Song Reviews – All Entries

I submitted this last week via email, and I didn’t have all the formatting information you sent out today. I am resubmitting it to fit the updated formatting. I am happy with verse one and the chorus, but don’t feel the rest of the song measures up. I am hoping for help with verses two and three.

This is the submission for Pat Hager and Doyle Turner for the MAS summer co-write!

This is the submission for the MAS summer co-write by Pat Hager and Doyle Turner

I wrote this in A major, however, after writing it I was thinking about bringing it down a few half steps.

I am determined to become a skilled submitter, Brad!

Test Korina said she couldn’t upload.

Test upload by Richard Schletty

Thanks for being a great Vice Prez and collaborator!

Can you accept compressed files? WAV files? Having trouble uploading the recording. Will try again.

This is a test from Windows 10, Google Chrome. This is the browser that Steve Cassavant was using when he couldn’t upload his MP3.

This is a meditation.

I can’t seem to find a place to add the YouTube link to this song. Is there a way to do this? The video is not in .mp3 format. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM6iCaa9AG0). I’ll get this eventually.

Doug wrote music, Wayne wrote lyrics. Will probably be included on an full-length CD for their duo, TWO TONE

Sorry, but after I submitted I made a different version, here. If it is too late to use version 2 here That’s OK, we can go with the original version. Always improving!

This is a song that I submitted for Carl Unbehaun’s current song challenge as well. Songs submitted to his HomeBrew show have a two-word title with both words starting with a “P”

Hi Brad. Please play this one this Wednesday Thanks

Hi Brad- my song isn’t uploading properly. (File too large). Will email it to events email address.

Let me know if the format is cuckoo!

This song is a plaintive lament of of a guy wanting to get away, but having to just escape in his mind.

This is my fist time submitting a song. I wrote this song several years ago, but have been tweaking it ever since. It’s about a lonesome, hapless cowboy, unlucky at love. I wrote a sequel to it last year from the perspective of the woman he left. I’ll probably submit that one too at some point.

Co-write with Marc-Alan Barnette. Never produced, recorded or released.

My Minnesota tribute to St Patrick’s day

Thanks Brad.

Timing is off but it’s what I can do with the available time.

I wrote this song as a birthday gift to my dear friend and fellow songwriter, Chris Davies. I used lines and images from some of his songs in this tribute. It’s played in an Open D tuning.

5 seconds of silence before audio begins. Hope I submitted correctly!

Written in 2016 but I’m “spiffing it up” now. Are lyrics okay? I’d like ideas for improvement. It currently has WAV files I found online for kick drum and claps. I can probably replicate the claps myself, but how might I improvise a kick drum sound? And how can I improve the vocals? I know I have a few pitchy spots and sometimes the rhythm gets out of time. Other than that? More harmonies? I’m going for a retro folk-style feel (like Linda Ronstadt and Stone Poneys idea). Should I rethink that? Or maybe thick harmonies all the way through, like Peter, Paul & Mary. I think I need to add a low (male) voice. I’d like, someday, to pitch it somewhere. What would make it more pitchable?

Instrumental No lyrics

Looking for help with a particular chord (in purple). Not sure I’ll have time to record the current version tonight. Is midnight the deadline?

Thanks!

Any input is welcome however I am specifically looking for input on a couple of chords, recommendations for harmony placement if needed, tempo, and thoughts about additional instruments.

Here’s the MP3 version

Will play it live.

A song I wrote a few years ago about a guy who’s desperate and dateless. He goes to a bar, sees a girl through the bottom of his beer glass and his whole life changes. I’ve always thought of the intro at the beginning of the song as a dream sequence. This song gave me the opportunity to play the accordion, which was the first instrument I learned to play when I was 8 years old.

The songwriters’ forum I’m in had a summer song challenge in 2017 and this is the song I wrote for that. One of the other forum members did some production for me to make it sound more interesting than just me and a guitar. I’ve marked the contrasting sections as choruses but they actually seem more like a bridge to me. Since there usually aren’t two repetitions of the bridge in a song, however, I thought “chorus” might be more accurate. Feedback on that would be appreciated. Other feedback I’m looking for is on production ideas. Some people think it’s too slow, but I like the dramatic effect I can get into at this speed. I would lose that if it were more “rock and rolly”. And also on other elements of the presentation (more background vocals probably?, instrumentation?, etc) and lyrics. Are the lyrics okay or do they need more work?

