Fifteen Minutes

Music and Lyrics by David Fowler

Arranged and performed by Echo Movement

Behind the Song
It was the worst dry spell for bud in my town that I can remember. Miraculously, my friend Pete (yes, the same Pete from No Need To Worry) called and invited me over for some bingers. Well, I got a bit too friendly with the gravity bong and was marooned on his sofa for two hours. I felt like a kid who ate ice cream too fast.

Regardless, this song is about that excited car ride to his house...that pure elation when something unexpected comes through. It was a rush so deep that it temporarily redefined my sense of moderation- just the way I wanted it.

Cool Facts
I wrote the original chorus melody while listening to country music.

The original lyrics were "fifteen minutes 'till I get real high." Steve felt it was a bit too forward, and we ultimately agreed on something more chill.

Key Phrase
"I may not see the wind...but I see what it does to the trees."

Music and Lyrics (chords over lyrics)
[horn line: Bb Eb F Bb]

Bb
My buddy just called
He said, "come on by"
I got fifteen minutes till a positive sigh
Eb
Been searching all day, but the town's been dry
Bb
He's got the gravity packed to make my third eye awry
F
Ain't got no money, but there's no need to buy
Eb Gb
My brother's got me covered on personal supply
Bb
My buddy just called
He said, "come on by"
I got fifteen minutes till a positive sigh

Bb G
Hey kids, life sucks when you got no bucks
Ebmaj7 F
No girl, no car, no job, no luck
Bb G
"When it rains, it pours," in life I learned
Ebmaj7 F
And when the sun is shining, yeah, you might get burned

Eb D
But it's not a sin to get off my knees
Eb D
Rising tides help me back to the seas
Eb D
I may not see the wind, may not see the breeze
Eb F
But I see what it does to the trees

My mind just called
He said, "come on by"
It's been fifteen minutes since a positive sigh
Been searching for a grip on a slippery slide
It's been fifteen hits and I'm alarmingly high
The gravity's kicked, I think I lost my eye
Got a cookie in my pocket and I don't know why
And so I hear horns falling from the sky
It's been fifteen minutes