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A too clever by half filk song cramming in as many pop references as I could. I wish I could play the blues better.

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Origin Story
Sean McGaughey (c) Feb 7, 2019 FAWM #5
1-4-5 swing-blues -ish

I've never been bitten by a radioactive spider
If I did I'd probably get very sick and die
I'm pretty sure my mother never found me in a crater
Because I can't see through walls and I don't know how to fly

I'm a little claustrophobic and I'm not fond of the dark
I've not been struck by lightning or spied a magical light
I never went exploring to find ancient ring or ark
I have nothing to avenge, my folks are still alive.

I used to dream of racing into danger to save the day
Stopping disasters and meeting a nice girl along the way
I don't have super strength, I can't read minds or fly
But still I dream of tights and capes and taking to the sky

I never got an invitation delivered by an owl
I never took a ride with a doctor in a phone booth
I'm too chicken to hitchhike and I've mislaid my towel
My only secret weapons are three chords and the truth.

I don't have superpowers but that's alright by me
Stan Lee taught us how to write our own origin stories

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from Treehouse (2019 Yearbook), released December 29, 2019
Music and Lyrics: © Sean McGaughey

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Sean McGaughey Ontario

I am a folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and children's entertainer in Simcoe County Ontario. By day, I am a mild-mannered Elementary School teacher-librarian.

Since 2013, I have been participating the the February Album Writing Month Challenge at fawm.org to write 14 songs in February.

This year I challenged myself to up my musicianship and production values. This is the result.
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