I’ll sing live

2nd song only if there is time

Woke up alone that red sky morning
Screen door slammed without a warning
This time she must’ve had enough
She left here in a downright huff
She’ll come around in her own sweet time
Now all she wants to do is drive (drive, drive)

She took the keys to my truck
Kicked up some gravel and dust
Drove through the corn field
Left me standing there
I watched my tail gate fade
From where I stood that day
This Cowboy’s run out of luck
Aint it funny what we do for love
She took the keys to my truck

The first time we met that Friday night
I said, “You’d look good ridin’ shotgun side”
We laughed, we danced, she said, “Let’s go
For a moonlight spin in your Silverado”
Over time all she wanted was to drive
Now everyday I’m missing that sweet ride (ride, ride)
CH

BR
This tractor doesn’t get up much speed.
So I bought 2 more pickups,
One for her one for me–

Last Chorus:
She’s got keys to her own truck
Kicks up gravel and dust
Drives through the corn field
But she always comes back home
I watch her tail gate fade
You know I’d never trade
This cowboy has so much luck
We’ve got a special kind of love
She’s got the keys to her own truck

Aint it funny what we do for love
She’s got the keys to her own truck

Closer to Heaven

No countdown, big blast off, riding your smile
Thrusters on fire, lifting us high
Our first stage, big burn out, left it behind
Clinging together up to the sky

I know I never been closer, closer to heaven and all I wanted was more
I know I never been closer to heaven, closer than angels
Or even lovers dared to dream before

The first time I saw your heavenly ways
Couldn’t imagine your heart mine
Love grew through, the summer, then came the fall
Only your memory stays on my mind

I know I never been closer, closer to heaven and all I wanted was more
I know I never been closer to heaven, closer than angels
Or even lovers dared to dream before, lovers dared to dream before (solo)

Tell me a secret if you’d be so kind
I need to know did I feel it alone
Wasn’t our love the heavenly kind?

I know I never been closer, closer to heaven and all I wanted was more
I know I never been closer to heaven, closer than angels
Or even lovers dared to dream before, lovers dared to dream before
Lovers dare to dream {repeat}

©2019Larry Suess Lsuess9@gmail.com

Brad,
My first song in Logic, but not sure how to send an mp3, so this is an mp4.
I will mail you an mp3

Come On Home

She got a message on the telephone
Young man says you gotta come home
Daddy’s drunk and he won’t stop yellin’
is he gonna stop? There ain’t no tellin’
Sissy’s in her room and she won’t come out
Nobody knows what he’s mad about.
Come home, come home, mamma come home.

Sometimes it’s best to stay out of the way
Just keep hoping it’ll change someday.
Living in fear gets really really old
I’d rather be out standing in the cold
Bobby’s in the basement trying to hide
Dad says he loves us but it seems like a lie
Come home, come home, mamma come home.

We gotta try to make it on our own
Turn this house into a really good home.
The windows are open and the doors are too.
Goodbye dad. we don’t need you..
Anymore.

Mama works to put food on the kitchen table
I know she tries hard to do what she’s able
They cut off the power and it gets real dark
When daddy walked out, he really left his mark.
Seems like momma never comes home.
Leave another message on the telephone,
Come home, come home, mamma come home.

Shot Full Of Love

Down at Psycho Suzi’s
They’re getting all fired up
Tattoos and Kamikazes
Shouldn’t I be having more fun?
There’s only one thing missing
To make my night complete

A little kissing, little hugging
Sweet romancing, turtle doving
Honey I need Your love so sweet

I need a
Shot, Shot- Shot full of love
A Shot, Shot- Girl, I Can’t get enough
I need a Shot, Shot- full of your love

You’re my secret weapon
Hot as a fireball
Sweet as Tennessee bourbon
Tart as a lemon drop
You got my heart depth charging
My emotions fully shook

A little kissing, little hugging
Sweet romancing, turtle doving
Baby your love has got me hooked

I need a
Shot, Shot- Shot full of love
A Shot, Shot- Girl, I Can’t get enough
I need a Shot, Shot- full of your love

Bridge
Babe, lets get out of here ,Let me take you home
Let’s go find a place ,Where we can be alone

I need a
Shot, Shot- Shot full of love
A Shot, Shot- Girl, I Can’t get enough
I need a Shot, Shot- full of your love

© 2020 Mike Rudquist, All Rights Reserved

Thinkin’

Thinkin’ – I’ve been thinkin’ ‘bout you
Dreamin’ – ‘Bout the things we used to do
Wond’rin’ – won der in’ where you are
Askin’ – Are you near or are you far?
CHORUS:
I look outside my window see the clouds roll by
It makes me kinda lonely – makes me wanna cry
Thinkin’ – been thinkin’ ‘bout you

Prayin’ – to the stars above
Hopin’ – Hopin’ you’ll return my love
Singin’ – singin’ the whole night through
I hope you’re listenin’ – ‘cause these words are meant for you
REPEAT CHORUS

Lonely – so lonely since you’ve been gone
I hear that clock tick – you’ve been gone way too long
I keep on walkin’ – walkin’ through the rain and mud
I can’t stop tryin’ – lovin’ you is in my blood
REPEAT CHORUS

OUTRO
Got those lonely blues for you
Got those lonely blues for you
Lonely – been thinkin’ ‘bout you

© 2020 Doug Millaway & Wayne Hamilton. All Rights Reserved.

