Name: Farewell Dutchbeat by The Kitchen Songwriters Forum
Duration: 1 min 56 s
Description: Kitchen and UK Songwriter forum big fat round of applause for our friend DB, who passed away.

If the beat suddenly stops, let its echo last forever.

Man... I just burst in tears.. This is sooo beautiful... Thank you so much everybody who cooperated and especially Michael A for organising this. I'd feel a hero when I was tributed this way. And DB was and is hero. This is Love..

WOW! What a beautiful send-off to a lovely man. See you on the other side DB!

DB burned brighter than those around him and left this world far too soon. But somehow...somewhere...we know the beat goes on

What a perfectly etched and loving tribute, as our community cries.

I need no words, is an apt description. Just applauding and yelling! A great farewell!!

Kitchen and UK Songwriter forum big fat round of applause for our friend DB, who passed away.

Farewell Dutchbeat

Written in New Orleans 2017
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Lil' one

Hey Little One, I watched you grow
From knee high, tip to toe
I cared for you more than you know
Now its time to let you go

Oh so put aside those childish things
Oh the time has come to spread your wings

This town gave you all its got
Now its boarded shopfronts, empty lots
Raised on liquor, hooked on slots
Noone here could stop the rot

Oh so leave behind all you once knew
Oh little One you'll start anew
The time has come to start anew
Little One you'll start anew

Down the river to the creek
Moonlight shimmers, fireflies leap
That first kiss, you'll always keep
Wondering why it cut so deep

Oh so leave it all behind
Oh no turning back for you this time
Don't give no warning, write no note
Just leave one morning, hit that road
Head on down that open road
You'll head on down that open road

Lil' one

Competition: Inspirational Input
Hosted By: www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com
Themes: A, B & K (Refer pictures and video themes: https://www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com/forum/competitions/18/the-2nd-inspirational-input-competition-registration-closed-weve-started/3361/)
Submission: Drifter
Lyrics: https://www.rappad.co/rap/470523

Drifter

Plastic Smile
* 1st Place - Songwriter's in the Kitchen - Second Inspirational Input Competition 2017  * see details below*

Sometimes we romanticize the past more than we should. Is your smile made of plastic? Are you just pretending to be happy? 
Would you be willing to give up what you once thought was wonderful so that you may have a fresh start? Maybe that artificial paradise just needs to be covered up so that you may move on. 

Plastic Smile © 2017 November Sound
Lyrics:
Verse:
When we were young we thought we had it all:
Paradise in Spring, Summer and Fall.
Then real life came and knocked upon our door.

Chorus:
I’ll pave paradise for you. You know I would
give up everything we thought was good.
I’ll build a parking lot for you: shiny and new,
paving over all that we’ve been through.
Just to hold your hand again ( If I can)
I’d give up what was paradise back then.

Verse:
When we we’re cool we hung out on the stairs ( of the café)
listening to street musicians play.
Now I have too many cares. ( for the stairs)
I put on a plastic smile for you:
a mannequin with a plastic smile for you.

Chorus:
I’ll pave paradise for you. You know I would
give up everything we thought was good.
I’ll build a parking lot for you: shiny and new,
paving over all that we’ve been through.
Just to hold your hand again ( If I can)
I’d give up what was paradise back then.
I’d give up what was paradise back then.

Bridge:
Underground encapsulate the roots,
more valuable than flowers.
Singing from a cave of stone
It echoed like a bell.
Now a plastic smile, oh well.    ……I’ll

Chorus Variation:
Put on a plastic smile for you. You know I would
just pretend that everything is good.    ……Amusement
park’s shut down; café is closed. We had our fun.
Being cool and hanging out is done.
Could I hold your hand once more?
Could I hold your hand once more?
Just to hold your hand again ( If I can)

I’ll give up what was paradise back then.
I’ll give up what was paradise back then.


Chorus Outro:
I’ll pave paradise for you. You know I would
give up everything we thought was good.
I’ll build a parking lot for you: shiny and new,
paving over all that we’ve been through.
Just to hold your hand again ( If I can)
I’d give up what was paradise back then.
I’d give up what was paradise back then.
I’d give up what was paradise back then.

Bill's note: 
Okay, I'll admit this one is a little different but if you see what I had to work with in the competition thread then it might make more sense. This one was kind of a hard sell to convince Melissa and Will to go along with it but I really like the results. I hope that you do as well! 
I am so proud of Williams drumming on this! Check out his stylistic changes midstream. I am thrilled with Melissa's vocals as well (this one was not easy to sing). Check out those power notes at the end, for real!

If you've read this far then God Bless you! You are very important to us.

-Bill 

* Songwriter's in the Kitchen - Second Inspirational Input Competition. https://www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com/forum/competitions/18/the-2nd-inspirational-input-competition-running-closing-oct-13th/3361/

Plastic Smile

Rock ballad this time up from Chris and me. 

01/09/2019: new mix

Take it Slow (2018, Dave Bell)

V1:
You stand alone with your back to the wall and you think that no one cares
You have the weight of the world on your shoulders and your life, it goes nowhere

Chorus:
But don't you know
There are times you have to take it slow

V2:
Thinking back, the times were good, how did things go so wrong
So much water under the bridge, makes it hard to sing your song

Chorus X2 

V3:
Try and try, taking your time, taking one day at a time
Step by step, and one by one you will find the perfect rhyme

Take It Slow /featuring Chris Spruit

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