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#707698 - 04/03/09 11:18 AM
New Cover Challenge No3...... Lyric entries post here.
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BIG JIM MERRILEES
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Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
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Thanks to all who contributed to the successful "Nowhere Man" and "Champion" challenges.
This next challenge is a chance for lyricists to post lyrics and have original music put to them.
Usual rules apply...only post lyrics if you are happy with anyone using your lyric any which way.
Cowritten lyrics...please ensure you have all the necessary permissions.
Only post your own original lyrics.
Once lyrics have been posted entrants can choose which lyric to set music to.
Please do not all choose the same set of lyrics..... once a set of lyrics has been chosen by someoene try picking different lyrics to cover. So first come first served but try and let everyone participate.
Once you have completed your song please post it on Soundclick. I will open a thread for links to completed songs later on in the month..Best of luck but have fun.
Edited by BIG JIM MERRILEES (04/05/09 09:10 AM)
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#707712 - 04/03/09 11:57 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Mark Kaufman
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Registered: 09/25/07
Posts: 5927
Loc: Minneapolis
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Nice one, Big Jim! You just made a lot of lyricists happy.
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#707742 - 04/03/09 01:19 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Mark Kaufman]
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Ricki E. Bellos
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Registered: 04/12/08
Posts: 3817
Loc: Wisconsin
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I have a few questions.
Will you be posting a deadline so we know when all the lyrisists that want to participate have done so?
Is it OK for 2 people to pick the same lyrics? I know we want to spread it out, but how will we know ahead of time how many lyrics and how many musicators there will be?
Is this only for lyrisists, or can someone that can write music but just hasn't also submit lyrics?
That's just off the top of my head. What do you think?
Ricki
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#707747 - 04/03/09 01:53 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Ricki E. Bellos]
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Mark Kaufman
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Registered: 09/25/07
Posts: 5927
Loc: Minneapolis
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Musicator. Why does that always sound kinda dirty to me?
Ey, I don't 'ate music!
I'm going to let Big Jim set the rules, because I'm too much of an Anything Goes kinda guy...
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#707757 - 04/03/09 02:57 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Mark Kaufman]
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BIG JIM MERRILEES
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Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
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Hi Ricki. There will be a cut off but that will depend very much on how many entries there are. I would suggest that once a song has been selected then you should go for an alternative till all the lyrics have been chosen. If two go for same lyrics there is no real prob but bear in mind this is a chance for folk who may never get music composed for their lyrics so we should try to cover every lyric if possible. Any lyric can be entered but people who do not write music should say so on their entry and be given preference. It would be an idea for us all to indicate ASAP what song we are choosing to let others avoid choosing same song.
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#707834 - 04/03/09 09:07 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Michael Zaneski
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Registered: 07/30/06
Posts: 3101
Loc: California
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Should somebody post in the lyric 3 forum and maybe the other two, stating that the new "challenge" has started, what it is, how to enter, etc.?
I presume lyricists enter one lyric, right here, in this very thread?
Edited by Michael Zaneski (04/03/09 09:07 PM)
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Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)
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#707846 - 04/03/09 11:00 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Michael Zaneski]
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Mark Kaufman
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Registered: 09/25/07
Posts: 5927
Loc: Minneapolis
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YUP!
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#707879 - 04/04/09 03:15 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Mark Kaufman]
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Michael Zaneski
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Registered: 07/30/06
Posts: 3101
Loc: California
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Big Jim,
I took Mark's "Yep" to mean it was "okay" to post in a couple lyric forums that there's a new "Challenge" that lyricists might be interested in. I simply copied your post, and added a small "lead in"...we'll see if the "action" picks up 
Mike
Edited by Michael Zaneski (04/04/09 03:16 AM)
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Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)
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#707885 - 04/04/09 04:37 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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IdeaGuy
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Registered: 10/07/07
Posts: 1194
Loc: Philly Burbs
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One of my lyrics I've kind of wanted to hear since I wrote it...
