Welcome to Round 14 of the MM3AM, kids! I’m really excited about this one - a lot of our regulars are sitting this round out, and we have five new writers, and I’m really looking forward to seeing what they come up with. I encourage you all to check out the newcomers’ work online, if you’re not familiar with anyone. There’s some serious new talent here!
For your first assignment, Jerry shows that he clearly isn’t ready to give up his homework from the last few months:
"Lyrics must include the title from an ELO song.”
Get to work, kids!
Another iPhone production. Sounds like a fairly typical JC song but it's nice to start exercising the songwriting muscles again. Also a bit of multi-tasking -- you might hear the washer & dryer in the background.
lyrics
We all remember the dreams that slipped between the cracks
We might lament the friends that won't be coming back
But we can change the scene, yeah, we can make it true
What if you believed and I believed in you
You'll watch me wake up, you know that I can't worry anymore
I'll watch you take up all your baggage as you rise up from the floor
And we can shine a little love
We will lend a little light
As we sit and watch the shooting stars tonight
One time I thought I saw, I saw a miracle
It was not flesh & blood, it was not Biblical
I reached beyond my view, beyond what I could see
What if I believed and you believed in me
You'll watch me wake up, you know that I can't worry anymore
I'll watch you take up all your baggage as you rise up from the floor
And we can shine a little love
We will lend a little light
As we sit and watch the shooting stars tonight
And we'll sway to the music that is circling our souls
And we'll give up any notion that we were ever in control
And with a little luck & love we will be made whole
You'll watch me wake up, you know that I can't worry anymore
I'll watch you take up all your baggage as you rise up from the floor
And we will shine a little love
We will lend a little light
You'll watch me wake up, you know that I can't worry anymore
I'll watch you take up all your baggage as you rise up from the floor
And we will shine a little love
We will lend a little light
As we sit and watch the shooting stars tonight
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023
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