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Round 33, Week 3

by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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1.
Just another Saturday Left alone time slips away Into the place where lovers pray Just another Summertime Where sinners bleeding artless rhyme Drag us along for a weary ride Painted scenes in lovers’ minds Hoping that we’ll get there again Mem’ries of the gone by times Burning through who, what, where, and when Never losing what we’ve been Riding wind blows through your hair Fleeting youth ain’t got a care For anything that age lays bare It seems wasted on the young A bed of nails and iron lung Seems that bell has already rung Painted scenes in lovers’ minds Hoping that we’ll get there again Mem’ries of the gone by times Burning through who, what, where, and when Never losing what we’ve been
2.
When we met It had been so long But I was so ready Found where I belong And this isn’t like me Jumping in with both feet And this really isn’t like me Living how I feel For once We went out All around town All bets were off All guards were down And this isn’t like me Running off with a stranger And this really isn’t like me But with you I don’t feel danger For once So let’s just see where this thing goes Just met but we’re so close Let’s just see where this thing goes Could be love..who knows? And this isn’t like me Jumping in with both feet And this really isn’t like me Living how I feel For once
3.
I remember nights on Second And the smell of cheap cigars How you’d twist those little stir-sticks In the shapes of shooting stars How you always had a story And I never once believed But I never failed to grumble For the gifts that I’d received All those cities under mountains All the flashes in the clouds Oh the brutal diagnosis You could never speak out loud Was it your schooldays in Tunisia Took your bachelor’s in Trieste We’d need an atlas and an astrolabe To fill in all the rest North as the crow flies Watch for your star Out by the old reservoir Looks like it’s over We’ve paid for all our crimes Best of the worst of times Well, you spun the sailor’s portions Off the edges of the map I don’t know if there be monsters But I’ll forever tip my cap From the golden age of wireless To the shattered moons of Mars Your delusions, our uncharted From the booths of old-man bars North as the crow flies Watch for your star Out by the old reservoir Looks like it’s over We’ve paid for all our crimes Best of the worst of times The tale least like to ring true Proved no fools’ gold, in the end You were fading in the ether There was no coin left to spend And as you slipped beneath your slumber Well I swear I heard you say “Won’t you tell me a sweet story Of the one that got away?” North as the crow flies Watch for your star Out by the old reservoir Looks like it’s over We’ve paid for all our crimes Best of the worst of times
4.
I'm running through these broken streets my heart falling at my feet shattering in pieces on the floor with every new step I take more and more of it breaks and I'm worse off than I was before I'm keeping a calming face staying in a state of grace but inside I'm starting to fray the thread of the sweater that is the angel of my better self is unravelling as I walk away and I said I will never fall in love again I know it in my heart no reason to pretend I've told myself many times before but this time I know it won't mend I will never fall in love again you had all the signs of a broken heart and mind at first you didn't see me walking down on the boulevard of broken dreams we happened by chance to meet two lost souls just waiting to be found and you said I will never fall in love again I know it in my heart no reason to pretend I've told myself many times before but this time I know it won't mend I will never fall in love again and we both looked at each other with a wonder at what fate had thrown our way another broken heart lost in time and space both wanting a shoulder on which our heads could lay for a little bit each night before we wake up to start the day will you never fall in love again do you know it in your heart no reason to pretend have you told yourself many times before but this time you know it won't mend and you will never fall in love again never fall in love again
5.
Almost Gone E Bm G F#m A C#m Fmaj7 E A F#m A E G F#m A E G D Saw the words on a wall Listening to me Heard the sound of a bell echoing free They were almost gone Into the mist They were almost gone Like a withering wish I was fading out of view Hiding in song With an aerial view Hovering I was almost gone Floating away I was almost gone Wandering free There was a time there was a time there was a time When summer was mine summer was mine There was a time We were on an open sea sailing away soaring into the wind circling We were almost gone Drifting away We were almost gone gliding through the haze
6.
v1: It's been quite a couple days, all good, but just too much Frankly I believe that I might be losing touch With the things that give me peace, the things that bring me rest I'm finding no release and I think it might be best If I take a seat, take the bench, take my time instead v2: They say, "don't do it all," but God forbid, we're gonna try We fall down in a heap and we're left to question why We're running out of gas and the wind has left our sails Pick a metaphor that lasts, but you're running off the rails So take a seat, take the bench Your health, it ain't for sale br: It's OK to work your ass off It's alright to sweat and groan Don't worry, you won't get soft Just taking time on your own v3: It's been quite a couple days, all good, but just too much So I'll take a seat, take the bench, and I'll ask that you don't judge Take a seat, take the bench, and that should be enough
7.
All of my planning And my fool’s gold panning While I’m waiting for my ship to come in All of my dreaming And my midnight scheming While I’m waiting for it all to begin Tired of being stuck in my head Waiting for a green light but I just see red All I’m asking for is a place to stay Maybe for a night or just a couple days I’ve gotta get away I’ve gotta get away All I’m looking for is a place to go Where I can push it all aside or watch it unfold Either way, either way White flag flying While I’m secretly denying That I’ll never see your face again There’s a lot to unpack I want to take it all back I understand I’m never gonna win Tired of being stuck in these blues I’m waiting for a new light but I just see you
8.
The relays click, the fuel injection whines Knock the starter with a hammer, a love tap, ya know Forget the musty smell, she's 'got 'them swinging pines She ain't no Auto Belle Gets Me There, Gets Me Home Jamming mono tunes- the left speaker always works (WTOB) When it's hot as hell, you can welcome stereo (WNAA) New Chinese tires, and a 'Sting Me' license plate Wheels against the curb, 'cause there ain't no parking brake Gets Me There, Gets Me Home Sipping 10W, Rolling On Gets Me There, Gets Me Home Rocking "Draw The Line' and '12 X 5' From The Stones I Got This AAA Card, And This License To Roam
9.
She started wavin like a church fan Tappin her feet We got a twenty dollar flat footer Down on Main Street You better belt out that song You better lay down that beat She come from Mule Barn Alley And she's bringin the heat Her daddy was a fiddler And her momma played banjo But she knew early on That she was here for the dancin Got that buck step, chicken scratch Cornmeal on wood Foot stompin, toe tappin Fancy foot She got that buck step, chicken scratch Cornmeal on wood Foot stompin, toe tappin Fancy foot She's raisin up the dead In the Appalachian hills And fillin up a pickle jar With twenty dollar bills You'll see her wavin like a church fan Tappin her feet She's the twenty dollar flat footer Down on Main Street You better belt out that song You better lay down that beat She come from Mule Barn Alley And she's bringing the heat She got that buck step, chicken scratch Cornmeal on wood Foot stompin, toe tappin Fancy foot She's got that buck step, chicken scratch Cornmeal on wood Foot stompin, toe tappin Fancy foot Foot stompin, toe tappin Fancy foot

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The assignment this week comes from Jerry:

"Write the side 2 opening track for your new album. Write a 5 page essay (or just a sentence) about what song(s) you were using as inspiration.”

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released July 26, 2021

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