TAKEN
Going Coastal
© 2009 Greg Swartzentruber
Yep it’s still comin’ down
Damn near buried in this cold cold town
Three solid weeks of snow and ice
Had about enough of this winter life
Pressure’s rising, humidity too
Can’t you feel what I’m about to do?
I’m going coastal
Gonna catch the next flight
Put my toes in the sand
On a beach of pure white
Gonna get all brown in the tropical sun
It’s time I had myself some Caribbean fun
Gonna march to the beat of a lone steel drum
I’m going coastal
The snow sure looks pretty
First day it falls in the big big city
But when it all fades to an ugly gray
You know it’s time to get away
Pressure’s rising, humidity too
Can’t you guess what I’m about to do?
I’m going coastal
Gonna catch the next flight
Put my toes in the sand
On a beach of pure white
Gonna get all brown in the tropical sun
It’s time I had myself some Caribbean fun
Gonna march to the beat of a lone steel drum
I’m going coastal
Seems every year about this time
I need a tall Corona with a twist of lime
Pressure’s rising, humidity too
Damn sure know what I’m about to do?
I’m going coastal
Gonna catch the next flight
Put my toes in the sand
On a beach of pure white
Gonna get all brown in the tropical sun
It’s time I had myself some Caribbean fun
Gonna march to the beat of a lone steel drum
I’m going coastal
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#707889 - 04/04/09 05:26 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: IdeaGuy]
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Stag
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Registered: 10/18/07
Posts: 247
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Right. I'm going to post one of the lyrics that has had a bit more trouble finding a home.
TAKEN
Bottle of Jezebel
It was just another night in the club
Some company was all I was looking for
Not interested in thoughts of love
Just a warm body to take out that door
But when she danced over seductively
I should have listened to those danger bells
With a flip of her hair, she entranced me
That sweet succubus scent of Chanel
She gestured to the bartender, a bottle slid my way
Then whispered in my ear, 'I know how to make your day'
Oh, the name on the label shoulda given me a clue
But she'd lowered my defenses, and pretty soon
She was promising me a lifetime, and I didn't mind
Oh why didn't I listen to those danger bells
She was setting me on a path to hell
When I downed that bottle of Jezebel
As I downed that bottle of Jezebel
Oh how could such a splendid night
Be followed by such a torturous dawn?
Woke up and found she had taken flight
Looked like a whirlwind had hit my home
Every drawer torn open, an empty wallet
And a slowly fading sense of bliss.
An edge of white sticking out my coat pocket
A note, sealed with her coquette kiss.
I dunno what made her different from the other girls
But she flipped the table round, for one night she rocked my world
Oh, the name on the label shoulda given me a clue
But she'd lowered my defenses, and pretty soon
She was promising me a lifetime, and I didn't mind
Oh why didn't I listen to those danger bells
She was setting me on a path to hell
When I downed that bottle of Jezebel
As I downed that bottle of Jezebel
All so pathetic, I don't even know her name
But I still wonder, if I ever saw her face again
Would she open the door away from this hell?
Or just uncork another bottle of Jezebel?
Oh, the name on the label shoulda given me a clue
But she'd lowered my defenses, and pretty soon
She was promising me a lifetime, and I didn't mind
Oh why didn't I listen to those danger bells
She was setting me on a path to hell
When I downed that bottle of Jezebel
As I downed that bottle of Jezebel[color:#FF0000][/color]
Edited by Stag (04/05/09 08:01 AM)
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#707890 - 04/04/09 05:32 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Stag]
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Calvin
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Registered: 04/30/02
Posts: 13421
Loc: Okeechobee, Florida U.S.A.
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TAKEN
Catwalk Candy
© words by C. Stewart ( April 30th, 2007 )
Soft leathers
Pink feathers
Catwalk Candy
Open blouse
Crowded house
Catwalk Candy
Chorus.....
A sweet piece of sugar
But she's only there to view
Don't expect me to share
My, Candy with you
Catwalk Candy, lookin' fine
Catwalk Candy, she's all mine
Rockin' hips
Puffy lips
Catwalk Candy
You would melt
If you felt
Catwalk Candy
Chorus.....
