My Girl Said To Me

My Girl Said To Me was originally written and recorded with Joe Maki in the house on 7th Avenue in Salt Lake City which puts it around 1988 or so. It’s one of my absurd heartbreak songs, in the vein of On the Other Side of Pain. Similar word count too.

I have memories of recording this in basement of that house where my brother Wayne and I and a regular number of friends made a lot of music in the short time we were there. Joe had a work acquaintance with a drum set he coaxed into playing drums on the track. As I recall, he was just learning. He left the drums for a while and we had a few other people make a go at recording the drums, much to the chagrin of the neighbors.

So slow-forward to 2025 and I find the lyric sheet lying on the floor, probably pulled out of my box of lyrics while working on remakes. And one Sunday I tell Sunoai to cover this one, but since I don’t have a recording of this one stashed away in my archive, I mouth the chorus and first verse into my iphone and share that with her.

I suggest making an electronic glitch funk horn song. It’s a language she and I understand, at this point. To the right you’ll find 24 versions to match 24 images prompted out of Dalle.

[chorus]
My girl said to me
Walking out the door
She said, "There must be more
Than what you've given me."
My girl said to me
She was just tired of trying
That's when she started lying
My girl said to me
My girl said to me

She was tired of playing games
Oh, too many games
I feigned misunderstanding
But I understood the pain
That's when I got down on my knees
I wanted just to please
I asked her to forgive me
But she turned away from me

She was tired of giving in
To all my masquerades
And I was wating for a grin
While she rained on my parade
And I was wet down to the bone
I was cold I was alone
I told her I still loved her
Then she even packed the telephone

[solo break]

[chorus]

Now I guess she's far away
I don't know what to say
I've closed the door
And now I lie in this darkened room and play
I play with gasoline
Oh, gasoline is keen!
It can burn away this hurt inside
Burn it 'til I'm free!

[chorus]
My girl said to me
Walking out the door
She said, "There must be more
Than what you've given me."
My girl said to me
She was just tired of trying
That's when she started lying
My girl said to me
My girl said to me

NFT Collection

The My Girl Said To Me NFT Collection consists of 24 variations of the Baby Fred (Briyan Frederick and Joe Maki) track. Each image and song variation is 1:1 unique. The blockchain contract gives the owner nonfungible ownership of the associated image.