songs, songwriting

Dr Deaver (2004)

Dr Deaver is a song with less autobiographic lyrics than some may think.

Actually, I think it was a friend who suggested writing a song about a chapter headline he had read in a British sex education booklet for teenagers. The headline was: “Am I wrong to be turned on by porn?”

While not printed under Queen Victoria, the booklet wasn’t in line with recent progressive trends in sexual education and so the chapter about pornography was – while somehow understanding from a medical perspective – not too enthusiastic about such material’s potential for genital arousal. It was extremely funny to read and so I did indeed decide to write a song about “a guy’s lifelong relationship with certain visual stimuli.”

Dr Deaver wasn’t the author of the booklet chapter, but the name somehow appeared in my mind while I was sitting at the piano. So here he is, with an answer for everything you always wanted to know about porn but never dared to ask. Enjoy – but not too much…

You can get the VST based demo as mp3 (128kbit, enclosed). Words, music and vocals by Tobias Schwarz, 2004-2005.

I wonder how long it will take for google to send people here because of the frequent use of “porn” in this entry… oh wait, I did not use “free”… (oops, now I did).

Lyrics –

Dr Deaver, Tobias Schwarz © 2004-2005

(Verse 1)
I was thirteen years of age
When I got up on the stage
When I felt I’d like to see
Wonders of femininity

It wasn’t Tanja or Kathleen
Or another teenage queen
My first girlfriend lived between
The pages of a magazine

(Chorus)
Dr Deaver am I wrong
To be turned on by porn
Whenever I see girls in thongs
My heart sings and jumps
You won’t believe it but it’s true
No naked girls and I feel blue
Amber and Gina count on me
They need my love it’s clear to see

(Verse 2)
I had sex and fell in love
But I never got enough
So I tried feminism’s ways
And went through my hardest days

All those years I wondered why
I kept trying to deny
I wasn’t sure my mom said nay
But I know men are born that way

(Chorus)
Dr Deaver am I wrong
o be turned on by porn
Whenever I see girls in thongs
My heart sings and jumps
You won’t believe it but it’s true
No naked girls and I feel blue
Amber and Gina count on me
They need my love it’s clear to see

(Primary Bridge)
I have to say the real thing’s great
But there’s no reason to discriminate
No no no no
All you girlfriend’s don’t be blind
Just join the party in our mind

(Chorus x2)

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