Co-write. Our duo, AKA TWO TONE, is preparing a 10-song CD release, on which this song will appear. In the Blues neighborhood, another name for this style of music is “shuffle”.

SAD AND LOST (Em)

The tees are bare, the leaves are gone, the dew has turned to frost,
The birds have left and ceased their song, I’m feeling sad and lost.
The snow is falling thick and white, the sun is sinking low,
I pull my coat around me tight, and shiver as I go.

I think about my sweetie pie, and why she went away.
‘Cause we did not see eye to eye, our love has gone astray.
I shut my eyes and see her there, so snug before the fire,
I see the sparks fly in the air, my heart fills with desire.

But now she’s gone and I’m alone, my feet are cold and sore,
I wend my way back to my home, but won’t see her no more,
I wend my way back to my home, but won’t see her no more.

Tony Wentersdorf © 11/20

Will play live.

What am I going to do now that your are gone
what am I supposed to think when these days seems so long
You left me way much to soon oh no no
now what am I supposed to do now that your gone

How am I supposed to feel when I wake up at night
and your not there no one to make me feel right
Our love was like a summer day oh no no
Now what am I supposed to do now that your gone

My love for you will always be but out time has passed us by
It’s so hard to think of living without you
But some day I will look back and say a prayer of thanks for you
for the times we had and smile and now be so blue

James Melby 2/27/2017 612.384.3040

A tune from a few years back when I first tried drumming on a keyboard ( not good )

It’s Christmas

Turn the lights down low. Let the yule log glow.
Kiss me gently underneath the mistletoe

It’s Christmas, and you’re beside me
There’s nowhere else on earth I’d rather be
It’s Christmas and I am finding
A quiet night with you is fine with me.

Though parties are in short supply and friends cannot be near
Time with you is proof enough, there’s magic in the air, so

Grab a cup of cheer, sit close by my dear
I think I hear the jingle of eight reindeer

It’s Christmas, and you’re beside me
There’s nowhere else on earth I’d rather be
It’s Christmas and I am finding
A quiet night with you is fine with me.

© Ann L. Thompson
12/11/20 altlyric@gmail.com

Very rough recording. The first voice you hear is my dog’s.

I am a shadowboxer
Throwing punches in the wind
Just a shadowboxer
till the carriage rings again

Fighting like a shadowboxer
every second bought and sold
lunging like a shadowboxer
Digging for the diamonds in the coal

Always be a shadowboxer
how I’ve trembled in the cold
training like a shadowboxer
for that prize fight inside my soul

I don’t really know what this is, tbh. It’s definitely not finished. I know diamonds don’t come from coal mines.

Someone in this World
Mary Kealy-Falk & Mike Rudquist
©2020

I was searchin’ in the morning ‘til the day was done
I couldn’t find love, couldn’t find that special one
I started realizin’ an empty house don’t make a home
And sunsets aren’t so pretty when you’re watching them alone

Sometimes it’s obvious but hard to see
The loneliness sneaks up on you so comfortably
I don’t wanna have a someone who’s just a pleasant dream
I wanna hold you, touch you, feel you and believe

Chorus

That (cause) you’re the someone in this world just for me
Can I be the someone in this world for you
Together we’ll watch sunsets for the rest of our lives
And you and I will know just what to do . . .
To be each other’s someone in this world – you for me and me for you

Dreams are meant for chasing, or so they say
But I always felt my heart would find a better way
Cause my dreams were meant to realize and I knew they’d see me through
They’d lead the search and guide my way til I found you

Repeat Chorus

So here we are just you and me
Someone in this world for each other to be
And I’ll hold you close as the sun sets low
And touch you and kiss you in the full moon’s glow

Repeat Chorus

We just want to see
Our friends and family
We hope you’ll help us with that famous Southern hospitality

our car broke down and needs repair
we don’t know just what to do
Its Sunday and that’s why I dare
Come to you, you look like a Christian woman who’d care

