When Jake Played the Cello

by Felix Olschewski

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If there is something you love doing, even if you know you're terrible at it: stick with it. This is your life. This is all that matters.
Parallels toTerry Pratchett's Discworld character Rincewind were not intended but do exist.

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Tammy played the harp
Susie was good on guitar
their brother picked up the cello
but Jake didn't really get far

He loved to play and he loved the feel
of the vibrations in his hands
but rush or drag and sharp or flat -
he couldn't tell the difference

So children started to cry
and birds fell dead from the sky
when Jake play the cello

To pay for tuition he worked three jobs
and he practiced every night
And after ten hard years he'd driven
his teacher to suicide

Jake met a girl on the train
She'd seen the case with his violoncello
she took him home and they kissed and she asked
"would you play me a nice ritornello?"

And cockroaches deceased
there's no hope for the middle-east
Because Jake played the cello

And she closed her eyes and wept
as a vision formed in her mind
she knew what to do so clear
how could they have been so blind?

As glasses broke and cats started to run
she went and borrowed her father's gun
"Listen, Jake", she said, "you're a nice fellow
"but I can't let you keep that violoncello

"and I really do regret"
and then she shot him dead
While Jake played the cello

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released April 28, 2021
Music and Lyrics: Felix Olschewski
Artwork: Andrea Christen

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Felix has dedicated his life to music and tells the stories of life, love and pain he collected all around the world. Be prepared for a whole, twisted and slightly insane rainbow of songs and styles from the eclectic singer-songwriter and storyteller who grew up in the barren bog Bargerveen where the Dutch and German borders meet. ... more

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