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The goal of our "Song Challenges" is to write songs/lyrics on demand within set parameters. We don't critique each other's songs in this thread (but you can say you like someone's song if you want to.) Please post your original works. If you have already written a song/lyric that fits within the parameters, please feel free to post it.

Here are the parameters: Use the name of at least one tool in the chorus or mention a tool or tools in most of the verses.

Have fun.

It's a super Quickie.

Sorry, needs alot of work but here goes....



Paintin' Party

Chorus
Fire up the Treagor Baby, I'll call the kids,
Then head to Costco, buy more ribs,
This house needs a facelift get the powerwasher started,
We'll have a family barbeque after the painting party.

Verse 1
Been procrastinatin', all summer long,
It's about time, we got it done,
Paint's a peelin', get to strippin',
Found the scrapper, you've been missin'.

Verse 2
That compressor, buried in the corner,
Leaks a little, got to warn ya,
Paint is stacked, on the garage rack,
You'll find brushes, in the back.

Chorus
Fire up the Treagor Baby, I'll call the kids,
Then head to Costco, buy more ribs,
This house needs a facelift get the powerwasher started,
We'll have a family barbeque after the painting party.

Bridge
'Tween the kids and us we'll finish fairly fast,
After all we bought paint, year before last..
It's the weather.. for a family get together..
Lets get workin' honey sooner done the better.

Chorus
Fire up the Treagor Baby, I'll call the kids,
Then head to Costco, buy more ribs,
This house needs a facelift get the powerwasher started,
We'll have a family barbeque after the painting party.

Tag
By the way baby, what'll we have with ribs "n" beer.

I couldn't resist, it was my 1st thought when I saw the challenge, but I thought if I wrote it, could I post it?
So, I wrote something else 1st.

I played around and wrote it anyway, so I thought what the
heck it's all in fun.



Bachlorette Tool Kit

Verse 1
Bachlorette party invite in the mail,
Needed a gift that would make her wail,
Been best friends for many years,
We've shares kicks and laughs and tears,
Weekend she'll get her last "hurrah".
Before she takes that long walk.

Verse 2
Headed on out for the adult store,
Wishin' I could have gotten more,
Stripper guy I couldn't afford,
Would have been the best reward,
This'll be better come to think of it,
Just a little bachlorette tool kit.

Chorus
Will she tie him down with teathers of leather,
Tickle him with a feather,
Rub him up with lotions and potions,
Wedding night she'll have the motions,
If he drinks too much and that night ends,
Got a me-chan-i-cal boyfriend.

Bridge
She'll get a good laugh and a bright red face..
With games our other friends made to play,
May tuck her tool kit 'way in the closet,
Maybe she'll keep it, she may toss it,
After all it was just in fun..
Little gag gift 'fore married life begun.

Chorus
Will she tie him down with teathers of leather,
Tickle him with a feather,
Rub him up with lotions and potions,
Wedding night she'll have the motions,
If he drinks too much and that night ends,
Got a me-chan-i-cal boyfriend.

That's quite an assortment, Geneva. Thanks for posting.

I have never done this before, I don't think I did it right but I enjoyed the challenge

I held you in my hands
Watched you wither
Watched you break
I scavenged this here
land
With a helpless heart
For hopelessness' sake
Had I been a painter
I would have painted you
Had I been a blacksmith
I'd had welded you
with tools

Bye, bye, baby
Bye, bye, baby,
Bye, bye baby
Broken baby doll

I held a strand of hair
Watched it glisten
Watched it shine
I listened to your heartbeat
Beat faster close to mine
Had I been a sculpter
I would have made you smile
Had I been a hero
I would have no denial

Bye, bye baby
Bye, bye baby
Bye, bye baby
Broken Baby Doll

I wish the tools to save you were in my hands
Not hanging on a wall

Bye, bye baby
Bye, bye baby
Bye, bye
My broken baby doll

Porcelain breaks and shatters
When you fall

Bye, bye baby
Bye bye baby
Bye, bye
broken baby doll

You are a little outside the parameter in that you mention the people who are associated with tools" painter, sculptor, blacksmith etc. rather than the tools themselves but since you do mention tools elsewhere and the listener can fill in the implied tools, I think you did fine.

WITH MUSIC..
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewart

Just Another Day On The Job
© words by C. Stewart (J une 17, 2009 )

Nuts and bolts and pliars
Multicolored wires
Just another day on the job

When I swing my hammer
I use pool room grammar
Just another day on the job

CHORUS...
I work with Bill
He works with Bob
Just another day on the job

Stay tuned for the next verse
After lunch it gets worse
Just another day on the job

Now I'm gettin' madder
Bill Bill broke the ladder
Just another day on the job

CHORUS...
I work with Bill
He works with Bob
Just another day on the job

BREAK TIME...

Bridge...
Man I need a small vacation
Slip away from aggravation
Disappear from Bill and from Bob

CHORUS....
I work with Bill
He works with Bob
Just another day on the job


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewart

LOL, this is cute, Calvin.

Pry Me Loose
(off the top of my head for fun...here goes)


Sharpen up your dampened wit
by laying off the booze
I just don't want no more of it
or your not-so-charming schmooze

Gotta hammer out our problems here
but it's hard to find the nail
Been too long since this all of this went wrong
and I feel like I'm in jail

(Chorus)

Give me a file so I can break out
of this misery I'm in
Cut thru the bars of this relationship
Till I am free again.

Don't need a pardon from you baby
Just a screwdriver will do
then maybe I can use that thing
to pry me loose from you!

(Verse)

My nerves, they have been sanded
by the roughness of your heart
And I know that I've been handed
a man that's torn apart

I really deserve better
while I'm still in my prime
Lovin' you has been so bad
I feel like I've been doin' time

(Chorus)

Give me a file so I can break out
of this misery I'm in
Cut thru the bars of this relationship
till I am free again.

Don't need a pardon from you baby
Just a screwdriver will do
Then maybe I can use that thing
to pry me loose from you!

(Bridge)
I'm boltin' cuz you're just too nuts
all yer screws are loose, you crazy putz!

(repeat chorus)

LOL, Heidi! Great variety in your toolkit. Thanks for posting. (You even got some painting terms in there.)