A sweet piece of sugar
But she's only there to view
Don't expect me to share
My, Candy with you
Catwalk Candy, lookin' fine
Catwalk Candy, she's all mine
Instrumental Break....
Bridge....
Most men would love her
Half the women too
Tell me Mr. Preacher man
How bout' you .
I bet you'd like a taste of my Candy
Chorus.....
A sweet piece of sugar
But she's only there to view
Don't expect me to share
My, Candy with you
Catwalk Candy, lookin' fine
Catwalk Candy, she's all mine
Chorus.....
A sweet piece of sugar
But she's only there to view
Don't expect me to share
My, Candy with you
Catwalk Candy, lookin' fine
Catwalk Candy, she's all mine
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewart
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Calvin
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#707891 - 04/04/09 05:33 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: IdeaGuy]
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nightengale
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Registered: 03/17/09
Posts: 2505
Loc: Eugene, Or USA
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Thanks guys, this is great. There's some incredible people on this site, taking their time to help us learners. I write lyrics only, sing my own songs to a melody in my head. I don't write msic.
Tonight In Our Dreams
Verse 1
You've seen so much country, from the cab of an 18-wheeler,
Traveled the states and Canada, without quality time,
Livin' life on schedule, drive sun up 'till sundown,
No time to appreciate the sights, you're back behind the wheel.
Verse 2
I've been a few places, some I don't remember,
Our childhood vacation time, back when I was young,
Ridin' in a Chevy II, in the backseat playin',
Out to visit family, then back to Oregon.
Chorus 1
Maybe there will come a day, gonna see the world together,
So many places to travel to, the sights we wannna see,
But for now we work our days,to pay for all those toys and things
The ones we'll play on tonight in our dreams.
Verse 3 We'll take the jet, boat and ride the rapids,
Snake river dream, tonight you'll happen,
Rough ridin' river, you're a sight to see,
Wake up in the mornin' back to pay for all of our dreams.
Verse 4
Ride the Pi'ute Trails, on our ATV's,
Wilderness campin', where we want to be,
We'll ride from Utah, on up into Canada,
Wake up in the mornin' back to pay for all of our dreams.
Chorus 2
Someday when we're older, might just see these things together,
Places we wanna travel to, the things we wanna do,
We'll keep workin our days away, to pay for all these things,
So one day tonights dreams just might come true.
Bridge
Tonight we'll take, the jetboat out on the Snake,
What a sight you'll be, what a dream to see,
Might share a tale, a night on the Wilderness Trails,
Ride from Utah up into Canada is what suits me.
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#707907 - 04/04/09 07:52 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: nightengale]
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Joice Marie
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Registered: 12/07/05
Posts: 8878
Loc: Cornish Flat, NH, USA
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Taken
well --- I think this could be country ??-- but I have not made it to that phase yet !!
Half Hearted © joice marie 2007
The ferris wheel is spinning
I see you staring at the ground
Too tired 'n sad 'bout what you're thinking
A barkers voice drowns your thoughts out
You glance at ....
Half hearted me
I see ......
Half hearted you
Half hearted,.... seems
The best we can do
Colored lights tint the night scape
Whistle pops and carnival sounds
Muffling how my heart's breaking
Seems smiles are just for clowns
You glance at....
Half hearted me
I see ....
Half hearted you
Half hearted,..... seems
The best we can do
How to say love's lost its luster
Time changes everything
With all compassion we can muster
Let's slip off our golden rings
You glance at...
Half hearted me
I see...
Half hearted you
Half hearted, ....... seems
The best we can do
Even the circus clowns know
Half hearted is
The best we can do
Edited by Joice Marie (04/05/09 07:01 AM)
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#707911 - 04/04/09 08:08 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Joice Marie]
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BIG JIM MERRILEES
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Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
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Well I propose to take a crack at the first lyric in. That is Gregs's "Going Coastal"
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#707959 - 04/04/09 12:27 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Ricki E. Bellos
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Registered: 04/12/08
Posts: 3817
Loc: Wisconsin
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I'm in and for your listening pleasure, I'll be butchering JM's Half Hearted! Sorry Joice Marie.
