Little Bird (2010) – Kasey Chambers

But I don’t want you that bad
No I don’t want you that bad

at 00:47 in music video of Litle Bird

When Kasey sings these lines above, my heart melts. This is why I listen to and write about music. I don’t even have to ‘try’ to write or create when magic like this occurs.
…You wait for it come to you and when it gets close enough like when Kasey sings ‘I don’t want you that bad‘ – you reach for it and make a pet out of it. (ala Charles Bukowski’s epitaph – ‘Don’t Try‘)

Kasey’s music has been cranking out here like a sausage machine. Her previous entry Nullarbor Song where I relayed my brother’s arduous journey crossing Australia’s Nullarbor plain, struck a chord with my small, but loyal following. Let us carry on then with another great song from my favourite Australian cowgirl.

A little bird told me late last night that if I hold my breath and do everything right
You might come back
If I color my hair and I wear it down and I make you laugh like a circus clown
You might come back
And a little bird said with the wink of an eye if I beg real hard and I do not cry
You might come back
If I keep my opinion under my breath and I only bring it out when the master says
You might come back
But I don’t want you that bad
No I don’t want you that bad

The following is from the Wikipedia reference below:

Little Bird is the title track from Kasey’s seventh studio album released on 17 September 2010. The first single was today’s song Little Bird. The album peaked at number three on the Australian ARIA Charts, becoming Chambers’ first album to miss the number one spot since her debut album, The Captain, which peaked at number eleven in 1999.

Music critic Alexey Eremenko, in his Allmusic wrote “Little Bird is more old school, as it peppers the pop hits with honest to God country numbers, complete with banjo and fiddle… With Chambers, the music and the words sometimes tether on the brink of cliché, not archetype. But for the most part, she is still able to deliver her tunes with honesty that makes you think about feelings she’s conveying, not her recording budgets, as is the case with many over-processed country stars out there.“

When I was reflecting on Kasey’s fantastic lyrics in Little Bird I couldn’t help but think of a line I wrote in a couple of posts:

I won’t forget when people walk away they do so forever

I Won’t Forget

Kasey’s trying to save face (but I don’t want you that bad) in the wake of a broken relationship where she would like to make amends and seek atonement. When I met Tatiana; a special person in my life a few years ago; I happened to be at a low point, and she could sense it. I don’t blame her for getting the hell out. But like Kasey in ‘Little Bird‘ I have changed so much since then that I regret not having met her in the place I now find myself. The timing sux frankly:

But a little bird told me as plain as day if I changed my name and I change my way
You might come back
If I sell my soul for the greater cause
If I burn my records and I listen to yours
You might come back

References:
1. Little Bird (Kasey Chambers album) – Wikipedia

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