• upyerkilt
  • upyerkilt
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Topic: contest

Yes, it is a song writing contest again, but done a bit different. It is more of a lyric contest

There will be a prize for the winner. The winner can choose a prize from <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/chordie," target="_blank">http://www.cafepress.com/chordie,</a>


I am the judge, the closing date is Wednesday 27th september 8am ( gmt)

winner will be announced Thursday 28th sept.2006 at 9pm ( gmt)


rules:


3 verses with no more than 6 lines per verse


a chorus with no more than 4 lines


an interlude with no more than 2 lines


Lyrics wrote with chords are good but not necessary.


no sweary words allowed.


no conversations allowed on this page, if you want to discuss any songs entered here then make a new thread up please.


Since I am the judge, I will not be taking part.


good luck

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Re: contest

Pink Rose in a Plain Bouquet




free birds always fly away

too curious to just sit and stay

but deep down they long for a tighter chain

they say the early bird gets the worm oh but you never know

there might be a better prize on the other side

but i think itd be to hard to go


be

a different color in a plain white field

dont try to fit in

strive for something different but dont forget to buckle up

cus its bound to be a tough ride


you say dont slip away but im slipping any way

why should i stay here when all my hopes and dreams

all the things i want to see are just over there

oh



be unbalenced but stay the course

it wont be easy trust me

youll love it ifen only you take my words and see

theres rough roads ahead

and ugly turrain

but just over the mountain

are blue skies and no rain


solo


dont compromise to stay inside the lines

If you want to live you gotta learn how not to give up


you say dont slip away but im slipping any way

why should i stay here when all my hopes and dreams

all the things i want to see are just over there

oh

  • Registered: 2006-07-09
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Re: contest

Out Here


1) The sun is risin behind me

   There's a full moon shinin on this heartland hyway

   I know California is up ahead

   I'm tired of the hayfields; tired of the corn

   I wanta wake up on the beach some mornin

   I'm tired of bein lost, I wanta be found instead.


2) Out here is where my folks all came

   Five generations later it's still the same

   But my fate isn't sealed till I'm planted in some

   field

   They came out here lookin for a home

   Cedar creek was the end of the roamin

   Now they're all dust & bones; all names on pretty

   white stones.


cho.) A life time of toil

      Hard work every day

      Earned them a hole in this rich black soil

      And on down in the clay.


3) Out here the air is clean

   Out here the grass is green

   Out here you won't believe the things that I have

   seen

   Murder has been done under the prairie sun

   There's a corporate finger on the trigger

   Of a smoking gun.


Interlude:

   From back of beyond, though I could be wrong

   I thought I heard a cemetery song.

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Re: contest

{t:On a Day Like This}

{st:By: James McCormick, 2006}

{c:In 6/8 time, a melancholy waltz}


(verse 1)

On a [C]day like this so [F]long ago

My [C]goddess I did [G]meet,

And my [C]loins did throb

And my [F]blood did boil

The a-[C]ttraction [G]was com-[C]plete


(chorus 1)

Yes I [F]saw for-[Em]ever [C]in her [F]eyes

As I [Dm]heard the angel [G]choirs

[G7]And [C]ever [Am]since that [F]lovely [G]day

She's [C]been my [G]heart's de-[C]sire


(verse 2)

On a [C]day like this some [F]years ago

Our [C]children did ar-[G]rive

And our [C]love did grow

And our [F]pride did swell

To [C]see them [G]learn and [C]thrive


(chorus 2)

Yes we [F]see for-[Em]ever [C]in their [F]eyes

As we [Dm]hear the angel [G]choirs

[G7]And [C]ever [Am]since those [F]blessed [G]days

They've [C]been our [G]heart's de-[C]sire


(verse 3)

On a [C]day like this just [F]recently

I [C]saw the end in [G]sight

And my [C]life's been full

And my [F]life's been long

I'll go [C]gladly [G]into the [C]light


(interlude)

All a-[Gm]long my love I've [C]seen the [F]light [Bb]sparkling [Am]in your [G]eyes

We've [F]found our [Gm]way  through [C]thick and [F]thin I'm the [C]luckiest [G]man a-[C]live.


(chorus 3)

Yes I [F]see for-[Em]ever [C]in your [F]eyes

And I [Dm]hear the angel [G]choirs

[G7]And [C]ever [Am]since that [F]lovely [G]day

You've [C]been my [G]heart's de-[C]sire.

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

James McCormick's Website

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Re: contest

  • From: Brenton,Nova Scotia,Canada
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: contest

this is my song for the contest, let me know if it is acceptable thanks

  • From: Brenton,Nova Scotia,Canada
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: contest

Being Me  by:  Robin Dellinger

        copywrited @1980

Why am I sittin here,thinkin bout those lonely nights

I held you near,I love you dear.

                             

I miss you and you miss me ,so why don't we keep each other company,and why cant you see, I'm just being me.


You left me or so it seems, I got nowhere to share my dream Just an old guitar and some battle scars           

             

And these three guys over to my left,

I know you think they're in for theft

of your husbands mind,but don't

be blind, I'm just being me. 

                           

You're probably thinkin that this song is just for you.

You don't know the half of it it's true.

Why can't we learn to live and just let things be,

Like being free, so far away from me.

                           

Why did you sigh,why did you lie,

and why did you cry when I died.

                       

Now we been talking about the V,

You know just what she means to me

Well I hope you know, I hope you aint that slow

                         

Sittin here cryin, grinding out a tune,

a dark black night ,I'm lookin at the moon

and it aint no fun, being on the run

from just being me.

                         

Why am I sittin here thinkin bout those lonely

nights I held you near, I loved you dear

  • upyerkilt
  • upyerkilt
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Re: contest

Ok,

the 14th has arrived, it is 6:10pm in scotland.

I have been reading three of the properly formatted songs as asked since about 9am this morning ( not constantly but going back and forth looking)

I have re read them again and I really do like the three of them. I could have 3rd 2nd and 1st place so everyone wins, but  icannot do this since there is only one prize ( dont you just hate these big long speeches? <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">  )


So, my final decision for the winner is ANOTHEREMPTYHEAD's song.

I loved the lyrics and the structure written down properly ( not that others were not)


I would like to hear this as a song if there any chance? even when Piere from xchordie gets the other site up and running you can post this song on it, or record it and e mail me it.


so

WINNER FOR THE SONG CONTEST IS


anotheremptyhead


( hopefully Piere will see this and contact you about the prize, if not let me know)



All the best and thanks to those that entered, even though it was only a few people out of 70 odd thousand members, thought a lot more would have entered, but never mind, they obviously cant write songs or think they are too good to write songs or didnt want anyone to see their lyrics before getting them copyrighted  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">


Ken

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Re: contest

Congrats to anotheremptyhead! Good choice upyerkilt . . . would like to hear the lyric set to some chords with a melody - hoping that Pere's rollout of the new song-sharing site is soon.


Sanguine has suggested some chords in the "ummm please help" topic here in the songwriting forum.  I'm going to play around with them and see what I can up with for lyrics & melody . . . anybody else up for another challenge?

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

James McCormick's Website

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Re: contest

hey hey!

i'm glad you liked the lyrics.... i thought everyone who posted had great songs. i'm glad i didn't have to choose. ken i will send you a wave file by e mail

maybe you won't like it then lol seems to folkish/country-grindy to me. they are hard lyrics to get an edgey hill jack kind of sound with which is what i wanted but they say we are our own worst critics

but thanks again!


peace, slim.