Ma’am we know no one, that’s why we’re asking you
where to go for the night and car repair
Ma’am could you help us
We’re just Yankees it true

But we’re just driving through
We know we are strangers here, Yankees too
But we’d appreciate your help
We’re grateful don’t mean to bother you

chorus
we just want to see
our friends and family
we hope you’ll help us with that famous Southern hospitality

sorry no music

Car, Truck, Plane or Train
© Paul Nye

The morning comes too early – the sky above my heart is blue
And everyday’s a reminder, I must go on without you
This house feels so empty, and I can’t change the way things are
Soon the memory will be distant, you’re so close, but way too far

Chorus:
I’ll take a car, truck, plane or train to get to you
Yes I will, Oh I will
Cuz where you are I want to be, Baby you drive me crazy, yeah yeah
Soon we’ll be together, just wait and see
Life might be different, still it’s you and me
I’ll take a car, truck, plane or train to get to you
Yes I will, Oh, I will, I will

Packin’ up the memories about us is more than I can maintain
Time is just a measure, but true love stays it goes on; it remains
Feelings are uncertain – still they can be a beautiful thing
But they can burn off the fuel of the truth that love brings

Repeat Chorus

My heart is out there somewhere
There’s no reason to explain
Cuz I’m packing my bags, I’m ready to go
In a car, truck, plane or train

End Chorus: 4x into fade
I’ll take a car, truck, plane or train to get to you
Yes I will, Oh I will
Cuz where you are I want to be, Baby you drive me crazy, yeah yeah

© Paul Nye | paulenye@me.com | 218-507-0081

You Love Me Off My Feet
By Paul Nye nyesguyTunes Publishing/BMI

The night the moon was hung in place
And stars filled outer space
There was love, and then there was you
And as you slowly found your way
You held hope in your heart each day
That love, would somehow find you too

Somewhere along the way, someone sent you from above
You’re the sun I my eyes the air that I breathe, you’re everything I’ve dreamed of

Chorus:
I love the look in your eyes when you smile at me
I love the way you say my name
And every time we’re together I feel a part of me
Finds its way to a part of you
When you whisper in my ear, I can hear your heart speak
The rhythm of love makes me feel so weak
And the music we make together, baby, sounds so sweet
You love me off my feet

So baby, here we are
Soaring like distant stars
You’re a poem that needs no rhyme time can’t erase
I wanna hold you tight, dance with you
Until forever fades from view
I want to feel every part of your being when we embrace

I’ve been on the mountain top, and came close to missing you
But the sun shone brightly upon your face, that was the moment that I knew

Chorus: (2X)

© Paul Nye | paulenye@me.com | 218-507-0081

Written for my son and his fiancé when they got engaged, think it has broader appeal….maybe.

I might not be the sharpest tool in the shed
Sometimes I’m just a little goofy in the head
Once in a while, I lose track of a special day
But there’s just one thing I gotta say

She married me anyway
She decided I could stay.
Even though she knew I was a diamond in the rough
Guess what? She married me anyway.

Sometimes I might forget to put the toilet seat down
My mood could change from a frown to a clown
She can pretend to like the music I play
And there’s just one thing I gotta say

She married me anyway
She decided I could stay.
Even though she knew I was a diamond in the rough
Guess what? She married me anyway.

I can’t balance a checkbook. I can’t pay the bills.
She has to remind me when it’s time for my pills
When I look good and lost, she shows me the way
As always, there’s one thing I gotta say

She married me anyway
She decided I could stay.
Even though she knew I was a diamond in the rough
Guess what? She married me anyway.

She married me anyway
She decided I could stay.
Even though she knew I was a diamond in the rough
Guess what? She married me anyway.

WE SAW THE GRAND CANYON

We were tired, we were stressed, we weren’t at our best,

We didn’t know what to do, Well our friends said to us,

It’s camping that you need, It’ll get you out of the zoo.

So off we went, in our little Scamp, To the woods and lake so free,

We settled in to enjoy our time, Then what should we butt see!

CHORUS
WE SAW THE GRAND CANYON, WE SAW A FULL MOON,

WE SAW A ROASTED WIENIE, AND IT WAS ONLY NOON!

We were sitting in our camp, Just relaxing like they said,

When we noticed our new neighbor, He didn’t have clothes,

Just a tiny little thong, It was so very wrong!

He walked to and fro, We saw a mighty glow,Not from the sun or night,

We tried to look away, Until he bent and swayed, He really was quite a sight!

CHORUS

Well campfires are a must, The thong man really fussed,

To get his very high. When suddenly a mighty wind,

Caught his thong so thin, We heard a frantic cry.