Ricki
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#707960 - 04/04/09 12:50 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Stag]
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Michael Zaneski
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Registered: 07/30/06
Posts: 3101
Loc: California
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damned if I didn't read through Stag's "Bottle of Jezebel" and hear a John Hartford kinda minor key bluegrass.
I'm in...
MIke
_________________________
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)
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#707965 - 04/04/09 01:47 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Michael Zaneski]
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Herbie Gaines
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Registered: 05/04/03
Posts: 2809
Loc: Chicago,IL, USA
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Jeez Jim
People were complimenting for doing something for the lyricists...and then you picked the first one after only a few posts ! ! and shut everyone out ! ! Bad move, brother...do you have ADD ? Give it a chance ! !
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#707968 - 04/04/09 02:04 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Herbie Gaines]
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Scott Campbell
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Registered: 07/22/05
Posts: 10861
Loc: Lakeland, FL, USA
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Hey Herbie:
I think this time the musicators are free to choose any of the posted lyrics that they wish - in fact, the goal, I believe, is that no two people do the same one. I think Big Jim was just carving out one for himself.
Scott
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#707992 - 04/04/09 03:41 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Beth G. Williams
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Registered: 04/24/07
Posts: 6894
Loc: Massachusetts
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Hey Girls and Boys,
Well, I reckon it's about time I jumped on this bandwagon.  I HAD always wondered how this one might sound, so anybody interested in giving it a go, have fun!!
Thanks in advance...and thanks also to Jim/Mark/Mike for posting this challenge for us musically-challenged members!!
Beth
TAKEN
"A Million Tears Ago"
© Lyrics 2008 Beth Williams
The future ended yesterday
Saw the clues, but looked away
Fingers tremble on my cup of Joe
Memories might sneak up on me
Trip me up, and back I’ll be
In that dream, a million tears ago
Such a crying shame
I'm drowning in pain
Just barely afloat
Since you blew out the flame
No spark to relight it
No flicker of hope
Left from a Million Tears Ago
It’s noon but dark above my head
Can’t I please go back to bed
Wish I could just sleep this off, but no
Don’t see me escaping this
Can I fix things with a kiss
Like I did a million tears ago
When making love was sweet and slow
And promise fanned the afterglow
Such a crying shame
I'm drowning in pain
Just barely afloat
Since you blew out the flame
No spark to relight it
No flicker of hope
Left from a Million Tears Ago
But then the end came all too soon
Left hanging like a spent balloon
No parachute to break my fall below
But that’s the price, out on a limb
I’d go again, to be with him
Forever, like a million tears ago
Edited by Beth G. Williams (04/05/09 11:25 AM)
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#707995 - 04/04/09 03:53 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Scott Campbell]
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BIG JIM MERRILEES
Top 20 Poster
Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
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Hey Herbie:
I think this time the musicators are free to choose any of the posted lyrics that they wish - in fact, the goal, I believe, is that no two people do the same one. I think Big Jim was just carving out one for himself.
Scott
I just picked the first one in for that reason......if anybody else wants to cover it feel free.... the object is to try and give each lyric music. I did say first come first served. LOL
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#707997 - 04/04/09 03:56 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Herbie Gaines
Top 100 Poster
Registered: 05/04/03
Posts: 2809
Loc: Chicago,IL, USA
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OHHHHhhhh.... I get it, I thought we were gonna vote and ALL do it, like the other challenges ! ! k...but I don't think it will be as interesting...it was cool to see what everyone did with the same song, this is more hodge-podge...I dunno
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#707999 - 04/04/09 04:05 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Sam Wilson
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Registered: 05/05/04
Posts: 2191
Loc: Nashville, TN USA
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Alright.....I'll post this one, but only because I really want to hear it recorded.
Now, listen to me here, this one is a screamer, but not in the sense that it should be screamed out over the amps, but screamed from deep within, in other words, to put across the emotion and the frustration by expressing said discord with the instruments, as opposed to simply relying on the vocals......Think of a surging lava flow....and not Def Leppard!
