Saturday, December 11, 2010

Kevin Valdez - Winky's Lament


Well well well folks. Its Saturday, which means who needs to study? (me, I need to study). Well last night after a rousing night of employment law I went home and picked up my not so old Taylor. While staring at the prominently displayed Harry Potter books on my bookshelf I got inspired to write another heartwrenching Harry Potter love song. (Yes, Hermione Granger was a love song, a dirty filthy love song). A bottle of Jameson in tow, I tried to determine a character to write about. As I took a long slow sip of that delectable Irish Whiskey, I said to myself "you know who really got shafted? Winky the house elf". So I sat down and tinkered out this number for her. The vocals on the recording came out a bit sharp (crazy recording equipment, AM I RIGHT?) Anyway, this song is about Winky's spiral into depression, her alcoholism and the tragic freedom she "won" by trying to help her master. 


Lyrics: 

 Winky's Lament

I was your advocate
I was your surrogate
For the mom you lost to foolish pride
She died in Azkaban
Alone and far from this land
So that you could survive
And I know it hurt him so
When Dad said “Imperio”
But what choice did he have?
Your blood lust did not subsist
Now I’m the bitch, left holding the bag

So pass another butter beer
I’ve got memories to drown over here
This skirt is my badge of shame
This dress it disgraces my name
I’m a house elf without a plan
So fuck off Dobby you don’t understand
What it’s like to be
Winky

Oh how everyday I wish
I didn’t take you to see Quidditch
You knew I didn’t want to be that high,
Couldn’t you see my hands covering my eyes?
When you broke free from your daddies spell
at that moment you unleashed hell
You stole that wand, and you broke my heart
I did all I could, but we were torn apart
And before you let me go
You should have exclaimed crucio
Cause nothing could have hurt as bad,
As the clothes given by your dad

So pass another butter beer
I’ve got memories to drown over here
This skirt is my badge of shame
This dress it disgraces my name
I’m a house elf without a plan
So fuck off Dobby you don’t understand
What it’s like to be
Winky

They think I wear these clothes
To hide my modesty
But they’re really a sign of my depravity
And I don’t care about SPEW,
Eleven welfare is for fools
Let me out of this place
So I can drink away my disgrace

So pass another butter beer
I’ve got memories to drown over here
This skirt is my badge of shame
This dress it disgraces my name
I’m a house elf without a plan
So fuck off Dobby you don’t understand
What it’s like, to be
Winky


 Let's blame the sharpness on the fact that she is a drunk house elf. It's all part of the ambiance people. Hope you enjoy! (Maybe I'll re-record later and you know, try to be in tune). 

Got a Harry Potter relationship that you think needs a song? Put it in the comment box, the more obscure the more likely I am to try and write something about it. 

Keep Rocking.

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