Well we couldn’t believe our eyes, With the wind and fire so high,

The thong just went bye-bye!
CHORUS
COPYRIGHT PATRICIA HAGER- MARCH, 2019

I saw them by the thousands marching down the mall,
Shouting out obscenities that cast an evil pall.
As rioters ransacked the shrine where democracy held sway,
Armed to the teeth, they nearly had their way.

CHORUS: What’s happening to our country?
Where did we go wrong?
When did we slide off the rails
As we just played along?

You picked a robber baron who fooled us in disguise
By selling us a bill of goods that filled our heads with lies.

How can we save ourselves from ruin
That chills us to the bone?
How can we restore our faith
To find our way back home?
CHORUS
Tony Wentersdorf © 2021

Before I Know Your Name

I saw you walking and I had to say hi you looked up and smiled as I caught your eye
Meaningless words were only the start of the song I began to hear in my heart
You didn’t tell me your name today I didn’t expect you would haunt me this way

If you’re gonna break my heart do it before this all starts
If you’re gonna walk away do it before I know your name

If you’re gonna lead me on do it before this day’s all gone
If you’re gonna smile and leave do it before I begin to believe
Your name will lock you in my memory if you say it and leave I can never be free

If you’re gonna break my heart do it before this all starts
If you’re gonna walk away do it before I know your name

If you’re gonna break my heart do it before this all starts
If you’re gonna walk away do it before I know your name

If you’re gonna break my heart do it before this all starts
If you’re gonna walk away do it before I know your name

© Doug Millaway & Wayne Hamilton, 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Inside Your Bottle

Some say I’m too hopeful maybe I’m a fool
Cos I look past the drinkin’ to love the better parts of you
But you put us on the reef again taking water fast
And as I bail like hell to save us you pour more poison down the hatch

Trapped inside a joy that never lasts
There must be a way to break this glass

Chorus:
Cos I don’t want to be a ship
Inside your bottle
Always caught in angry seas
I never can sail out of
Now I’m clinging to debris
As you sink down to the bottom
I don’t want to be a ship
Inside your bottle

I could taste the trouble, on your lips today
You always hide the vodka well but gin gives you away
So I grab my courage and the wheel head straight out of port
There’s no turning round this time so pick your knees up off the floor

Life through the window moves so fast
There must be a way to break this glass

[repeat chorus]

Just cast a stone and take a chance
It’s time to shatter this empty glass

Cos I don’t want to be a ship
Inside your bottle
Always caught in angry seas
I never can sail out of
Now I’m clinging to debris
As you sink down to the bottom
I don’t want to be a ship
Inside your bottle
No I’ll no longer be adrift
Inside your bottle

Copyright © 2021 Chuck Thomas | bluefin39@yahoo.com | 267-229-4549

Ain’t That the Truth?

Everybody loves a story where the hero’s dreams come true
We were right behind our hero the day that he met you
He only came to hear the music, didn’t know love even had a chance
Afternoon concert by the river when out of the blue
Brave beautiful you asked him to dance

(CHORUS)
Ain’t that the truth? You never know
When love sneaks up on you
Ain’t no use searching for more
Love is all we ever need. Ain’t that the truth

Dancing ended with the last song
But our hero knew where there was more
He took you dancing down the river
The band was hotter than before
Heroes make brave choices and the band was winding down
So he asked you if you’d join him
For some late music downtown
The music went on and on
CH

Dancing through the night in a dream come true
Truth be told the bravest one was you
CH

Love is all we ever need. Ain’t that the truth (repeat)

Just a phone recording.
I wonder how the point of view comes across, does it work to talk of our hero?

Just One More Dance: A Wedding Day Waltz – Bob Niemiec 10/23/2014

The day you were born was like our fist dance
The first one of many to come
And over the years we’ve danced many a time
A father and daughter as one

We danced through the good times
And when times were hard
We danced to keep us from crying
No matter the reason
No matter the time
I knew that this little girl was mine

Now you’re beginning a brand new life
Heading out into the world
To start your own family
And have your own home
But you’ll always be my baby girl

Break

Now you’re beginning a brand new life
Heading out into the world
To start your own family
And have your own home
But you’ll always be my baby girl

Just one more dance before you go
One while the night is still young
A dance with my baby
A dance with my girl
A father and daughter as one

A dance with my baby
A dance with my girl
A father and daughter as one

I wrote this song for the father-daughter dance at my youngest daughter’s wedding in 2014. I’ve tweaked the lyrics a little as well as adding accordion and harmony from my wife.

