This is only one verse and the chorus of the song.
In 1993, Quebec had a lot of teenagers running away from home and committing suicide; the youngest of which was 12 years old.  That devasted me.   This song is for the children who decide their only option is to 'run-away'...but parenting is whole multi-facetted project that comes with no instructions.  It's a plea in letting the child know that,  there is always a light in the window so that, they can always come home.   

Light in the Window -#Coursera Lecture # 4

What have you done Mister Pattison?
I had 5 days to write this song, with all the Rules of Songwiriting.  I had WRITER's Block up until Aug.27th at 23:30 when I was finally able to write 2.5 other verses in 3 hours.  The other verse was finished after 4 hours- -45 minutes before deadline.  It is sung ACAPELLA (without my guitar).  


Coursera lect.5 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, MR. PATTISON

This version compliments the previous acapella version. I have no metronome and had to, tap my feet to maintain the rhythm, as the song stipulates. i got a high mark of 44/45 for writing this song. (I rehearsed it well, only to have my laptop break 12 mins before deadline -was able to dwnld Audacity to my cellphone to upload it here, 3 mins before deadline.)

What have you done, Mr. Pattison

poetry, 
singer/songwriter, 
#Coursera /BSW


Danica Skrlj

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