VISIONS (PEACE TO HYSTERIA)
Another tour, another burning stage
Hear those haunting screams
For a couple of hours we feel the rage
Living out your dreams
Traveling down that long open road
Wake up in some hotel
Around 8 or 9 we’re set to explode
‘Cause we got records to sell
Visions Within----- Peace to Hysteria
Listen to those guitars
Madness Again---- Peace to Hysteria
Your proxy superstar
We worked hard to headline our shows
Playin’ all those small towns
Got a record out, and now life just flows
The money man likes our sound
There’s one thing I never say out loud
The time and place ain’t right
Guess it looks like fun playin’ to the crowd
But I sure am lonely at night
Visions Within----- Peace to Hysteria
Please pick up the phone
Madness Again--- Peace to Hysteria
Ridin’ that big bus alone
(spoken bridge)
Yeah, I lived my dream, I played my song
Rode a horse to the mountain king
Lookin’ back, I’ve been gone too long
And now I can’t change anything
Visions Within---- Peace to Hysteria
Life is nothing if lived in vain
Madness Again--- Peace to Hysteria
Until only my ghost remains
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#708001 - 04/04/09 04:09 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Herbie Gaines]
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BIG JIM MERRILEES
Top 20 Poster
Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
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Herbie it is all part of the learning curve. It is a chance to cowrite with someone you might never normally work with and a chance for folk to get their words put to music who under normal circumstances might never get the chance. Hopefully these type of challenges will be a regular feature and we will change the format to suit the mood of the contributors. A any input about future challenges will be welcomed and taken on board. I will always go by what the majority want. Next challenge will be different for example we might reverse it..... get people to compose music...post it and then we write lyrics for the tune we like. Or we could do something completely different. All ideas will be discussed and the majority of opinions carry.
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#708039 - 04/04/09 07:41 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Mark Kaufman
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Registered: 09/25/07
Posts: 5927
Loc: Minneapolis
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Herbie, this one may not be as entertaining for the end listener as the Champion thread, but there is a whole different point to this one. Instead of one person getting ten versions, this time a whole lot of lyricists will suddenly get music for their songs. To me, this challenge brings more music to more people. We'll try all sorts of things as time goes on.
Hey, I missed your "Champion" version somehow...just heard it and thought it was great!
Well, I fully intended to pick a lyric from someone I've never worked with before...but I've learned that when a lyric just jumps out and starts playing in my head, then it's Go Time. So I'm gonna have to grab a hold of Catwalk Candy and see where she takes me.
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#708065 - 04/04/09 09:08 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Beth G. Williams]
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Wendy D
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Registered: 10/24/07
Posts: 1909
Loc: Atlanta, GA USA
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I'm going to take Beth's lyric, A Million Tears Ago. I'm already hearing something here..
Wow! This is so exciting.
Edited by Wendy D (04/05/09 02:09 PM)
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#708074 - 04/04/09 10:07 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Wendy D]
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Lynn Orloff
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Registered: 04/06/06
Posts: 5161
Loc: PA of the great USA
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Hi Jim,
Glad I looked at this. I thought it had something to do with "Nowhere Man" but just in a new slant. I was wondering Jim if you could change the title of the thread so it makes it clear this is indeed a brand new challenge and doesn't keep away people who would like to participate. I took from the title that it was part of the previous challenge. Just a thought.
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#708078 - 04/04/09 10:25 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Lynn Orloff]
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Lynn Orloff
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Registered: 04/06/06
Posts: 5161
Loc: PA of the great USA
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Here's one for the gipper....each Chorus is alittle lyrically progressive (fun video potential)
“He’s A Football Fanatic” (Fun/Female Uptempo/Attitude)
(c)2009 Lynn Orloff
When we married at the altar,
I thought I knew him really well,
Watchin' football was his hobby,
It was very plain to tell.