Lions

My lawn mower blades
They rust with age
But sometimes the spring time paints them a yellow color

A certain flower grows
A weed so I’m told
All the kids pick them for their mothers

Chorus
So let’s live this life like we’re lions
Find adventures like when we were kids
Pick our Moms a bunch of Dandelions
We will live We will live

Back when we were young
We had so much fun
Boys and girls always Searching for trouble

But we traded it in
For mortgages and bills
Noone told us that life would pop our bubble

Chorus

Bridge
How does youth escape from our hearts with age?
Time to take care of our parents in a reversal
With the tables turned thats when we learned
How the love comes around full circle

Chorus

© 2021 Mike Rudquist, All Rights Reserved

Patch the Dam

If I could say to you everything is going to be alright
If we could make it through this fractured night and day
So much to say in time some wonder where it goes
I can see the roses and the thornes

If I could find your love and post it on a note
I could take those days and put them together could this be our book
If I could make your day and make it warm and bright
could we find our way will we be alright

so where do we go from here how do we patch the dam
will we rescure ourselves once again
so where do we go form here how do we patch the dam
will we still rescue ourselves once again

Solo

So much to say in time some wonder where it goes
I can see the roses and the thornes

Piano

so were do we go from here how do we patch the dam
will we still rescue ourselves once again

James Melby

BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE

Wore ballet shoes and a pink tutu
For that kindergarten show
Peeked at the crowd and I saw mom
right there in that front row
with camera poised she flashed a smile
so bright I grinned along
Her loving gaze made me brave
so I danced through that song

(Chorus)
She had the best seat in the house
Saw all that she could see
Never missed a single second
yeh She was there for me
Perfect smile right there up front
Sitting so tall and proud
Mom watched with all her heart
From the best seat in the house

With a Homemade cap upon my head
last day of my first school year
Dad focused on the video
While I grinned ear to ear
Took a copy of that tape
right home to her sick bed
skipped the cake and ice cream
snuggled with mom instead

(Repeat Chorus)

Dad walked me down, white veil and gown
took his place in that front pew,
missed Mom’s big smile at the front of the aisle,
but somehow … I still knew …

(Repeat Chorus)

… Yeh She watched with all her heart
From the best seat in the house

Wrote the lyrics from my Daughter’s perspective and hoping to present it to her for part of a wedding gift. Will eventually have a female voice sing the lyrics, but looking for overall lyric and melody feedback for now.

VACCINE! VACCINE!

There’s a nasty virus that’s spreading all around,
It’s bugging everybody, and making us feel down.
All of us are wondering how long it will last,
But we can’t ignore it until it’s gone and past.
CHORUS:
Vaccine! Vaccine! Vaccine! Vaccine!
I don’t know where we’re goin,’
I don’t know where we’ve been.
All I know for certain,
All that I can dream,
Until the final curtain,
I gotta get vaccined!

I think I’ll go to Shangri La where there are no germs,
No virus to upset us, or make us crash and burn.
I’ll donate all my organs if they’ll bring a cure,
I’ll give my soul to charity just to make sure.
CHORUS
Tony Wentersdorf © 2021

Picks and Pints
Written by Nathan Fjeld, Deb Fjeld – 1/30/2021 2/7/21

Staring down my old laptop, about to lose my mind
Nothing seems to change round here in this endless daily grind
Meetings follow meetings, but I’m not really here
I’m picking Wildwood Flower and tipping back a beer.
Can’t wait for

Chorus
Picks and pints on Friday nights, been waiting all week long
Picks and pints on Friday nights, singing our favorite songs.
An ice cold beer, my old guitar, my buddies gathered round
Picks and pints on Friday nights, I love that bluegrass sound.

My Martin’s been collecting dust, but Friday’s finally here
Tom is talking politics and Brin grabs me a beer.
We laugh and joke, pick and sing, it’s right where I belong
I hide a yawn, then someone hollers, “one more, one last song”.
I love those

Chorus

I wake up in the morning, tunes still echo in my head
They drown out all my worries and my Monday morning dread
So gather up your buddies and grab your old guitar
It doesn’t matter where we are, a campfire, porch or bar.
Join us for

Chorus

That’s The Way She Wanted To Go (open C)

1.Been a while since she graduated
from the local nursing school.
Not the kind of person who was
thought of as being cool.
Or among the best or brightest;
but recognized as one of the finest,
by patients and custodians and doctors on her ward.
She took pride in what she did to ease the
lives of young and old
That’s the way she wanted to go.

