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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Liking the lyrics, not so sure about the melody.