Brought It On Myself

"Brought It On Myself"

Music & Lyrics by Scott Cooley.

Back when I was a young man

I thought I knew it all

Finding girls to go home with

Was never any trouble at all

I brought it on myself

Yes, I brought it on myself

I brought it on myself

And that was how my trouble began

When I got a little older

I'd learned a lesson or two

Never brag about my conquests

And slip out in the morning dew

You know I brought it on myself

Oh yeah I brought it on myself

I brought it on myself

Had no one to tell my troubles to

But the girls they all talked to each other

And that was how my legend grew

Their friends they would all come and ask me

When's it my turn to go home with you?

I guess I brought it on myself

Yeah I know I brought it on myself

Well, I brought it on myself

Couldn't help the trouble I got in

When I finally felt like settlin' down

With just one girl in my life

Every time I thought I had one picked out

She didn't want to be my wife

Suppose I brought it on myself

I know I brought it on myself

I brought it on myself

My reputation was the trouble for me

So here I am a single man

But on the road I never get the blues

I still have fun the only way I know

Rockin' and rollin' girls everywhere I travel to

Brought in on myself

Yep, I brought it on myself

Oh, I brought it on myself

Someday this trouble will catch up with me

It's bragging to cover up insecurity and emptiness and regret over a choice to live life on the road, but only as an anonymous person singing it in a song, careful to point out he does not brag about it in everyday practice. So, it's a reflection-type of song about his past choices, and some fear and loathing about his future.

This is a conceited song where the main character can easily hook up with chicks, and he barely escapes the trouble that type of lifestyle can bring, having the advantage of being a travelling musician and all, but he is constantly worried it's going to catch up with him, so it's bittersweet, and thus, he has the blues.

It's probably technically a 12-bar blues, although I don't know for sure, but it's slow, and it serves as a cautionary tale about promiscuity.