amorous. It's the lyrics: serious, contemporary, more poetic at times than singable. The song chastises the slowness of society to admit climage change and climate pollution. And it reiterates the feeling that no one is in control, or succeeding in leading the world to confront our very deadly future. Listen as Ames climbs in and out of his baritone and tenor for emphasis and irony and Jon Ireson’s accompaniment on bass.

Take your pick. Ames has written and released two more jewels of juxtaposition.

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I Was Thinking
by Patrick Ames, ©2023. All rights reserved.

1.
I was thinking
While out walking
What we’ve done to this earth is a whole lotta wrong

Forest depletion
Animal desecration
No wonder oceans are burning down

Every inch upon this earth
Has been crying out the alarm
We've never ever tried hard enough
To stop us from causing harm

woah, is anybody thinking about this other than me

2.
That got me thinking
And self-reflecting
Over consumption is a mighty wrong

Every inch upon this earth
has been crying out the alarm
We've never ever tried hard enough
To stop us from causing harm


Is anyone thinking about this
Is anyone thinking how we can slow down

3.
Hey, is anyone thinking
about all the un-thinking
that maybe our thinking is all wrong

If we're not the answer
We can't ignore the question
Who is us and why are we still around?

Every inch upon this earth
has been crying out the alarm
We've never ever tried hard enough
To stop us from causing harm

Oh I was thinking about this earth
Oh about this earth
Oh I was thinking
Oh I was thinking
Oh I was thinking
All night long
I was thinking
I was thinking
I was thinking
All night long

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released October 4, 2023
Patrick Ames: vocals, guitar
Jon Ireson: bass, percusssion

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Songwriter Patrick Ames continues to evolve his potent lyric signatures with new singles for 2023.

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