Sample of Week 1 - Blues Lyrics Submissions

With the lights down low
I'm lying here all alone
Memories run through my mind
I'm thinkin' about you tonight

I can see you so clearly
As if you were still near me
You will always be my everything
You'll always mean the world to me

My heart is empty
My world is cold
What can I do
I'm just missin' you

I gave you everything I am
I was your lady you were my man
You and I were meant to be
So why can't you just see

That there's nothing I can do
I'm just missin' you
 

I had all the right reasons to sing the blues,
Yeah I had all the right reasons for singin' the blues,
But I never got around to it, instead I chose booze.

Then I sat down one day and started writin' some lines,
I said I sat down one day to start writin' some lines,
Figured I got nothin' to lose, it's better than cryin' all the time.

So I wrote about love, I wrote about hate,
I wrote about love and I wrote about hate,
Knew I had to believe, so I even wrote about fate.

I'd been waitin' for years for the right girl to come along,
Yeah, said I'd been waitin' for years for the right girl to come along
Strangely enough, it happened soon after I wrote my blues song.

After writin' the blues, I'm back on the right track.
After writin' the blues I'm back on the right track.
I'm movin' ahead now, never turnin' my back.

I've wished upon shooting stars, I've searched for the pot of gold,
Yeah I've wished upon shooting stars and I've searched for the pot of gold,
But now I know it happens when you least expect it, just like I've always been told.
 

<chorus>
I've got
I've got myself to lose
I keep
I keep comin' back to the Port Townsend blues
Move on
Thumb a ride
Thumb a ride again

<verse1>
Well I never expected
To be feelin' this way
Well I never expected
To be feelin' this way
After all these years
Why couldn't I just stay

I left everythin' down there
Everythin' I ever had
I left everythin' down there
Everythin' I ever had
You know ol' Port Townsend
Made me a bitter youg lad

<chorus>

<verse2>
Lookin' back on that day
I could have died with a smile
Lookin' back on that day
I could have died with a smile
Funny how your best memories
Can bring you down a mile

Oh I want to go back
Back in time again
Oh I want to go back
Back in time again
Or else I'm gonna find a bottle
And drink till I say when 

<chorus>
 

Well, you say that I'm the best looking thing
That's walked in this bar, tonight
Well, it could be the rum and coke
And, it could be the light
Well, I'll pretend that I believe you
And we don't see that wedding ring
Cause I'm just a fallen Angel....
And I'm falling for anything....
Tonight 

(Chorus)
I've been deceived, for oh, so long
and I've heard so many lies
I've learned, real well, how to play the part
So, I'm just sitting here, in disguise
I'm a woman of the night, looking for some fun
I'll make you think that I'm naive
Just keep the lines and drinks aflowin'
and I'll pretend that I believe....
Tonight 

Well, if you're looking for a woman
Who'll believe your every line
Well, tonight's your lucky night, boy
It's been a long, long, time
So tell me I'm a vision
That stepped out of your dream
Cause I'm just a fallen Angel
And I'm fallin' for anything....
Tonight.
 

She don't say a word 
When you kick her 
her secret is in her smile 
you may think her a fool 
you may think her weak 
but don't MESS with her boy 
or your gonna lose 

Cause you don't wanna mess with 
don't wanna mess with 
you don't wanna mess with the blues 

She is like a diamond 
in the dirt 
Her secret is in her style 
she sways the ways that men mistake 
for a lovers call 
You think your in charge 
but your just paying dues 

cause you don't wanna mess with 
don't wanna mess with 
you don't wanna mess with the blues 

For the tattered soul 
she is a balm 
she holds them like a child
they find in her a virgin soul 
inside the devils pit 
with knowledge that they can use 

but you don't wanna mess with 
no you don't wanna mess with 
you don't wanna mess with the blues 

No son, you don't wanna mess with something so true 
like holding a mirror up to you 
take a long look 
and realize 
She's already won 
and you've just begun 
you just haven't heard the news 

you don't wanna mess with 
don't wanna mess with 
you don't wanna mess with the blues 
 

Sometimes it hurts so bad, 
i just wanna lay down and cry, 
sometimes it hurts so bad, 
i just wanna roll over and die 
and i dont know why 
i let myself hurt this long 
and i dont know why 
i weaken myself so i cant be strong... 
sometimes the pain goes on, 
and i cant let myself let go 
sometimes the pain goes on, 
and to stop it ill never know... oh oh oh 
sometimes i cry so hard, 
my eyes let go of the fear 
sometimes i cry so hard, 
i can count each single tear 
and i dont know whyyyyy 
i feel such sorrow 
and i dont know whyyyyy 
i cannot wait untill tomorrow....... 
 

I began on a lonesome world 
apart from my family, 
there was no one there to care but me. 
Now i see what this all has done to me, 
I became a women just the same. 
I call to the people of this world 
but it doesnt seem like they listen at all, 
im all alone no were to go 
cant turn back around 
and no were to be found, 
im just all alone 
im just all alone 
im just all alone. 
 

I wish i was sixteen 
I wish i had a car 
So i could drive really far 
but i have to stay home with my brother 
and do chores ordered by my mother 

I wish i had a Job 
and a manager named Bob 
but instead i have to babysit some kids across the street 
and they beat, and they beat, and they beat me 

I got the blues 
the fourteen never sixteen blues 
yeah i got the blues 
the inbetween blues 
 

My mama raised me reightious 
My Daddy raised me proud 
I was tought not by example but holy voices oh so loud 
knowledge is freedom and this so dear I hold 
My mama told me much but there is somthing that went untold 

JC was a Capercorn 
my mama never said 
she told me he walked on water 
and he rose from the dead 
she said he lead the masses 
made the blind see 
she left he was a capercorn 
wonder why that would be 

A-men said mama Jesus blessed me with his grace 
I'll have to agree with that he brought me to this place 
A-men said the preacher man 
who just made a couple mil. 
hey preacher man howbout kickin down a little wealth 

JC was a capercorn I guess I never knew 
Jc was a capercorn how bout you 
JC was a capercorn My Mama never told 
JC was a capercorn thats never growin old old old ya 
 

Mello music & Jasmine in the air, 
Ever so soothing, I can almost feel you there. 
This ole heart of mine filled with wonderful   thoughts of you. 

Warm Autumn breezes, gently blowing, 
And a harvest moon, magnificently glowing. 
The perfect, romantic setting for two, 
Like me & you. 

[change]: 
Then, all at once everything changes, 
With a swift, sudden chill. 
As I realize, that here I am yet another night, 
Longing to be held. 

[chorus]: 
Without you, 
There are only Moments Of Blue. 
Moments Of Blue, 
Constant reminders that we're through. 
Now that you've taught me when, 
The moments of bliss come to an end, 
That's when the Moments Of Blue begin. 
You will always be a part of me & my... 
Moments Of Blue. 
[spoken]: "I'll never forget you suga."