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Had lyrics for this song before, but wasn't satisfied ... thought I'd throw it out to any lyricists out there. Please follow the melody, though ... none of this "3 syllables where there should be one".

Here it is as a "La La" on YouTube : (actually I called it a "Da Da Da Song")

Have fun.
Pete {:-)

You desire a precise match to the Notes you are singing. This 'Structuring' might help you get what you want.
You want a word or syllable 'hung' on each Note of the Melody.
You want the accented Note to be matched with a word or syllable with that accent to fit the Melody, to hit the beat as sung.

I think you can take what I've begun, put in the exact number of Notes/da's, and give the Lyricist exactly the Syllable/Note Count you want.

I suggest you break out each distinct Line of Notes/Words you want, perhaps with apostrophes to indicate accented syllables.

Punctuation may help too, commas to indicate Rests, exclamation points to emphasize more emotive expression, periods to 'end' Lines.

You and a Lyricist may find use of punctuation useful in communicating about the desired product.

Add 'da's or 'dah' or 'duh' or 'ta' to give the writer exactly what you want and they're likely to be able to supply a Lyric.

I used dashes to indicate a sustained duration of a Note.

Once you have Verse I you can copy it and paste as Verses II and III, assuming they are identical.


"Da Da Da Song" copyright March 22, 2023 by pdowan.

Silence 0:01 - 0:16
(Introductory Movement)

0:20 (Verse I)
Da da duh da Dat' da
0:23 Dat ta da da da da da Dat ta.
0:36
Dat ta da da da da da da Dat ta.
Dat ta da da dah-ah-ah dah ah
0:40
0:56
0:59 Da da'--- da da da da da da da Da' da .
1:01 da da da da da Da da da ---- 1:14

1:17 (Verse II)
1:32
1:35
1:49

1:54 (Vocal Bridge)
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
Da---da da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da.
2:09 - 2:13
Da da da da da da da da
2:24 Da da da da da da da

2:29 (Instrumental Bridge)

2:46 (Verse III)

3:01
3:19
3:24
(Somewhere here a Coda begins; a Final Musical Movement.)
3:39
3:43
3:54

Just getting the above to that point was a tedious, time-consuming process. It was necessary to listen multiple times just to get that far.
There are 30 Lyricists on this site who can write a Lyric to your Melody if you make it less tedious to learn it.
I've just listened again with an ear toward completing the work I've begun above, but doing all that work just to get to a point where I might compose a full Lyric around the ideas I already have, is off-putting this evening. I may try again when I'm less fatigued.
If any other Lyricist is interested in taking what I've done above to duplicate the Notes/Syllables as sung, please feel free to copy and paste.

Silence 0:01 - 0:16
(Introductory Movement)

0:20 (Verse I)
Da da duh da Dat' da

0:23 Dat ta da da da da da duh da Dat ta.

Dat ta da da da da da da Dat ta.

Dat ta da da dah-ah-ah ah ah


Da dah-- duh da Dat' da duh da da

0:23 Dat da da da da da da .

Dat dah da da da da da da Dat ta.

Dat da da dah-ah-ah ah ah

0:59 Da da'--- da da da da da da da da

Duh da Da' da duh da duh duh da da duh da.

1:01 da da da da da Da da da ---- 1:14

1:17 (Verse II)


1:49

1:54 (Vocal Bridge)
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da duh da

Da---da da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da---.
2:09 - 2:13
Da da da da da da da da

2:24 Da da da da da da da ah ah

Da da da da da da da

Da da dah!

(Inst. Interlude)


2:29 (Instrumental Bridge)

2:46 (Verse III)
Da da da da da da da
3:01
Da da da da da da da
Da da-- da da da duh duh da

Da-da---
(Somewhere here a Coda begins; a Final Musical Movement.)

3:54