Well, I'm getting ready to cast my final vote. One of the things I found hard about this is that because (and only because) I am forced to chose, I have to leave out some stuff I liked as lyrics. After 3 rounds I had my list down to 12 lyrics. So, to everyone in that 12, although your not going to know who you are, I salute you. Sorry I had to pick 5. And I agree with other posters, we need to pick what moves us, but included in my 12 were only entries that would make passable song lyrics (singable, some sort of form - even when thinking out of the box, etc.).

I had to throw out one of my 12 that was totally cool, it made a good lyric (although too long), and I could see it in my mind as a great song. I was singin' along. It moved me. But after carefully inspecting the chorus, it just didn't make any sense whatsoever with the verses, or any sense with the title/topic of the lyric.

Another one (although this killed me) I didn't pick for the final 5 because, while it said something interesting, the person didn't give the lyric a title.

I think I also found that some of the more original entries topic/point of view wise were not good lyrics, while some of the best written lyrics were of topics/points of view done several times before (especially in the country realm...). Which is OK, I had at least 4 of those in my final 12. Just because I liked them.

Anyway, this was fun (and a chore!) to do...

Oh ya, Pramod, I too enjoyed your comments. I agree with what Brian said. We over here always think we have the best of everything, and it's good to hear someone say - hey - not as far as I'm concerned. Diverse opinions are cool....

[This message has been edited by Liszt Laughing (edited 09-08-2002).]

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