She's Tall

from Songs in the Key of F! by Erich with an H

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I didn’t write this song for an F This Movie Fest, but I did write it immediately *after* an F This Movie Fest. I was sitting in JB and Jan’s kitchen at the end of a long day of movie watching and tweeting. Too wired to sleep, we chatted to wind down the day. While talking about my family, I said that my daughter was “tall but she doesn’t play basketball.” JB said that would be a good lyric and challenged me to write the song. I took the challenge seriously, and by breakfast time the next morning I sat in their living room and played them this nearly finished song. I believe that is what you call a songble brag.

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She's tall but she don't play basketball
But there's all kinds of things that she does well

She runs fast as a car
She can fly to the stars
And there's no word in English she can't spell

And if you add up all the things that make her special
Put 'em in a spreadsheet on a Mac
You would have a document so monumental
There's no way to sort the data that'll tell me if she's coming back

Now, I see her on my TV screen
Basking in her well-earned accolades
And I cheer with the crowd
I yell twice as loud
As tears I can't control run down my face

We don't have to talk about the ways she's special
After all this time it's understood
Everyday she lives up to her vast potential
Please believe me when I tell you I'd vote for her ten times if I could

She's tall but she don't play basketball
But there's all kinds of things that she does well

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from Songs in the Key of F!, released March 5, 2021

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