2. She was full of homespun wisdom,
stuff we all should know.
As patient as a mother’s love,
with a solid heart of gold.
She hoped someday for children
if the right man came along,
Never made time to find that mister right or mister wrong.
She’d spend her whole life giving
to folks she’d never know.
That’s the way she wanted to go.

3. She was like a lot of us,
did most everything right.
Sanitized her life and home, but
felt a chill one night.
A little short of breath, a bit of fever.
Likely a cold or a touch of flu. Went
in to work and help in case some others felt it too.
She was needed more than ever.
The ICU had overflowed.
That’s the way she wanted to go.

4. She didn’t like bein’ cared for
by colleagues and close friends,
who’d come in from the frontline to offer
prayers beside her bed.
They pressed her hands through rubber gloves
and touched the soul within.
Sometimes a body’s time is up before the journey ends.
Our prayers aren’t always answered
and why we’ll never know.
But that’s the way she wanted to go.

Our prayers aren’t always answered
and why we’ll never know.
But that’s the way she wanted to go.

My tribute to any frontline medical workers. I began working on this a year ago. Let it sit until recently. Decided to pick it up again and finish it. Finished the final line this morning.

Never Gone

I see the fog on the water
Fade away before my eyes
As the breeze of a new day
Greets the sunrise
That’s the time that you show me
You’re never really gone
And you’re waiting for the chance
To share one more dawn
One more song

Then a whisper starts growing
As the wind spreads it’s wings wide
And we ride out together
Across the countryside

(Chorus)
You’re never gone, always along
Presence of mind, close by my side
Never gone, always along
Never too late, always a chance
For one more song, one more song

(Repeat 2)
(Repeat Chorus)

©2021Larry Suess

Too short? Too schmaltzy?

This Christmas

There’s snow on the ground
I looked all over town
For the perfect present for you
Pretty Christmas lights
They shine so bright
Getting everybody in the holiday mood

I hope that your coming
I hope that I will see
You opening those shiny presents
Sitting next to me
This Christmas
This Christmas

It just aint the same
Since I last saw your face
Tried to wipe away all of your tears
My phone’s been silent
No texting, no dialing
Your sweet voice is all I need to hear

I hope that your coming
I hope that I will see
You opening those shiny presents
Sitting next to me
This Christmas
This Christmas

Let my love dry all the tears in your eyes
Start anew, with a tender love on a shiny silent night

This Christmas- I’m gonna hold you tight
This Christmas- Fireplace will be burning bright
This Christmas- We’ll be playing in the snow
This Christmas- I’m never gonna let you go

Whoah, oh, never gonna let you go

© 2021 Mike Rudquist, All rights reserved

Walking On A Winter’s Day

Sunlight glistening on freshly fallen snow
Winter wind blows cold and seems to not let go
Cheeks they start to glow
Cold from head to toe
Walking on a winters day
 
Wander (walk) familiar paths while picking up my stride
Wave and greet the people I see passing by
Problems set aside
The joy I just can’t hide
Walking on a winter’s day

Chorus
Time spent wisely is time spent the right way
Make the most of what’s at hand
Catch the sunlight when welcoming the day
Fill yourself the best you can
Walking on a winter’s day

Bridge
Snow is crunching beneath my feet
Chickadees are singing familiar tweets

Copyright © 2021 John Bennett & Greg Connor

John has presented several melodies on one of his Galeries asking for lyrics to accompany them. This is the final result of my lyrics supporting John’s melody.

Greg

…THE REST OF MY LIFE
© by Paul Nye | paulenye@me.com | 218-507-0081

From the day I was born, I planned my life pretty well
Picked my parents, siblings, friends and my schools,
Became a socially-conscious, college-educated, vegan
Bent on breaking all them old rules

Thought I’d accomplished my goal in so many years
Until reality became quite clear

CHORUS:
You see, life don’t always go the way that I plan
Around the corner waits another surprise
I know if something goes up, it will eventually land
With gravity there’s no compromise
Made mistakes in the past, gonna make ‘em again
But the future is where I wanna live…. the rest of my life

I use to skydive, then I fell in love,
Now I’m falling down all the time
You see, once I was young, and I had a couple kids
Now my life is in a downward climb

And if that don’t make a bit of sense to you
Your future is long overdue

CHORUS:
You see, life don’t always go the way that you plan
Around the corner waits another surprise
Ya know if something goes up, it will eventually land
With gravity there’s no compromise
You made mistakes in the past, gonna do it again
But the future is where you’re gotta live…. the rest of your life

BRIDGE:
I think tomorrow’s gonna happen anytime about now
I’m not sittin’ on my butt being bored
Cuz I’m young enough I got a lot of livin’ to do
Before I meet my Lord

CHORUS:
You see, life don’t always go the way I plan
Around the corner waits another surprise
I know if something goes up, it will eventually land
With gravity there’s no compromise
Made mistakes in the past, gonna do it again
But the future is where I wanna live…
Yeah, the future is where I’ll begin
The future is where I’m gonna live – the rest of my life
I’m gonna live for the rest of my life…the rest of my life

Use this cut. Prematurely submitted an earlier version.

