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We're heading for the demo studio with this. Any last minute comments appreciated. Thanks.


NOWHERE CLOSE TO YOU
C 2004 Opfer, ASCAP/King, BMI

I was sittin' in a tavern
Down by the Rio Grande
Working on a Lone Star
Listenin' to the band
Thinkin' 'bout some silly thing
That made us disagree
When a South Texas beauty
Made a move on me

She was a ten
On a scale of one to eight
With looks so picture perfect
I did a double take
And thought of all the trouble
I could get myself into
She might have been a ten
But that's nowhere close to you

Well, she brushed right up against me
With a come-on in her eyes
Said where've you been hidin'
Cowboy dance with me tonight
And maybe for a second
I thought what harm would it do
But the image of you darlin'
Kept me anchored to that stool

Chorus:

She was a ten
On a scale of one to eight
With looks so picture perfect
I did a double take
And thought of all the trouble
I could get myself into
She might have been a ten
But that's nowhere close to you

Bridge:
It's not hard to deny
She'd be a prize for any guy
But, you're so much more to me
Than just the beauty others see:

Chorus:
She was a ten
On a scale of one to eight
But. We've got a history
A whole lot more at stake
Thought how makin’ up would be
The right thing to do
So I left her in Laredo
‘Cause that's nowhere close to you


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Hi Silver Kat...haven't seen you around before, but I sure enjoyed this. Far as I'm concerned, it's a TEN!



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Got a nine from me Glenn. Took one off for the picture perfect.
Looked sooo good sang better, and in spite of being every day words, my cliche bells didn't ring.
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Thanks Songbird and Graham. What would get a ten from you Cobber?

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#349750 07/18/04 12:00 AM
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I told ya Glenn.
She looked Sooo good.
I took a double take.
Read and sang sooo much better.
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Hello Glen,

Good to see you back on the board.

This catchy lil number just bounces right along ... but that whole one-to-ten scales thing is soooo 1980's.

Young guys now use the Budweiser scales and it only goes as high as four. How many Clydesdales would it take to pull you off her.<g>

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Glen,

First time I've seen you post, though you obviously have been around these parts for a while.

I liked this one a lot. As Dawg said, the one-to-ten thing is 1980's but...a little trip down mem'ry lane makes for a pretty nice drive sometimes. This is one of those times. I just posted one that I wrote in 1982 and had totally forgotten about. So, I'm okay with the 1980's sidetrip.

Really, really nice. Liked it a bunch!

Alan

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glen, the vss and the bridge all say the same thing. and the scale of 1-10 was cliched 25 years ago. but most importantly it needs that one good line or idea to shake it up. good luck with the demo. [Linked Image]

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Amazon Kindle books by Robert George you may enjoy:

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re the one to ten thing as pointed out Glenn.
Yep it has been around a while.
But. I sort of like the way it was used here to say she was something like 120% proof..
If you can bend that melody a litle to have it go:
She was a ten, ''N that's.
On a scale of one to eight.
Shufling how it sings, and how it could be sung in my head, it feels the same backing can accomatae the change, and to me that would be a real good line.
Can't recall it ever being used to say bettrer than perfict like that before.
And that's what they tell us to do if we can. Say the same thing only better. Or use a familar expression to say something differantly.
Graham

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Thanks all for your replies, we will think about your comments, and appreciate the time you took to read this. Good to see CG critiquing over here. Please, no more comments. We've got enough to consider. /Glen

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