I've been bald forever

by @cphaurckker

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There is no demo for this song.

Liner Notes

I spent Saturday evening hanging with a few friends, and it's possible we found ourselves "in our cups" so to speak. As is often the case, inebriated conversations go in odd directions, and the men among us found ourselves comparing....hairlines.

When I mentioned that "I've been bald forever," someone suggested that as a title of a song, so later this long weekend, I ran with it, digging in hard on the subject of baldness cures, both modern and historical, which was, honestly, kind of fun to research; as evidenced by this link: https://www.history.com/news/9-bizarre-baldness-cures

Lyrics

my widow's peak was deepening by the time I reached age ten by twelve, receiving direct mail from the Hair Club for Men

I've tried every single remedy I saw on the tee-vee toupees and fancy hairpieces? they just all looked silly

Xervac dusty in the closet behind that case of GLH minoxidil just made me ill did nothing for my pate

comb-overs are ridiculous the tonics way too greasy transplants are too expensive the Thermocap made me uneasy

I probably ought to just embrace it Vin and the Rock, they make it work own the jokes 'bout "solar sex panels" those critics? They're all jerks I've been bald forever, wouldn't change it if I could call it evidence of my virile manhood!

been a challenge throughout history with men always seeking out solutions Egyptians pastes made from porcupine quills and crocodile fat infusions

Caesar's girlfriend Cleopatra suggested bear grease and ground up teeth When that didn't work, he settled on a gaudy laurel wreath

Hippocrates used opium, horseradish and diluted pigeon shit even considered self-castration as Eunuchs never dealt with it

Founding Fathers with their powdered wigs The English rubbed cold lemon tea it's all sort of ridiculous and honestly, not at all for me

I probably ought to just embrace it Vin and the Rock, they make it work own the jokes 'bout "solar sex panels" those critics? They're all jerks I've been bald forever, wouldn't change it if I could call it evidence of my virile manhood!

Comments

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@janeg

FAWM is such a wonderful opporipunity to research weird stuff and share it! Yul Brynner made baldness sexy for me, way back in The King and I.

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I love it.

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"No comment." - my virile manhood. ;)

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From Shakespeare: '....what he hath scanted men in hair, he hath given them in wit." Congrats on a witty review of baldness. Speaking as one of the affected, the "embrace it" outlook is the way to go, imho.

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Holy shit, this is amazing. You should embrace it! I would love to hear a demo with this. This may be the song to end all songs in reverence to our bald kings out there! Thanks for the cheerful and historical prose, I was very impressed with how you wrote everything...I learned a lot! What a great song!

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