I Don’t Need You to Know
For your listening pleasure, here’s a song that I wrote and recorded in my dorm room with friends Jon Wash and Annie Fassler.
The song was originally performed and recorded by my band Busted Peach.
Here’s a list of the instruments you will hear in the track:
- Acoustic Guitar: Jonah
- Lead Vox: Jonah
- Backing Vox: Jon Wash, Annie Fassler
- Vocal Bass and Beat Boxing: Jonah
- 6 OZ box of Annie’s Macaroni & Cheese: Jonah
Click the play button to play, or you can download the song.
Here are the lyrics:
I Don’t Need You To Know
Jonah Geil-Neufeld
I was taken in
on account that I don’t want to go to war
And I was trying to tell you
that my beliefs are what I do
and there ain’t nothing that’s worth killing for
I know we disagree
but we act like everything’s fine
But now I’m really glad
to tell you that I’m really mad
I’m done pretending like these problems are mine
CHORUS:
I don’t need you to,
I don’t need you to know
This ain’t no give and take
this ain’t no quid pro quo
I was thrown in jail
on account that I know who I am
But these words that I am writing
are not getting up and fighting
they’re just making a quiet stand
I know I’ve done some things
I might not have in retrospect
But when I look back and I see them
I would only want to keep them
Because I haven’t finished living yet
CHORUS:
I don’t need you to,
I don’t need you to know
This ain’t no mistake
this ain’t no leaving home
I was shipped off
to spend days cutting big old trees
And all the time I was complying
while the government was lying
That’s the moment I was finally freed
I know that I can’t speak
for all of us or any other living soul
But there are things I will discuss
and there are things that I will trust
and there are things that I don’t need you to know
CHORUS:
I don’t need you to,
I don’t need you to know
‘Cause I can make it,
I can make it on my own
It’s such a good feeling.
Posted in Music, Uncategorized
September 18th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Jonah,
That sounds great!! The headphones were a good call. Congrats on the Busted Peach Album as well. It’s great. Come by and visit when you are home.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I do like it.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Jonah, I love it!
September 18th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Great song, and fabulous backups by the one and only Annie Fassler (my neice, I am proud to say)!
September 18th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
I know that being one of the original writers of the song makes me biased, but I like the original tempo better. I like this one a lot to… basically they’re almost two completely different songs.
PS. miss you
-N
September 18th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
beautiful Jonah — nice South African feel — I like the line about “a quiet stand.” Of course I believe in a noisy stand as well — but we need both.
Peace
September 18th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Awesome possum!
Nice big sound.
September 18th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Jonah, this is great!
September 18th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Jonah!
Did you ever know that you’re my hero? This gave me an eargasm, thank you.
September 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
i love it! nice use of the mac & cheese.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Wow- a combination of folk like Bill Staines and a beat like Black Ladysmith Mumbaso with great lyrics. I didn’t hear the looping machine- is it in there?
September 19th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I LOVE THIS SONG JONAH! It’s my new feel good song! Plus i hear your back-up dancer is pretty good! haha
September 25th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I’m playing it hear, loud in the library at Waters with big earth graders roaring outside, grabbibg everyone who passes by to come and listen and read. I get all emotional. I just love it.I can’t get enough of songs that can be sung on the corner, in emergencies, and that still hang together so well.
The busted peach on-line CD is on constant replay at my house making dish washing a joy.
Bravo Jonah and friends
Pete