FAWM: "Too Small For Me"

Too Small For Me

2025 by @aldengriffith

Liner Notes

#honkytonk #country #birds #fullproduction #drums

The last in my bird honky-tonk trilogy. This one is about a loon that has landed on too small of a lake. Fun fact: you don’t usually find loons on small lakes or ponds because they don’t have a long enough runway to take off again. And they’re pretty terrible at walking, so landing on a small lake is kind of a big problem...

Had fun going deeper down the production rabbit hole on this. Just starting to really comprehend the amazing skill that good audio engineers have! (Gotta calm that snare down but going to stop for now before it never ends.)

Lyrics

Well I just came in last night On a long distance flight It was too damn dark to know where I was bound

Now I take a look around And I don’t like what I see Cause it looks like this old town’s too small for me

It’s not for a lack of places To throw down some jacks and aces Got a greasy spoon and a real nice fishing spot

All I need is all I got But now I’m feeling low Cause a place like this won’t ever let me go

Chorus: Gotta leave this town Before I run aground Gonna pack my bags and start to pick up speed But every time I try There’s a tear in my eye Cause you know that this old town’s too small for me

Well I’d run across the water Just to get a little farther Away from this slice of paradise

But I’m bound to pay the price And it all seems so unfair That I just can’t seem to get back in the air

[Chorus]

Comments

@daringcoyotes 2025

really like this rhyming pattern on the verses, creates a cool tension between couplets. that two chord (I think?) on the chorus works fantastic too. The contrast between the images that paradise and pay the price lines conjure are great, I dig this song. my kind of country music for sure.

@bethdesombre 2025

Love this trilogy and the fact that it works without knowing that it's about birds (but is even better when you do know). The opening stanza setting the scene is excellent (one suggestion: "I don't like what I found" instead of "what I see"?), and the chorus is catchy.