Last night I was able to finish the lyrics to, The Lonely Side of Town.
My wife and daughters read the original draft (once I had finished it) but kept telling me it wasn’t as good as it could be and that two lines especially were weak.
So I kept working it and kept working it and kept working it until I got the whole thing the way I wanted but those two lines kept bothering them (and me) so I spent the weekend trying different rewrites.
Finally I got it and was able to complete the lyrics.
As for the melody and music it will be a slow, sad, moody rock ballad.
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THE LONELY SIDE OF TOWN
There’s a lonely side of town
Where I still see your ghost
Looking out the windows
Walking down the street
Your voice still haunts the cafes
The boardwalk by the bay
I just can’t see past you
No matter who I meet
Baby it’s been lonely
Don’t know where you’ve gone
Can’t say that I blame you
Knew it all along
But when the night surrounds me
And you’re not around
Everywhere I go becomes
The lonely side of town
Your perfume drifts like memories
Your voice floats everywhere
These city-lights are empty eyes
Just staring back at me
You drove into tomorrow
Down streets that go nowhere
I followed when I found out
What could never be
This city is for no-one
I’m the man who knows
The higher up the ladder
The farther down you go
Baby it’s so lonely
Don’t know why you’ve gone
Didn’t wanna blame you
Suspected all along
Cause when the night surrounds me
Still you’re not around
Everywhere I go becomes
The lonely side of town…
Wyrdwend 