Parking Witch
by @ohljazz
Liner Notes
We always jokingly call on the "parking witch" to help us find a spot on a crowded street. Of course it's all in fun, but after we found a particularly good space yesterday I wonder... As we walked to lunch I thought the parking witch deserved a song of their own. #guywithpiano #parking #spooky
Lyrics
I never believed in the magical Preferred to be grounded in the real Trusting in what I see around me Solid like the road beneath my wheels But on a crowded street or shopping center lot I'll make a supernatural pitch A plea for assistance to powers unknown I call upon the parking witch
I don't think they look like the storybooks I don't think they're riding on a broom Maybe they're standing on a Segway Gliding like a spirit through the gloom They don't need pointed hats or cauldrons filled with newts That's all a bunch of Hollywood kitsch I know when I need it a space appears A blessing from the parking witch
I haven't abandoned the logical The science, the evidence and facts But finding that spot beside the doorway Surely seems like some mysterious act I know there's no-one there It's all a little joke But now and then I sense a small glitch A warp in the landscape that stops me cold A message from the parking witch
Copyright © 2025 Oren Levine | Buffalo Bridge Music ASCAP
Comments
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You bring the idea of Household Gods up to date. It’s such a personal supernatural superhero. I like the idea of not believing in the that sort of thing, well except for this one thing. Like a whole meditation on the exceptions we make to our general rules and intolerances. My own example is praying to Saint Anthony when anyone can’t find anything.
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I love your turn of phrase the way the lyric winds around searching and the finally settles with the rhymed couplet. Perfect for this song, it’s genius!
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the sound you are getting from the electric piano is perfect for this story. after circling a block for a dozen times, wishing for a spot to open up, on those rare times one one actually does, you may well believe in a parking witch. some fine writing here and i like your vocal delivery as well.
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Hahaha! The Parking Witch! I love it! What an interesting concept for a song! Totally original for sure! Nice job and many blessings from the parking witch!
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Very cute!! Nice witch-rhymes (pitch, kitsch, glitch). May the parking witch bless us all!
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I love this, so whimsical and clever! I am going to be calling on her for sure!