It’s Good (I Know)

I am now going to sell five copies of ‘The Three EPs’ by The Beta Band.

Do it.

Heads begin to bob to the sparse, laconic groove. Knowing glances are exchanged. A wink and a grin. A hipster asks, What is this?

‘The Three EPs’ by The Beta Band.

It’s good.

I know.

Then the lyrics: Take me in and dry the rain.

It’s a slow build, this one.

Like waking up in the morning weak from the day before. From a lifetime before. You see the sun, the sky, the world scurrying by — life going on around you — and you grow stronger and stronger, moment by moment, over the course of the morning.

It builds.

First the bass: a completely new counter-melody. It bounces and rolls along. You walk differently. You smile at a stranger.

If there’s something inside that you want me to say, you can say it allright: it’ll be ok. I will be allright. I will be allright. I will be allright. I will be allright. Yeah, I will be allright.

And then the horns: sustained, simple. A thickener, really. Icing.

Now, you’re rockin’.

If there’s something inside that you want me to say, you can say it allright: it’ll be ok. I will be allright. I will be allright. I will be allright. I will be allright. Yeah, I will be allright.

And you’re sold.

I’ll be all right.