Assignment 3 for the Berklee/Coursera songwriting class, edited to ensure the first chorus is unstable. 

Just lyrics, melody and a beat so far. I'm open to any suggestions for the best way to harmonize and arrange this. Cheers.

(Verse)
I know all the pickup lines
And watch the telltale flirt signs
Your smile, as you touch your hair,
Beams me right to your chair

We talk 'til the rising sun
I think you might be "the one"
It ends how it always ends
You say, "Let's just be friends"

(Chorus)
My heart could be a lonely place
My soul could be the only one
My heart could be alone forever

(Verse)
My shoulder's for crying when
You dump your bad boy boyfriend
Don't know why you like those dudes
Guess I should get some tattoos

I think we still have a chance
Until I watch that first dance
A toast to the bride and groom
Now I'm alone in this room

(Chorus)
My heart could be a lonely place
My soul could be the only one
My heart could be alone forever
If you won't come

(Verse)
Do nice guys all finish last?
Well I can't relive our past
You say that you'll stay in touch
I'm not expecting too much

But then like an answered prayer
My door flies up and you're there
And I see as my shoulder dries
A look of love in your eyes

(Chorus)
My heart could be the only place
My soul won't be the only one
My heart could be the only place
Where we're together as one

My Heart Could Be a Lonely Place (V2 Edit)

Now with re-recorded vocals, plus awesome guitar work from Alex Berserker! The mix is getting there...

(Verse)

You and me
Never seem to agree 
Now I'm down on my knees
You won't give me no credit

Out of work
Wipe my face off your smirk
Makes me feel like a jerk
Like I never will get it

But I'm never going to run from you
Even when it seems we can't break through
Never thought I'd be a family man
But you know you know I'm doing all I can

(Chorus)
It's only money
It's only money
It's only money

(Verse)
We all see
What we want to believe 
Got no tricks up our sleeves
But you might as well search us

Pass the bills 
From the company shills
Every pol knows the drill
They were already purchased

Now we're living in a corporate state
TV makes it hard to motivate
Anybody else to take a stand
But you know you know I'm doing all I can

(Chorus)
It's only money
It's only money
It's only money
And each one that hoards it hurts ninety-nine people who don't

(Verse)
Occupy
When they won't tell you why
They're discounting your lives
Just to sweeten their profits

Take the cash
Run a million man dash
Money train's going to crash
So you better get off it

Now I'm tired of running in my sleep
Would they really sell the world so cheap?
Don't think I can spoil their master plan
But you know you know I'm doing all I can

(Chorus)
It's only money
It's only money
It's only money
And each one that hoards it hurts ninety-nine people who don't





It's Only Money V3

This is my Week 4 assignment in the fall session of Pat Pattison's online Songwriting course at Berklee. Now with Actual Guitar Playing (TM). (Well, I'm learning...) Feedback of any kind is welcome.

Lyrics:

(Verse 1)
When we were kids
He was my best friend
Through triumphs and screw-ups
No need to pretend

Then he moved away
And we fell out of touch
I think about calling
But not very much

(Pre-chorus)
I'll make plans to phone
With noble intentions
But then I can't locate
That mobile invention

(Chorus)
I've got to find a phone
So I can call him up
And tell him everything is beautiful 
Because that's something I would like to say

(Verse 2)
For all my life
She's been good to me
She's like my mother
Emotionally

As I grew up
We both grew apart
But we're still connected
By mind and by heart

(Pre-chorus)
I rarely make time
To give her a shout
I say I'm too busy
But that's copping out

(Chorus)
I've got to find a phone
So I can call her up
And tell her everything is beautiful 
Because that's something she would like to hear

(Verse 3)
Honesty's great
But not in every case
Sometimes we require
False praise and clichés

'Cuz one simple touch
Can make you feel better
And it doesn't matter
Who's giver or getter

(Chorus)
So someone should find a phone
So they can call me up
And tell me everything is beautiful 
Because that's something I would like hear

Someone should find a phone
So they can call me up
And tell me everything is beautiful 
Despite the fact it's not exactly true


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Copyright (C) 2013 Robert Lee Dixon

Find a Phone

L'uniformité

I'm Leaving You

Lyrics Rikki Ansell
Music, instruments, vocals, recording Stefan Olsson
Pic: Detail of SunDance by Maureen Campbell
http://newzonegallery.org/campbell.html

immerse yourself in morning light
with the promise of coming day
listen to the birds sing
watch the rabbits play

feel the rhythm of the earth
thrumming through your feet
dew drops wet your ankles
morning air tastes sweet

and then
be like the willow;
bending in the wind, dancing in the rain
discovering you’re accidently happy yet again

submerge yourself in twilight
when stars wink among the grass
embrace the fading of the sun
as day and seasons pass

feel the cooling of the earth
settling into dusk
hear the hunting owl call
breathing in the evening musk

and then
be like the willow;
bending in the wind, dancing in the rain
discovering you’re accidently happy yet again

happy doesn’t come from things
it’s found in simple pleasures
and in this song there lies a map
to the greatest of life’s treasures
if you will only take the time
to take in nature’s art
she will take you by the hand
and lead you to your heart

and then
be like the willow;
bending in the wind, dancing in the rain
discovering you’re accidently happy yet again


Accidently Happy

Early mix of my song for Assignment 5 in Pat Pattison's Songwriting course from Berklee/Coursera.

Lyrics:
(Verse)
I left you behind
What do I have to do
To make it up to you?
You're out every night
Taking out your aggressions
Upon yourself


(Chorus)
Don't fall down
Don't waste away in this town
Don't fall down
Or you could be heaven bound


(Verse)
We had wondrous days
Laughing together, lighting it up
Like shooting stars
I'm back but I can't stay
Take my hand, we'll ride out of here
To a better place

(Chorus)
Don't fall down
Don't waste away in this town
Don't fall down
And we could be heaven bound

(Bridge)
Hey girl
Won't you come on with me
'Cause we gotta lotta things that we can do y'know

Hey girl
Won't you stay by my side
And we'll rocket to the moon
Or maybe Tokyo

Hey girl 
Grab on those reins
And ride us on up to a better place, y'know

Hey girl
It's just a matter of time
Until you see your true potential 

Don't Fall Down

this song is called Mad.
it came to me years ago with a vision of a distraught character walking down a country road headed for the city, a rifle on his shoulder. 


I wrote and recorded this with some friends over 40 years ago! Another friend found it on a cassette and digitized it.

My Heart Could Be a Lonely Place (V2 Edit)

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