But I guess I never realized,
Just how deep this passion went,
I’m your classic football widow,
Please excuse me while I vent…
Chorus
He’s a football fanatic, a hundred posters line our walls,
He’s got tons of memorabilia, now our house looks like some mall,
He’s always yellin' at the TV, dropping pizza on the floor,
He’s a football fanatic, and I can’t take it anymore.
Has his buddies come each weekend,
Seems they stay till half past two,
Not before the fridge is empty,
Or cigar smoke fills the room.
Tells me honey just be patient,
I know I gotta fix that leak,
And I’ll get the car to start again,
It’s only been a couple weeks.
He’s a football fanatic, a hundred posters line our walls,
He talks football in his sleep so much that I can't sleep at all,
He’s always yellin' at the TV, spilling peanuts on the floor,
He’s a football fanatic, and I can’t take it anymore.
Bridge
When the football season's over and he’s lookin for a kiss,
He won’t find me on the sidelines cause I’ve had enough of this…
Yeah he’s a football fanatic, a hundred posters line our walls,
He’s got tons of memorabilia, now our house looks like some mall, (and I feel the tension building everytime it's nearly Fall)
He’s always yellin' at the big screen, dropping hot wings on the floor,
If he doesn't stop this madness, then he'll hold the losin' score.
Possible Tag Line can be added
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#708091 - 04/04/09 11:35 PM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
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Kristi McKeever
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Registered: 05/02/07
Posts: 3190
Loc: USA
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If someone can think of something to do with this...have fun!
Taken
Now is Forever
©2008 Kristi McKeever
I know this feeling well
It’s loyal like a friend
I’ve gone and done it now
Found love by accident
Pure luck is in my corner
Cuz the world is a big place
How do kindred spirits meet
And share life with an embrace
(lift)
We hold hands with time because
(ch)
Now is forever
When I’m with you
Moments don’t matter
Just these feelings do
Your tender gaze
Falls soft on my face
Now is forever
When love celebrates
Perhaps we needed to wait
See all of life’s true colors
Learn what best friends look like so
We would recognize each other
(lift)
We’ll share the best of times because
(ch)
Now is forever
When I’m with you
Moments don’t matter
Just these feelings do
Your tender gaze
Falls soft on my face
Now is forever
When love celebrates
(br)
And if we fall behind and
Let the magic lose its place
Tempt me with your deep desires
And the passion will light our flame
(lift)
We have no sense of time because
(ch)
Now is forever
When I’m with you
Moments don’t matter
Just these feelings do
Your tender gaze
Falls soft on my face
Now is forever
When love celebrates
Now is forever
When love celebrates
_________________________
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be,
he must be. -- Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist
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#708101 - 04/05/09 01:05 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
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"Tampa Stan" Good
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Registered: 07/24/10
Posts: 26755
Loc: Tampa, Florida since 1973
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HiDee Big Jim, & Congrats on a Winning Idea~!
I'll submit "YOU COULD BE COUNTRY"...(Lyrics are at Feedback Board 3) Type 'em in tomorrow..when I awake from too-many-all-nighters in a Row.
Many Thanks for the OpporTUNEity, Amigo!
Big Guy-Hug,
Stan
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I try to write For The Ages, yet I'm aware about the only 200-year-old Pop Songs that have survived are Nursery Rhymes....
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#708128 - 04/05/09 04:08 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Nigel Quin]
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IdeaGuy
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Registered: 10/07/07
Posts: 1194
Loc: Philly Burbs
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I added a Big Red 'Taken' to the top of my lyric post. Hope that helps some.... And let me just say that I'm honored to have Big Jim try to make some musical sense of my scribbles.
Greg
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#708129 - 04/05/09 04:10 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Nigel Quin]
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John Hoffman
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Registered: 02/02/06
Posts: 2922
Loc: St. Peters, Mo.
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Okay peoples here's one without too many words for a female vocal and likely not "market" age. Smokey blues?
