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Round 22, Week 10

by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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1.
it’s not the fight that meets your sword? What the hell you waiting for? Wage the battle lose the war What the hell you fighting for? Dive it in deep, twist the knife Rub the salt, take a life All a wash , on judgment day Rich man taketh, Poor man left to pay Fog is deep and smoky, darkness closing in Lambs off to the slaughter, losers never win Choose to live, fight to die Sell your soul for an alibi All a wash on elections eve Time to go, will u leave Closed eyes don’t, see anything at all Rally round dictators, watch them all fall All just a charade, this battle cry Solitary voice, hung out to dry
2.
Grace hit the wall at 110, and the confetti stars came down the angel on her shoulder ain’t got shit on devil’s folder full of stains on Grace’s crown she got high she got by, she should’ve known when the saints all testify she won’t cry she knows why the devil’s corner’s only lives to satisfy and I can’t wait to leave this place neon lights across your face all these extras with their drinks they’re calling “cut” but you don’t blink and all the words I need to say getting lost in the noise Grace opens eyes, trying to take it all in in a world of pain and white she’s drifting back to something safer scents of stale communion wafers but she’s lost all appetite don’t go far my north star, without your shadows there’s no rays reflect my light where’s your car? take me home I couldn’t stand another cross this reckless night and I can’t wait to leave this place neon lights across your face all these extras with their drinks they’re calling “cut” but you don’t blink and all the words I need to say getting lost in the noise
3.
PROBATION.... PROBATION.... PROBATION.... PROBATION.... PROBATION....
4.
Hey.... life So you missed every traffic light And you were already late Curse your luck and curse the fates Can’t do any thing but wait And you’re stuck in your car Along with everyone else Just like everyone else you find your mind wishing you were someone besides yourself Gotta play the cards that you’re dealt Can’t be anyone else I know that’s right Hey.... Life Whoever tried to paint this world can’t paint a straight line And the winds are changing the picture all the time I wash my hands the best I can Try to begin anew Wake up every morning go to sleep every night Try to do the things I’m sposed to do Gotta play the cards that you’re dealt Can’t be anyone else I know that’s right Hey.... Life I’d like to be a hammer Try not to be a nail I feel my soul wearing thin I need some wind in my sail I know I could just give up Let the current sweep me away Say I’ve have enough of the push And I’ve got nothing more to say Gotta play the cards that you’re dealt Can’t be anyone else I know that’s right Hey.... Life
5.
CROCODILE LATE AT NIGHT I GO WILD MY FRIENDS SAY I TURN TO A CROCODILE IF I’M NOT HEADING STRAIGHT TO HELL I’LL BE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE COUNTY JAIL CROCODILE LOOK AT ME I’M A FALLIN DOWN ON MAIN STREET IN THE CENTER OF TOWN STANDING UP’S GETTING KIND OF TOUGH AND THE COPS ARE LOOKING TO LOCK ME UP CROCODILE I LOOK IN THE MIRROR INTO MY EYES A DEEP DEEP SLEEP THEN IM HYPNOTIZED THEN I CRASH AND BURN ON THE INTERSTATE MY HEART STARTS POUNDING FEAR I’M GONNA BE LATE CROCODILE HANGING OUT AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK MY HEAD IS POUNDING AND IT’S GETTING DARK HUSTLING POOL WITH THE LOCAL FOOLS IF THEY FIND ME OUT IT WON’T BE SO COOL
6.
She came out lookin’ like a war torn limousine Smellin’ like cigarettes and broken Hollywood dreams Wearin’ fuck me pumps and headlights set on high beams Got me a weakness for them high class trailer park queens Gypsy woman show me all your secret things Where you been flyin’ with them witchy woman wings You the great escape, Lawd, you the stuff of po’ boy dreams I’m a puppet baby and you holdin’ all my strings Yes, it’s getting too late But I don’t wanna see you go No, I don’t wanna wait Girl I would love to take you home Just a whisper away Don’t leave me hangin’ in the cold There ain’t much left to say Might as well do it just for show Gotta say girl, you done a number on me It’s the witching hour, why don’t we get a little more free What’s that baby, can’t hear you when you’re on your knees Whatchu mean girl, you don’t look like no man to me

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This week is my assignment:

Sometimes a great song, like a great book or poem or any other kind of writing, is born entirely from an opening line. For this week, before you pick up a guitar or hum a melody, I want you to write - and post! - five potential opening lines of a song. It can be anything, and I don’t want you to think “top down” - don’t think about your big concept; I just want you to think about great opening lines:

“I met a gin-soaked bar-room queen in Memphis”
“Hello darkness, my old friend … I’ve come to visit you again”
“Here comes Johnny Yen again, with the liquor and drugs again”
“It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank …”

Pick yr poison. Commit to your opening line BEFORE you start writing. And for an added twist, you may also choose any one of any of the other writers’ posted opening lines. Also, you must post ALL five of your potential opening lines (post them together, or as they come to you; your choice) by Wednesday night. Failure to do any of this gets you probation; no exceptions! If you’re stymied, well, post anything. You literally can’t fail that part of the assignment, unless you just don’t post anything. You are, of course, welcome to post more than five lines.

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released May 13, 2019

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