Dude, nailed it!  Awesome song, mix sounds great

Dave: sounds great, I would up the harmony vocals in second verse, and definitely the chorus, more of a balance with lead vocal. re the bridge I would suggest make some change to the backing, maybe simplify it a bit, to provide a sense of contrast. all best, Graham

Love the way you alternate between joined voices and solo lines.  Cool!  Love me a good summer flick. :)

When I was 20 years old, I was driving home from a concert one night and got pulled over even though I wasn't speeding or breaking the law in any way. For years, I thought of it as a funny story, but this year I changed my perspective on what the situation meant.

Bopp Road

PUNK BOY 

C                Am                                 Em 
I always wanted to be the lead singer in a punk band. 
C                Am                                 G
I always wanted to scream out lyrics of my own. 
C                Am                                        Em
I always wanted to leap across the stage with my mates and
C                                   Am                     G
Hear the crowd go wild as I sneer into the microphone. 

C                 Am                            Em  
I always wanted to write the next great song about anarchy. 
C                 Am                             G
I always wanted to fight the fascists in my head. 
C                 Am                              Em 
I always wanted a bite of that restless, pulsing energy
C                                       Am                G                    NC 
To propel me to great heights and convince me I’m not dead! 

Chorus:
C                                                 G                 F                                                      Am                      G
Punk boy. Oh, I wanna be a punk boy. Leather jacket, safety pins, and songs that end before 2 minutes. 
C                                                  G                F                               G7                   C         F  Em        C       F  Em 
Punk boy. I still wanna be a punk boy. Gimme a start and let me finish now! 

C                           Am                          Em
But it turns out all I’ve got is this guitar that’s acoustic.
C                            Am                       G
And it turns out that I’m not age 22 anymore. 
C                            Am                              Em 
Still I’m ready to take my shot, and I think this song here proves it. 
C                             Am                 G                NC 
I just need to remember what    [pause] punk is for! 

Chorus:
C                                                 G                 F                                                      Am                      G
Punk boy. Oh, I wanna be a punk boy. Leather jacket, safety pins, and songs that end before 2 minutes. 
C                                                 G                 F                                                                        Am             G
Punk boy. Oh, I wanna be a punk boy. Spiked up hair and ripped up clothes and everybody in the mosh pit. 
C                                                  G                F                               G7                   
Punk boy. I still wanna be a punk boy. Gimme a start and let me finish
F                                  G7                            C
Gimme a start and watch me finish now!

Punk Boy

What do you say when the girl you are crushing on tells you that she can't date you because you got the Pfizer vaccine and she only dates people who got Moderna? 

Could this be the pop punk anthem of 2021?

Pfizer Guy

Written for FAWM 2022
Copyright, Dave Escoffery 

Differing Opinions

Verse 1
If someone dares to have a different opinion,
Especially on the Internet,
The hatred and the anger that erupts in response
Would make you think that an opinion is a threat.
You could even go so far as to forget
That we are all connected, all one.
That goes for every creature underneath the sun.

Chorus
Allow, why can't you allow
Differing opinions to exist?
Think of all the chances that you've missed
When you get pissed
And you resist.
Now I must insist that you desist. 

Verse 2
If someone doesn't like our favorite music,
If someone supports a different team,
If someone dares to watch a different channel
Or read the wrong paper it would seem
We are all so each to deem
That someone has to be our enemy
Even though he is no different from me
(When you get right down to it). 

Chorus

Bridge
So much of our society
Is about digging a chasm between you and me.
I may not be an engineer,
But I can build a bridge from here to there. 
SO much of our society
Is about raising a wall between you and me.
I may not be a carpenter,
But I can open a window, I can build a door
Connecting you and me, the way it's meant to be.

Differing Opinions

For FAWM 2022

This one is my homage to the band Luna. I wanted swirling guitars and a spaced-out sound. There's more I can do in the production, but since FAWM is a timed event, I'm posting what I have so far.

FIre

For FAWM 2022 
Based on prompt 23: Be dirty, be messy, be gross

Messy Stuff

For FAWM 2022
Copyright 2022, Dave Escoffery

Roller Rink

Homage to Woody and the Guitars he played

Woody Guthrie's Guitars

One night I woke up from a dream with a strange sentence in my head. "There's a secret lake on a windowsill in Croatia." Where it came from, I have no idea, but I immediately knew it was the start to a great song. So I made myself wake up enough to get my phone and write it down. When I went to write the rest of the song, I was inspired by Regina Spektor's quirky, surreal songwriting style (think "Grand Hotel" if you know that one). There's probably a bit of Robyn Hitchcock in there, too. So if you enjoy surreal worlds, check out the Secret Lake!

Secret Lake

An unconventional love song to those who keep us thriving

Languish

Originally done as the Week 5 assignment in Pat Pattison's Songwriting class on Coursera. This was just from a new idea, and I used Pat's Worksheet methods very effectively. I actually finished the words and music before the weekend, so I had time for a little more production work. 

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN

verse 1
While driving down a late night road,
I felt a crash, something explode
And by its light, before me loomed,
The undead rising from their tombs
In panic, man, I hit the floor, 
That's when I saw the meteor
And up ahead, the strangest sound,
As dinosaurs transgress the ground

chorus
Zombies roam the countryside, 
Rapters cloned rip, tear, and scythe
Volcano's blown and worlds collide
Chromosomes mutate and thrive
Fleeing home can we survive?
Mankind dethroned, alone, denied
Whoa yeah, it's that time of year, again

verse 2
Flyers boarding jets and bombers, 
'Least those that can dodge the monsters
They launch aloft to interface,
With aliens from outer space
Deep undergound, our hero probes,
A self-aware genetic code
Yet even in this dire case,
Can't science save the human race

chorus
Zombies roam the countryside
Rapters cloned rip, tear, and scythe
Volcano's blown and worlds collide
Chromosomes mutate and thrive
Fleeing home can we survive?
Mankind dethroned, alone, denied
Whoa yeah, it's that time of year, again

bridge
Perhaps I get a little kick
As I stare transfixed
At all the screen depicts
Humanity is eighty-sixed
In nearly every other summer flick

verse 3
At last I feel the end is nigh 
Can't Goldblum give it one more try?
Will they bust through and eat our brains?
While twisters rage across the plains
Can earth withstand tectonic stress?
To win this cosmic game of chess
Will my heart take another thrill? 
And why does popcorn cost ten bills?

chorus
Zombies roam the countryside 
Rapters cloned rip, tear, and scythe
Volcano's blown and worlds collide
Chromosomes mutate and thrive
Fleeing home can we survive?
Mankind dethroned, alone, denied
Whoa yeah, it's that time of year, again
Oh man, it's that time of year, again
Whoa babe, it's that time of year again


It's That Time of Year Again

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