"Loud and Clear Tonight"
©jhoffman07
dancing with you
after dinner
took me back in time
I remember
when you always
had that look in your eye
don't think you have to
say you love me
I can read your mind
I can read you
loud and clear tonight
close the curtains
have a good look
baby come get me
take me captive
hold me hostage
and when you set me free
don't think you have to
say you love me
when I close my eyes
I can read you
loud and clear tonight
don't think you have to
say you love me
when I close my eyes
I can read you
loud and clear tonight
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword never had an editor.
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#708137 - 04/05/09 04:23 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: John Hoffman]
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Stag
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Registered: 10/18/07
Posts: 247
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Michael. Please consider me flattered that you'd choose my lyric. That is, of course, if I understood the post properly. *laughs* I'm glad this one will finally find a home.
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#708146 - 04/05/09 05:02 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: IdeaGuy]
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Nigel Quin
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Registered: 05/09/01
Posts: 2573
Loc: Birmingham, UK
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I added a Big Red 'Taken' to the top of my lyric post.
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#708161 - 04/05/09 07:02 AM
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DonnaMarilyn
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Registered: 08/16/08
Posts: 3635
Loc: Netherlands
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#708164 - 04/05/09 07:31 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: DonnaMarilyn]
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Joice Marie
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Registered: 12/07/05
Posts: 8878
Loc: Cornish Flat, NH, USA
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HI Kristi
I'd LIKe to do Yours Now is Forever
©2008 Kristi McKeever --- if you can Stand another from ME --- Let me Know !!! I'll gladly choose another if you'd like a new writer...
jm
And Ricki - I cannot Wait to hear what you do with that -- feel free to flex your creative muscles!
Edited by Joice Marie (04/05/09 07:38 AM)
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#708170 - 04/05/09 08:29 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Joice Marie]
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BIG JIM MERRILEES
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Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
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I would change the title of this challenge thread as requested if I knew how. Maybe Mark knows, and can do it. I suggest calling this Cover challenge No3. If each new challenge has a number then it will be less confusing and easier to follow. I like "Nowhere Man" as an affectionate pet name for these challenges and would like to keep it in some way as it was the first challenge and sparked this whole thing off.
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#708172 - 04/05/09 08:41 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Nigel Quin
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Registered: 05/09/01
Posts: 2573
Loc: Birmingham, UK
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Hi Jim
Just click edit under your opening post. As it is the first post in the thread you get to amend the subject too if you want.
Nige
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#708178 - 04/05/09 09:12 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: Nigel Quin]
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BIG JIM MERRILEES
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Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
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Thanks Nigel I have done that but it still is listed as Nowhere Man challenge
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#708180 - 04/05/09 09:27 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
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Nigel Quin
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Registered: 05/09/01
Posts: 2573
Loc: Birmingham, UK
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It's probably just not updated your cache - just click on refresh for the page and it will show
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#708209 - 04/05/09 10:36 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
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Frank N Furter
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Registered: 04/14/07
Posts: 185
Loc: USA
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Any CW McCall type musicators around here?
Road Hog Gypsies
v1
Said goodbye to Calhoun County running for the Northeast coast
Chis'ling like a Texas twister through the long and winding road
Ridin' high and feelin' mighty in my bright-red, long nose Pete
Pushin' eighty in a sixty with nine tons of Angus beef
v2
Got my scanner set for Smokies, chugging coffee black and hot
There's no state I ain't left rubber or a Philip-Morris butt
All across this two way ribbon with an ever changing load
I know ev'ry dime store diner on the pike or dusty roads
C.
They call us road hog Gypsies
Through night and day we roll
Dirty road hog Gypsies
Takin' big rigs for a stroll
Cuss-ed road hog Gypsies
Best to stay out of our way
Busted road hog Gypsies
We s'posed to been there yesterday
v3
Have an itch to keep on moving, never seem to get enough
There's no beer I ain't poured down and no hill I ain't been up
When the price of gas skyrockets and the bills become too much
Pitch your bitch at King Abdullah, don't be lookin' down at us
v4
It's all clear through Sooey country so I put the hammer down
And I think about the people sleeping in these little towns
As I listen to some Johnny, there's one lady on my mind
Said she wouldn't try to tame me cause I'd never walk the line
C.
