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James Calder · Gamma Rays · Track 04

Bad Hair Day

True love doesn’t care about silly little things like if you’re having a bad hair day. So if you’re lucky enough to find love, don’t sweat the small stuff. That’s the message in this pop alt song featuring James Calder.

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Lyrics

Time to get up
I gotta get goin’
Time can’t be wasted
It keeps on flowin’
I know life won’t wait
There’s a full day ahead
With a grunt and groan
I get outta bed
Shuffle to the bathroom now
I take one look in the mirror
It’s gonna be one of those days
Look at me it can’t be clearer
It’s gonna be
A bad hair day
Sticking up,
With ends that fray
Won’t be saved
by just hairspray
It’s gonna be
A bad hair day
But whatever,
Tthat’s okay
I don’t care
What people say
Cuz  even if I have
A bad hair day
You’ll still love me
Anyway
Oh-oh
Running to work now
That’s when I see
People pass on the street
They’re all lookin’ at me
I know my hair’s a mess
But it doesnt even matter
With you in my heart
My worries just scatter
And then I’m just working
Closing time’s drawing nearer
It’s gonna be one of those days
Look at me it can’t be clearer
It’s gonna be
A bad hair day
Sticking up,
With ends that fray
Won’t be saved
By just hairspray
It’s gonna be
A bad hair day
But whatever,
That’s okay
I don’t care
What people say
Cuz even if I have
A bad hair day
You’ll still love me
Anyway
Oh-oh
And now I’m headin’ home
Passing all those who stare
But they don’t matter to me
Your opinion’s all that I care
I know you’re waiting for me
When I come through the door
So I’ve been smiling all day
Waiting to hold you once more
When she sees me and laughs
I’m just so happy to hear her
Even tho it was one of those days
Her smile draws me nearer
So even on
A bad hair day
Sticking up, with
Ends that fray
Just forget about
The hairspray
Who cares about
A bad hair day
So what, and
Well that’s okay
I wanna hear everything
You say
Cuz  even if I have
A bad hair day
You still love me
Anyway
Oh-oh
You’ll always love me anyway
Oh-oh

Behind the Music

Composer’s Thoughts

I’m the king of bad hair. Sometimes even after I shower and do my best, it just doesn't want to cooperate. It really drives me crazy (and that’s a short commute to be certain). But when you step back and think about it, it’s really not that big a deal. If that’s the worst thing you deal with, then your life isn’t so bad. That’s the message here. I think we have to prioritize what matters in our lives, and so bad hair is such a great metaphor for that.

James’ Thoughts

I love songs like this. It takes something so mundane like bad hair and elevates it to make a big point. Stopping to smell the roses is something we say, but its so far removed from most people’s lives, it goes over peoples’ heads. Ya know? But we’ve all had bad hair days. So this really works to say the same thing in a way we can relate to.