Strat1958
Late-blooming songwriter!
Time flies when you're having fun (hey...good idea for another song).
I can't believe it's been 7 years since I wrote a song and got it on tape. I went through a period a few years back where I was fairly prolific, getting 20+ songs out. Some good, some terrible, but songs nonetheless. Lots of good feedback from this forum pushed me to always try to do better.
Life gets in the way and time passes.
Anyway, recently I had an idea for a song banging around in my head, and at some point I had hummed a tune into my phone.
The two finally came together with the help of RhymeZone.com (as always) and I forced myself to write the song.
To complete the long story...here it is:
Palm Trees and Eighty Degrees
V1
HE CAME FROM THE CREST OF THE COLD NORTHWEST
KNOWING THE SOUND OF THE SEA
BUT SOMETHING DREW HIM TO THE COLOUR OF BLUE
AND THE SHADE OF A COCONUT TREE
Pre-CHORUS 1
AS HE SAT ON THE SAND WITH A DRINK IN HIS HAND
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID TO ME…
CH
JUST GIVE ME PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
WHITE SAND AND A TROPICAL BREEZE
PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
AND I MIGHT STAY A WHILE
V2
THERE’S MUCH YOU COULD SAY ABOUT MIST ON THE BAY
RAIN ON A COOL AFTERNOON
BUT SOMETIMES, YOU SEE…SUMMER NEEDS TO COME TO ME
AND I CAN’T ALWAYS WAIT UNTIL JUNE
Pre-CHORUS 2
AS HE MOVED FROM THE SUN TO THE SHADE WITH HIS RUM
HE LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER AND SMILED
CH
JUST GIVE ME PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
SALTY AIR AND A WARM SEA BREEZE
PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
AND I MIGHT STAY A WHILE
Pre-CHORUS 3
THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WAS MORE HAPPY THAN SAD
AND I KNEW WHAT HE SAID WAS TRUE
JUST GIVE ME PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
NOWHERE NEAR ANY PLACE THAT CAN FREEZE
PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
AND THIS JUST MIGHT BE HOME
I can't believe it's been 7 years since I wrote a song and got it on tape. I went through a period a few years back where I was fairly prolific, getting 20+ songs out. Some good, some terrible, but songs nonetheless. Lots of good feedback from this forum pushed me to always try to do better.
Life gets in the way and time passes.
Anyway, recently I had an idea for a song banging around in my head, and at some point I had hummed a tune into my phone.
The two finally came together with the help of RhymeZone.com (as always) and I forced myself to write the song.
To complete the long story...here it is:
Palm Trees and Eighty Degrees
V1
HE CAME FROM THE CREST OF THE COLD NORTHWEST
KNOWING THE SOUND OF THE SEA
BUT SOMETHING DREW HIM TO THE COLOUR OF BLUE
AND THE SHADE OF A COCONUT TREE
Pre-CHORUS 1
AS HE SAT ON THE SAND WITH A DRINK IN HIS HAND
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID TO ME…
CH
JUST GIVE ME PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
WHITE SAND AND A TROPICAL BREEZE
PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
AND I MIGHT STAY A WHILE
V2
THERE’S MUCH YOU COULD SAY ABOUT MIST ON THE BAY
RAIN ON A COOL AFTERNOON
BUT SOMETIMES, YOU SEE…SUMMER NEEDS TO COME TO ME
AND I CAN’T ALWAYS WAIT UNTIL JUNE
Pre-CHORUS 2
AS HE MOVED FROM THE SUN TO THE SHADE WITH HIS RUM
HE LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER AND SMILED
CH
JUST GIVE ME PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
SALTY AIR AND A WARM SEA BREEZE
PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
AND I MIGHT STAY A WHILE
Pre-CHORUS 3
THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WAS MORE HAPPY THAN SAD
AND I KNEW WHAT HE SAID WAS TRUE
JUST GIVE ME PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
NOWHERE NEAR ANY PLACE THAT CAN FREEZE
PALM TREES AND EIGHTY DEGREES
AND THIS JUST MIGHT BE HOME
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