Solo Challenge entries via Co-write – January 2021

20, 21, Whatever It Takes

The signals that we send between me and you
There’s every indication that we might be through
I’m not about to let you just slip away
Gonna call you on the phone 20 times a day

Chorus
20, 21, whatever it take
I’m not going to let you go
20, 21, whatever it take
Let It ring till you say hello
Say Hello

I know that I deserve to be left behind
I messed up with you and I’ve been unkind
But I know I can change almost everything
If you pick up the phone when you hear it ring

Repeat Chorus
 
Bridge
Every lonely night I’m reminded of you
When I look up and see that empty moon
I hope you’ll be coming back home real soon
Cause I ain’t gonna last much longer

Repeat Chorus

Copyright © 2021 Gregory A Connor, All Rights Reserved

Title: 2021 Blues
By Ray Pascoe, Jr.

This last year was a total bust.
Lost the girl of my dreams.
Lost my job and self respect.
Now I'm a man with no means.

[Chorus]
Oh, 2020 was bad enough,
I want to get some good news
That can help me fight these
2021 blues.

Sure, we had a quarrel
On our last Zoom call.
You left the session before I could say
That wasn't what I meant at all.

[Repeat Chorus]

It's just not right, just ain't true.
The signals that we send between me and you.
'Cause what I'm tryin' to tell you ain't coming through
On that crazy 'puter screen.

[Chorus]
Maybe real soon we can try again.
I really hope you will choose
To help me fight these
2021 .. just ain't right these
2021 .. say good night to these
2021 Blues.

{Copyright (c) 2020, Ray Pascoe, Jr. All Rights Reserved}

Title: 2021
By Ray Pascoe, Jr.

What a crazy year 2020 has been.
It started out just fine.
Then a virus hits,
Now it's the pits.
And I'm barely holding the line.

[Chorus]
Just treading water and bidin' my time,
Not much doin' with me.
I'll just have to see what
2021 will be.

First I had to cancel my trip down south
Then I had to cancel the shore.
Now the only place
I show my face (well, part of it)
Is at the groc'ry store.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Break]
At least I can do Zoom,
Don't need to leave my room.
Just hoping that real soon
I can hug somebody again.

[Chorus]
Just treading water and bidin' my time,
Not much doin' with me.
I'll just have to see what
2021 … hope to see what
2021 … have to see what
2021 will be.

{Copyright (c) 2020, Ray Pascoe, Jr. All Rights Reserved}

Driving Into 2021 (MAS January 2021 Songwriting Challenge)
W/M by Paul Nye

I can see 2020 – everything so clear
And I’m dying to get out of here
Wanna leave this bad dream – somewhere deep in the past
I’ve seen the best do the bad, and bad take the best
A lot of heartache, my soul is begging for rest
It’s getting hard to find a love … that will last

Gonna get in my car away from this nightmare
Put the keys in the ignition – and drive somewhere
Got a tank full of faith – and a map to nowhere

Chorus:
And I can see 2020 in the rear view mirror
Got the top down – my head is clear
The future is shining – bright as the sun
Got my eyes on the horizon up ahead
Trying to forget what’s been done & said
I’m driving 2020 into 2021

Glancing in the mirror, I see a look in my eyes
I finally woke up and realized
That reality – is just a bit too real
Some will deny, some criticize
And if the truth stares ‘em in the face – it’s a lie
Then like a thief in the night, the lie will come to steal

Repeat Pre-Chorus & Chorus

Repeat Chorus

Tag:
I’m leaving 2020, for 2021

W/M by Paul Nye © 2020 nyesguyTunes Publ/BMI

Is it true? Is it through?
The year of destruction with little hope for change?
Is it time? Can we climb?
Out of neutral and in the fast lane?
People on the edge. The house on fire.
Everybody's tired of the DC liars
Planes on the ground. Very little noise
Black Lives Matter up against Proud Boys.

The signals that we send between me and you
Mask all the fear we feel every day
The tears that we blend with the partisan glue
Fall forever on our relatives' graves.

Can we hope? Can we cope?
The year of recall of things we remember.
Can we shout?  Can we sing?
Words of wisdom more to the center?
Children in the yard, stores are open.
Everybody's ready for a turn.
Cars on the road. Cheers from the crowd.
Science and nature lift the shroud.

The signals that we send between me and you
Mask all the fear we feel every day
The tears that we blend with the partisan glue
Fall forever on our relatives' graves.

Let's work together while we can.
Let's make a place for every woman and man.
Let's show the world we have a plan.
Moral Fiber – Stronger – Wiser 

The signals that we send between me and you
Mask all the fear we feel every day
The tears that we blend with the partisan glue
Fall forever on our relatives' graves.

2021
By Chad Shank © 2021

I was working 2 jobs
But still an empty bank account
I had much less on my mind
Less to worry about
Less to worry about

Sometimes I daydream
And I let myself drift all the way back there
Back when…

CHORUS:
I was 20, 21
I was young and knew it all
When 2 hours of sleep was enough
I was 20,21
LIfe was lust and fun
Back at 20
21

I had my life ahead
And there were things to figure out
I know times were different then
‘Cause my friends still hung around

Sometimes I daydream
And I let myself drift all the way back there
Back when…

CHORUS:
I was 20, 21
I was young and knew it all
When 2 hours of sleep was enough
I was 20,21
LIfe was lust and fun
Back at 20
21

Livin on caffeine and junk food
Feeling on top of the world
Not realizing those were the good ol’ days

CHORUS repeats out

It’s Time For 2021
By Paul Beckermann

Alright 2020 this one’s for you
Happy New Year’s Eve, Everyone
It’s time for ‘21

The virus is rising, the markets are down, and faces are swollen with tears
No toilet paper, no headline bands, and only cardboard fans in the seats
I think I’ve aged 100 years facing all my COVID fears
On the streets of Minneapolis, they struggle to breathe, Mr. Floyd, rest in peace.
Moma bear, papa bear, how much more can we bare. All we wanna do is breathe.
All we wanna do is breathe

