Congratulations to all the Co-write Challenge Participants!
What was the challenge?
This month we thought about adventures. As a framework, we considered some questions:
- road trips, vacations
- moving across the country
- taking on a new hobby
- friendships, relationships
- more…
Check out what they wrote!
Broken Souls
Date submitted: August 11, 2022 at 10:05 am
By: Liam Vance: liamtvance@gmail.com, Vicki Morrison Goble: vicki@latebloomersrock.com,
Copyright info: 2022
Lyrics sheet: https://mnsongwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/8/Vance-and-Goble-Broken-Souls-CoWrite-Challenge.rtf
We’ve tried and cried, now it’s time to say good-bye
You know we’re broken, past repair and so do I
I’d sell my soul if we could go back to the way we were
But I’ll say there’s just no way, that’s for sure
We’re broken souls. We know.
My mind’s more clear since I got here, I’m glad I left
And now I know that we can grow; build a better nest
My broken soul was once an aimless weather vane
But my new heart glows enough to show the way
We’re broken souls. We know.
If I’d only understood I didn’t need to leave;
The remedy lies inside of you and me
Watch the road; I’m coming home, get ready to decide
You be you and I’ll be me; we’re both our best inside
We can go far as we were or standing on our own
We’re okay either way, together or alone.
We’re broken souls no more.
Music written by Liam Vance; lyrics by Vicki Morrison Goble. Demo produced and mixed by Liam Vance; vocals and guitar by Vance.
Johnson/Millaway_Five Bars and a Church_Challeneg.mp3
Date submitted: August 11, 2022 at 2:05 pm
By: Douglas Millaway: dmedia5162@gmail.com, Mikkell Johnson: mikkellbest@gmail.com,
Copyright info: ©2022 Millaway/Johnson
Lyrics sheet: https://mnsongwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/8/Five-Bars-And-One-Church__©-Mikkell-Johnson-Doug-Millaway.rtf
Five Bars And One Church © Mikkell Johnson, Doug Millaway
Somewhere between the traffic and the crowded streets
I made up my mind to leave behind this city
For twenty years those tall pines have been whispering
Not leaving before is such a pity
Gave my notice and headed for the Iron Range
No more neighbors just lakes and dirt roads
Warm summer breezes and ice cold beer
But Nothing prepared me for the Winter’s cold
Don’t bother pulling out that map
Don’t mess with a google search
You know you’re in a Northern Minnesota town
When there’s five bars, and just one church
Though the mosquitoes are larger than most birds I see
I find solace walking through these woods
Now the only honking I hear come from geese
(To my ears, that sounds pretty good)
I’m dreading the parking lot on I-94
It happens every Sunday afternoon
What a shame we all have to go back home
I guess we’re all crazy as loons
Don’t bother pulling out that map
Don’t mess with a google search
You know you’re in a Northern Minnesota town
When there’s five bars, and just one church
You know you’re in a Northern Minnesota town
When there’s five bars, and just one church
We got it in under the radar. Between Bluegrass Festivals and Uke Camps, we managed to get it done.
The Urge
Date submitted: August 11, 2022 at 10:36 pm
By: Paul Nye: paulenye@me.com, Greg Beck: gregb@mac.com,
Copyright info: 2022
Lyrics sheet: https://mnsongwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/8/THE-URGE-By-Paul-Nye-Greg-Beck-RTF.rtf
The Urge
By Paul Nye & Greg Beck
Written for MAS summer co-write challenge
VERSE 1:
I been here, I been there, I been everywhere
Need a little fresh air, go somewhere – won’t know ’til I get there
They say home is where the heart is, sometimes I don’t agree
(I) never see it coming, but it takes control of me
CHORUS:
I got the urge to jump & shout, or just be chill
The urge to play it safe or maybe try a cheap thrill
To be kind and refined – sometimes rude and crude
Gotta lot latitude in my urgin’ attitude
POST CHORUS:
I got the urge. Can’t help myself, baby, got the urge
That itchin’ crazy impulse – I got the urge
VERSE 2:
Life is full of urges – we take or pass by
Some urges ain’t so right, like the urge to tell a lie
But the urge to love the life you live, don’t waste that away
It’s an urge you need to take every day!
CHORUS:
I got the urge to jump & shout, or just be chill
The urge to play it safe or maybe try a cheap thrill
To be kind and refined – sometimes rude and crude
Gotta lot latitude in my urgin’ attitude
POST CHORUS:
I got the urge. I can’t help myself, baby, got the urge
That itchin’ crazy impulse – I got the urge
SOLO
CHORUS:
I got the urge to jump & shout, or just be chill
The urge to play it safe or maybe try a cheap thrill
To be kind and refined – sometimes rude and crude
Gotta lot latitude in my urgin’ attitude
POST CHORUS:
I got the urge. Can’t help myself, I got the urge
That itchin’ crazy impulse – I got the urge
I got the urge. Can’t help myself, baby, got the urge
Gimme a little more space – yeah, I got the urge
I got the urge – bababa-baby, I got the urge
