5090 by FAWM: "Sing a Song of Love and Loss"

Sing a Song of Love and Loss

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This is an experiment. I am interested in exploring a variety of musical interpretations of this lyric. I'm always impressed by the creativity that is demonstrated in this forum. If you would like to put something together, and if it's OK with you that others may also do the same, please do your thing. I can hear this as #country or #jazz or #singersongwriter or #pop or #whatever your inspiration. It's all in the spirit of collaboration and experimentation, and I'd love to see what you and others come up with.

V1
Lots of lyrics don’t make sense
To folks who went to college
But me, I like the simple songs
Without that city polish

V2
Let me hear a heartache song
From someone who has been there
Something I can understand
From all the time I’ve spent there

Ch
Sing a song of love and loss
Let it cover me like rain
Sing a song of love and loss
The passion and the pain
Sing a song of love and loss
Let me feel my heart again

V3
Sing of how she/he lied to me
How quickly I believed it
Led me down the dappled lane
And how she/he didn’t mean it

Ch
Sing a song of love and loss
Let it cover me like rain
Sing a song of love and loss
The passion and the pain
Sing a song of love and loss
Let me feel my heart again

Br
Everything hurts
Nighttime’s the worst
Why didn’t somebody
Warn me first

Ch
Sing a song of love and loss
Let it cover me like rain
Sing a song of love and loss
The passion and the pain
Sing a song of love and loss
Let me feel my heart again

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Comments

@songwritingzen 2w

This is very cool... I definitely want to throw my songwriting hat into the ring with this lyric :)

@chipwithrow 4w

Awesome piece of writing - going to explore some of the interpretations. College/polish is a sharp near-rhyme, and "led me down the dappled lane" is a wonderful line.

@lindsaymachine 4w

I took your challenge too, It's my sort-of-southern simple songwriter version. Let me know!

@cbmagic 4w

I have taken the challenge I hope you liked my version of this.
Let me know what you think.

@kahlo2013 5w

Fabulous honest feeling lyric. I think that is the appeal of many country songs. This lyric nicely develops the concept!

@atitlan 7w

Great set of lyrics, they instantly have me creating a melody in my head. Really evokes that feeling you have of wanting to dive into heartbreak songs when you're feeling heartbroken yourself.

@andrea 8w

Excellent lyrics, Patty. The flow is so easy, and the emotion comes through. I really love the chorus and also V3. I'm looking forward to hearing different interpretations on your lyrics.

@newukenewyork 8w

Well, this certainly rings as a heartbreak song, and I think I'd take it Americana. Not sure if I will get a chance to work on it, but I'll keep it in mind! That bridge definitely grabs my imagination with the lyrics. i'll be interested in seeing what folks come up with.

@musicsongwriter 8w

Very beautiful lyric and sentiment. I hope there will be many different versions of it.

@nancycunning 8w

Reading your lyrics in the bleachers at a swim meet - singing along under my breath while the Calvin Harris song Summer blares from the loudspeakers. I’m always interested in how writing changes when I’m listening to music outside of my core genres. I like to e message and the words.

@jerrypettit 8w

Lovely, lovely lyrics. I hope @paul_pedersen does indeed "fit it in tomorrow"!! :-) ❤️

@paul_pedersen 8w

I think I feel a song coming on! And I'm okay with a hundred other FAWMers doing the same. I'll see if I can fit it in tomorrow.

@coolparadisoMod 8w

another good one - not i a position to have a crack yet but am sure someone will! easily singable as all of yours are! such a catchy possibility with that chorus

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