Bone Orchard - I'm Not Talking (Yardbirds/Mose Allison cover) - 2022

Song I started doing at the end of my time with the Tonebenders. Always intended to put it in the set with Bone Orchard, but never had a bass player that could handle this one. However, given the verbally repressive times we live in currently, this seemed the appropriate time to resurrect it. So here it is, lyrics included. P.S. It will also appear on the upcoming album, “Clinical Mayo”, due out late spring/summer 2023.

Words and music - Mose Allison
Arrangement - The Yardbirds
All instruments and vocal courtesy of M. Corcoran (the “last man standing”)

Lyrics:

I'm not talkin'
Don't ask me what I have to say
If I said things is splendid
Someone would be offended
If I said things were awful
It might just be unlawful
I'm not talkin' it just don't pay

I'm not talkin'
Don't ask me what it's all about
I used to think I knew it
But man I just out grew it
The things that really matter
Don't mix with idle chatter
And that's one thing I can do without

I'm not talkin'
Don't ask me what I'm gonna do
The things I say at midnight
I might not say in daylight
I've reached the fine conclusion
It only breeds confusion
So don't call me daddy I'll call you

I'm not talkin'
Don't ask me what I'm gonna do
The things I say at midnight
I might not say in daylight
I've reached the fine conclusion
It only breeds confusion
So don't call me daddy I'll call you