When I woke up this morning in the summer sun
in a field of love surrounding me
what a place we’ve got in this world we have
its a plethora of mystery
do you feel our love is in your heart
can you feel it’s pulling us apart
we can live together at this time again
if we just love each other from our hearts

when I wake up and II see the sun arise
and the morning light is shining on you
when we look outside and we see the world we have
It’s not really so bad whoa oh me
can you see the beauty of it all
can we look across and still stand tall
when you see the world coming down on us
let us see the beauty of it all of it all of it all oh of it all

let us just be thankful for what we have
look around and lets give thanks for this day
I can tell our love shares the same
things are in our name forever to see
can we feel our difference in our hearts
lets not risk by taking it all apart
I will say to the wonderers and to everyone
to the wonders of our heart
lead
can you see the love birds in the sky
lets make sure our love won’t pass us by
I can tell you something that is good as gold
and it just before and its just before
and it just before our eyes
just before our eyes just before our eyes just before our eyes

James Melby 612.384.3040 1/18/2021

o

This is to replace my song submission that was lyrics only as the song would not send Thanks

LOST IN LOVE ©2020 by John Bennett & Tony Wentersdorf

As I gaze out my window this morning,
I see the sky’s turned to gray,
A single black crow is calling in the wind
Makes me long for you.

Remember last Summer we walked on the shore,
Holding hands as we stroll along the boardwalk
And jump feet first into the surf.
Water washed our cares away

CH
Like a dream long ago and far away
We took all our chances but love wouldn’t stay
We danced apart when the music stopped
And we lost in love we just lost in love CH

If our eyes should ever meet across a crowded room
Just smile with the memories we once knew
I will always keep them in the that part of my heart
That story of me and you CH

Very new so Phrasing is off in spots.

Verse I

Well I’m rolling down old Highway 30
I’m going nowhere and I’m goin in a hurry
Gonna drive till I find a roadside dive and drink until I’m numb

I had a beautiful wife, a nice house and a car
And I threw it all away for a blonde in a bar
Shes gone and now I’ve gotta live with what I’ve done

Chorus
It’s my own damn fault I’m back down on my knees
I’ve got a real knack for making life harder than it has to be.
You’d think that I would learn but no, no, not me.
All my friends will tell you I’m my own worst enemy

Verse II
Well I left that bar in a drunken stupor
And on the way home I met a state trooper
She was a real nice gal, took me for a ride in her car

I said lets park somewhere and have a little fun
She said boy you’re cute but you’re awful dumb
I woke up the next morning in the county jail

Bridge

I don’t know why I am my own sabatoeur
I set my sights up high but I end up insecure
I keep hoping for a better day, I’m tryin to find a way
I know that I’d do better
If I’d get out of my own way!!!!

Chorus 2x

Copyright Jan 2021
Tom Peschges All rights reserved.

A lot of my songs are autobiographical. This is not one of them.

The Rainbow Bridge

I should have known the day we met my heart would break when you left.
We grew into the best of friends. How could love like this ever end?

They say there’s a waiting place, I think they call it a thin place.
You’ve waited many times before. Wait for me this one time more.

Watch for me upon the ridge that leads up to the Rainbow Bridge
Our greeting will shake earth’s core and rattle open heaven’s door!

Walk with me across the Rainbow Bridge
Cause heaven won’t be heaven without you.
Heaven can’t be heaven if you’re not there.
Side-by-side let’s cross beyond the Rainbow Bridge.

You’ll be well as you wait, between the worlds in that thin place.
I promise it won’t seem too long until you see me come along.

Watch for me upon the ridge that leads up to the Rainbow Bridge
Our greeting will shake earth’s core and rattle open heaven’s door!

Walk with me across the Rainbow Bridge
Cause heaven won’t be heaven without you.
Heaven can’t be heaven if you’re not there.
Side-by-side let’s cross beyond the Rainbow Bridge.
Together beyond the Rainbow Bridge.

©Ann L Thompson, 651-592-3900, altlyric@gmail.com
February 14, 2021

Liking the lyrics, not so sure about the melody.