The Lesson of the Lonely Sea Serpent

from You don't have to be perfect to fulfill your dream by Paul Kotheimer

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1.) I am a lonely sea serpent. My scales are all shiny and green.
You may ask, --Hey, Lonely Sea Serpent, what's your scene? --I mean…

There are plenty of fish in the ocean. Doesn't that go for sea serpents, too?
And if you're such a lonely sea serpent, well, maybe it's you.

B.) Haven't you heard there's an app for that?
Just log yourself in to Sea Serpent Chat.
The seven seas are literally brimming with mythical creatures
all searching for you and for fun things to do on a Saturday, too.

2.) --Yeah, but no. I'm a lonely sea serpent. I don't need to find friendship online.
There are plenty of solitary sea serpents, you know, and that's fine. It's fine.

We don't need to connect with a peer group. We don't need to hook up for a date.
Our reproduction is hermaphroditic. We don't even mate.
Hey, don't knock it. It's great!

C.) Look, I get it. Land masses are crowded. It's not like the ocean
with nothing but ocean as far as you can see.
And when you're a mammal, especially a primate, you might have evolved
with a deep-seated craving for camaraderie.
But do me a favor and don't project that whole social cohesion thing
onto a lonely sea serpent like me!

Yes, I am a lonely sea serpent. And now that I've told you my deal,
Guys, when someone says, "LEAVE ME ALONE," on a bus or at a bar,
just do it. For real.

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from You don't have to be perfect to fulfill your dream, released February 12, 2018
Words and music by Paul Kotheimer. Piano and vocal by Paul Kotheimer. Recorded at home in 2017.

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Paul Kotheimer Urbana, Illinois

For well over 30 years now, Paul Kotheimer has been writing songs. And then recording them. And then putting them together into albums.
At first, way way back in the actual 1980s, he used a cassette player and a microphone from Radio Shack. Now he's the proprietor of Pillow Monster Home Studio, complete with lots of musical instruments and recording gear and one actual pillow monster. YAY MUSIC! ... more