They call us road hog Gypsies
Through night and day we roll
Dirty road hog Gypsies
Takin' big rigs for a stroll
Cuss-ed road hog Gypsies
Best to stay out of our way
Busted road hog Gypsies
We s'posed to been there yesterday
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#708211 - 04/05/09 10:37 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: DonnaMarilyn]
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niteshift
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Registered: 12/17/06
Posts: 4053
Loc: Sydney, Australia
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Hey Donna,
I'll give "Better Left Unseen" a crack. Hope you like weird.......can we replace Sonora with something generic ?, cos I don't know where it is.
Spooky and wierd, now this sounds like fun.....
cheers, niteshift
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#708214 - 04/05/09 10:59 AM
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DonnaMarilyn
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#708215 - 04/05/09 11:07 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
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Ricki E. Bellos
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Registered: 04/12/08
Posts: 3817
Loc: Wisconsin
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Hi JM,
It's already in my head. Now, if I could only get my brain to translate it to my hands... Could you mark your submission TAKEN? I don't think I can do it. Later.
Ricki
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#708218 - 04/05/09 11:24 AM
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niteshift
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Registered: 12/17/06
Posts: 4053
Loc: Sydney, Australia
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Ahhh...... now I'm getting it Donna, the penny has dropped. Suddenly it all makes much more sense. Ok, no probs, it's in. I was looking at "spooky" but it's more of "spaced".....
cheers, niteshift
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#708219 - 04/05/09 11:28 AM
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DonnaMarilyn
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#708222 - 04/05/09 11:38 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
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Wyman Lloyd
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Registered: 04/14/01
Posts: 6175
Loc: Missouri
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TAKEN
Hi guys,
One of the "not too many" songs I write that I feel as uptempo. Never mind the dots in the C--that's just the way I was hearing it.
Prob'ly KK's fault anyway <G>
Wy
Fire Breathin' Female c Wyman Griffith
She's got it and she flaunts it
She knows everybody wants it
She don't need to turn it up
It's as high as it can go
She's got a head of steam
'Bout ready to explode
C
She's a fi...re breathin' female
You can fee...l the heat across the room
She comes in wearin' next to nothin'
And nothin's too good to be true
For what you're thinkin'
You could go to jail
She's a fi...re
Breathin' female
Hot hugs and hotter kisses
All on the mark no misses
If you're target for tonight
You're just as good as gone
She's a mistress of the art
She knows how to turn you on
C
She's a fi...re breathin' female
You can fee...l the heat across the room
She comes in wearin' next to nothin'
And nothin's too good to be true
For what you're thinkin'
You could go to jail
She's a fi...re
Breathin' female
B
Her kisses are nutritious
They make you feel ambitious
Blood pressure through the roof
Ten feet tall and bullet proof
No intention of stayin.
Cuts a swath across the nation
Tracked by a trail of broken hearts
Town by town and state by state
You wake up in the morning
But by then it's too late
She's a fi...re breathin' female
You can fee...l the heat across the room
She co...mes in wearin' next to nothin'
And nothin's too good to be true
For what you're thinkin'
You could go to jail
She's a fi...re
Breathin' female
Edited by Wyman Lloyd (04/05/09 05:16 PM)
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#708223 - 04/05/09 11:40 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
[Re: DonnaMarilyn]
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BIG JIM MERRILEES
Top 20 Poster
Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
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Hey guys it might be a good idea to pm your partner and make suggestions etc build up a relationship bounce ideas, get feedback from each other and work together. Communications is at the heart of every good cowrite partnership. Glad to see some of you are talking to each other about the song already.
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#708224 - 04/05/09 11:42 AM
Re: New "Nowhere Man" Challenge
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Beth G. Williams
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Registered: 04/24/07
Posts: 6894
Loc: Massachusetts
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Um, let me just cut in for a moment....
WYMAN!! HOLY SMOKES!! 
I can think of a couple of musicators to do this one justice, but I ain't namin' names!
Boo
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