Chorus
It’s the year of 2020
We’re just tryin’ to get through
We hope that the year 2021
Will bring us some peace and truth
It’s the end of the year 2020
When we pulled a mask over our lives
I think that we’ve all seen plenty
It’s time for 2021

Well Chloroquine and quarantine, I’m not sure what it means, I’m workin’ from home these days
The north pole’s melting, Siberia’s burnin’ and the west coast states are ablaze
We lost the notorious RGB, can we live up to her legacy?
Too many angry tweets and conspiracies and now a zombie hurricane
And now a zombie hurricane

Repeat Chorus

Each new year brings an injection of hope
A cure for a year of woes
It's time for 2020 to go
Bring on ‘21
Bring on ‘21

Repeat Chorus

It’s time for 2021
It’s time for 2021
If the ball drops in Times Square, and there’s nobody there to see it, did it really fall? Is it really the new year? It better be, and we’ll all be better. I won’t admit 2020 won. You might have burned it down, but we’ll rise from your ashes. Welcome ‘21. We’ve been waiting for you.
2021
We’re ready for you.

2021

Honey, don’t let all of this darkness
Find its way in your heart
Even if the world is sliding
And falling apart

Because we’re bigger than we think
We’re better than we know
We’re in this human race
Where love is in control

Must be Twenty twenty one
Different ways to show you care
Twenty twenty one
Ways to tell your friends you’re there
So open up your heart, let your kindness show
Twenty twenty one
Ways to let your brothers and sisters know
Give love- brothers and sisters
Kind hearts- make all the difference

How did we lose all of the signals we send
Between me and you?
Broken hearts, broken minds, broken feelings
Block out the truth

PC + Chorus

Bridge
All throughout history
There’s a light we just couldn’t see
Darkest night will always be
Before the end of the storm

PC + Chorus

© 2021 Mike Rudquist, All Rights Reserved

2021 Come Quietly Dear

When I was a girl of 20
So close to the edge
When I turned 21
I would leap from the ledge

I was so close to freedom
Old enough but still not quite
I could go to war or vote for a fool
but my whiskey I must hide

The years go by
They move along
Year after year
Song after song
So much will change
Yet stay the same
’21 – come quietly dear
Bring peace to us this year

The New Year is upon us
Many changes now have passed
Tho my icons all are aging
I still feel like that young lass

My hair is thin and grey now
This year moves much too fast
Been to places we thought we’d ne’er go
Due to leaders whose time has past

© January 2021 – Colleen Dillon, All Rights Reserved

Kristine Vlaich
C all rights reserved 2021

Verse 1
A New Year has begun

Last year was awful for everyone

Open the windows, let in the sun

Fresh air fills the room

Chorus
2021 is better in every way

Thank God every day

Pray C19 goes away

Verse 2
The signals that we send between me and you

Are clearly designed to stop, think and review

What do we want to do?

it with me and we’ll decide.

Chorus
2021 is better in every way

Thank God every day

Pray C19 goes away

Bridge
Let’s have a better life

Spread happiness, not strife

Play music, dance with your wife

Chorus
2021 is better every way

Thank God every day

Pray C19 goes away

Dreaming 2021

I’m dreaming
Of a new world today
I’m wishing
For my dream to be true

Chorus:
Best dreams are for believers
For they want a world for peace
Sweet dreams are for lovers
All they want is one another

The signals
That we send between me and you
Now I’m praying
For the good to come to you

[Repeat Chorus]

Yes I’m a dreamer
Yes I’m a believer
More than a lover
Goodness starts with a dream

[Repeat Chorus]

Keep dreaming; love will find the way//
Keep dreaming

© Chucks Madhav CBMadhav@StThomas.edu (612) 308-4717

I Just Woke Up In 2021
by Zane Blom

In the past, no one passed
On dandelion wine
Or granddaddy’s shine
Why should I?
Why should I?
Rot gut— I’m disgusting?
Here’s mud in your eye

2020 kinda sounds like hindsight
Am I right?
No, not for this guy
I do try
I swear I try

So when I stood on a table last year
For a cheer for Auld Lang Syne
I was crying
As, amid my ablutions
I slurred my resolutions
Line by line
All perfunctorily
As any morally
questionable
Midnight vegetable
would venture
At just such a time

But my lack of willpower
Did not seem to sour
My dismount—
It’s the thought that counts—
And I took out the table
And those false teeth of aunt Mable on my way down.
Ouch!

Chorus

2020 wouldn’t let me regret what I’d done
What I’d done
Cash the check
I spent every red rent
It was fun!
It was fun

And it was dumb
Now it’s funny
What the heck
I just woke up to 2021

Do I date myself talking 8 tracks?
And vcrs and cars that don’t talk back when
You don’t buckle up?
You young engineer punks
I got tattoos on my butt
Older than the pee in your diaper
And the Pedialite you just drunk

Pfft. 2021- it’s 1981 or so I thunk
I was nine I had gunk in my eyes
When the sandman would come

I look back through that prism
I remember euphemisms like
“Junk in the trunk”
Had no alternate meaning
It’s all so deceiving we’re old
We don’t grow we’re emotionally young
And we laugh til we’re giddy it’s
Par for us idiots
of 2021
Yow!

Chorus

2020 wouldn’t let me regret
What I’d done
What I’d done
Cash the check
I spent every red cent
It was fun!
It was fun

And it was dumb now it’s funny
I just woke up in 2021

And it’s dumb that we’re fun
And it’s fun that we’re dumb
And we’re young
Still young in 2021