Take Me Back to the Water
Skirmish: Bottoms up (@longbat)Liner Notes
#skirmish #acousticrock #copy-a-song-structure For the Bottoms Up skirmish. Water is for storyteling. For the Copy a Song Structure challenge: compare the Electric Light Orchestra song “Sweet Talkin’ Woman.”
Lyrics
Everybody’s Got to go to the well Everybody’s Got a story to tell Thirty seconds leaves me wanting more
Back to the top Let it rewind Don’t let it stop Stay on the line
Take me back Take me back to the water You can’t keep me talking If we’re wandering in the desert Take me back Take me back to the water You got me started Don’t tell me that it’s over
Everybody’s Got a trip to the Moon Everybody’s Got to sing their own tune Everybody’s going to the stars
Back to the top Let it rewind Don’t let it stop Stay on the line
Take me back Take me back to the water You can’t keep me talking If we’re wandering in the desert Take me back Take me back to the water You got me started Don’t tell me that it’s over
I remember How this story will go I remember From many years ago This time it will be the perfect flow
Back to the top Let it rewind Don’t let it stop Stay on the line
Take me back Take me back to the water You can’t keep me talking If we’re wandering in the desert Take me back Take me back to the water You got me started Don’t tell me that it’s over
Comments
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I can hear the ELO influence. I would love to hear it with the orchestration.
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Very creative take on the prompt. Water is where we've all come from. Good work.
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Really cool drive with the chord structure. The lyrics had a great pairing with the melody. Really nicely done.
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I am really digging this because I am a fan of Live, and this is giving me some serious Live vibes. I am loving the back to the top let it rewind section and the tension it builds.