Here's my entry for this week's #OpenMic competition.
It's an original song I wrote for Week 7 of the Songwriter's Challenge. The topic this week was the title of my song, Right Place, Right Time. This is the first time in the course of the challenge that I have entered the same song in #openmic as well, but many of the others are doing it, so here I am. I really just want to get more views on this one; I like what came out.
The lovely lady by my side is my wife, @carrieallen. Her harmonies added a great deal to the finished product. So without further ado, Right Place, Right Time.
Lyrics
Looking ‘round,
All the time,
Crooked sound,
Fallen rhyme,
Played the game,
Made the same
Mistakes as you.
Hope to find,
What I need,
Grope and grind,
Pick and plead,
Lord, I’m stuck,
Pour down luck,
Take me there.
To that place where I can have it all with plenty left to spare,
Friends I don’t see often as I’d like will all be there,
I’ll do the things that I forgot to do that needed done,
Loving that I’m living just for fun…
In the right place,
It’s a good place,
And once upon a time, When I was in my prime, I was there,
Though I might place, In the big race,
All I hope to find, to ease my troubled mind,
Is a corner of the floor in the right place.
Time to waste,
Never late,
Crimes of haste,
Heaven waits…
Time goes by,
Time to try,
Once again.
Moment’s gone,
Just as soon,
Show went on,
Trust the moon,
Waste away,
Another day,
Here I go…
If timing is the only thing that matters let me in,
Let me be the one that gets there first,
To miss the boat, the wagon or the train would be a sin,
To be the last to know is just the worst…
But in the right time,
It’s the good time,
Happiness today, Can quickly fade away, So live it up,
It’s the right time, You can’t fight time,
Right now you are blessed, So get it off your chest
And do your best And may the rest
Of yours be always the right time.
Thanks to everyone who makes #openmic awesome. The growth is astounding! I can't wait to see how far this goes!
