song in the round
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song in the round
Hey ya'll, i've been reading about your book club and other cool community stuff you've been doing and I thought, what if we all wrote a song as a group and then Ellis could tweak it and maybe arrange some melody to it. What a truly interactive session. So, the jist is, I'll start a few lines and then you all keep adding until we get a song out of it.
Who's in? I know Karen will be. And it needs a title too, but that might come out in the end. I hope others add, this could be really cool.
Peace and blessings to you and yours
You told me time and time again
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
Next....
Who's in? I know Karen will be. And it needs a title too, but that might come out in the end. I hope others add, this could be really cool.
Peace and blessings to you and yours
You told me time and time again
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
Next....
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You told me time and time again
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
To watch you wander
Leaving me behind in your wake
Wasn't always our path
Can not now be my fate
[chorus]
It cannot be
Fate cannot be this cruel
I won't believe
Fate gives then steals the jewel
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
To watch you wander
Leaving me behind in your wake
Wasn't always our path
Can not now be my fate
[chorus]
It cannot be
Fate cannot be this cruel
I won't believe
Fate gives then steals the jewel
"Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see." -- Ann Patchett in Bel Canto.
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KarenZ wrote:You told me time and time again
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
To watch you wander
Leaving me behind in your wake
Wasn't always our path
Can not now be my fate
[chorus]
It cannot be
Fate cannot be this cruel
I won't believe
Fate gives then steals the jewel
How goes the next verse? I'm getting anxious to hear how this ends.
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go. ~ Cat Stevens
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You told me time and time again
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
To watch you wander
Leaving me behind in your wake
Wasn't always our path
Can not now be my fate
[chorus]
It cannot be
Fate cannot be this cruel
I won't believe
Fate gives then steals the jewel
Your face turned red
When my knees hit the floor
'See, I'm not ashamed to beg.'
But your wrinkled blouse
Snapped out of my hand
As you casually walked out the door
Okay, sorry guys- er, gals. This was kind of a unisex song but I just inadvertantly put it in a male perspective . It could be converted into 2 verses but I think it can work as 1 just as easy. Wrinkled could be changed to tear-stained but it seemed a little melodramatic. And instead of snapped you could use jerked, yanked, pulled, slipped, etc... I tried em but liked snapped the best. Casually could also be changed to many different things. NEXT!
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
To watch you wander
Leaving me behind in your wake
Wasn't always our path
Can not now be my fate
[chorus]
It cannot be
Fate cannot be this cruel
I won't believe
Fate gives then steals the jewel
Your face turned red
When my knees hit the floor
'See, I'm not ashamed to beg.'
But your wrinkled blouse
Snapped out of my hand
As you casually walked out the door
Okay, sorry guys- er, gals. This was kind of a unisex song but I just inadvertantly put it in a male perspective . It could be converted into 2 verses but I think it can work as 1 just as easy. Wrinkled could be changed to tear-stained but it seemed a little melodramatic. And instead of snapped you could use jerked, yanked, pulled, slipped, etc... I tried em but liked snapped the best. Casually could also be changed to many different things. NEXT!
"Better to have lived in hope than to never have lived at all!"
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So cool Jayce! I had been thinking of this from a female perspective. What do you think about "floated" in place of "snapped". Tearstained is not melodramatic. Ok, it is, but that seems to be the direction this song is taking.
Great job!! Who's got the next verse????
Great job!! Who's got the next verse????
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go. ~ Cat Stevens
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Well, you could change blouse to shirt bonuela. That's the only thing that really indicates a female leaving a male. Or this could be a "She Loves a Girl" type song.
Seriously though, the tear-stained change is fine w/me. Floated is fine but I think I still like 'snapped' because it indicates the person leaving is fed up/angry. Don't know if that's what we were going for though.
Seriously though, the tear-stained change is fine w/me. Floated is fine but I think I still like 'snapped' because it indicates the person leaving is fed up/angry. Don't know if that's what we were going for though.
"Better to have lived in hope than to never have lived at all!"
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song edits
You guys are amazing!!! Thanks for joining in. I saw the discussion about the blouse snapping. How about this instead? I highlighted the inserted verse. Keep going....this could be a hit.
You told me time and time again
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
To watch you wander
Leaving me behind in your wake
Wasn't always our path
Can not now be my fate
[chorus]
It cannot be
Fate cannot be this cruel
I won't believe
Fate gives then steals the jewel
Your face turned red
When my knees hit the floor
'See, I'm not ashamed to beg.'
I was holding on
To what was already gone
As you walked on out the door
You told me time and time again
You wanted freedom
But what it costs
I can't afford to pay
To watch you wander
Leaving me behind in your wake
Wasn't always our path
Can not now be my fate
[chorus]
It cannot be
Fate cannot be this cruel
I won't believe
Fate gives then steals the jewel
Your face turned red
When my knees hit the floor
'See, I'm not ashamed to beg.'
I was holding on
To what was already gone
As you walked on out the door
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