She’s In Love (With Me)

She’s laughing at the rain
Singing all down main street
She’s waving at a stranger
And smiling at him too

Bridge
It doesn’t matter what’s going down
Not-to-the-most-beautiful girl in town
‘cos I’m in love with her, and she’s in love with me------

What a delight she is to see
She’s in lo----ve
Yeah she’s in lo----ve
She’s-in-love with me-------
Oh she’s in lo---ve with me-------

You can see it in her eyes
That sparkle’s no surprise
She doesn’t even need to talk
I can see it in her wa---lk
I'm in love with her---and she's in love with me

Yeah yeah ye------ah
So in love, so in lo---ve (spoken-“I’m such a lucky guy”
She’s in lo----ve with me--------






Could be changed to “He/He’s” etc for a female singer.




© Billy Ross, 2010 billyross@xtra.co.nz Int. Tel. No. 64-9-238-1495
Member of ISA International Songwriters Association & APRA

Sunrise Mountain

Been away so long now
Other lands I have seen
Fightin’ for our country
An’ fightin’ for a dream---

I’ve climbed so many mountains
Far away from this land
Now I long to climb our mountain ---
I’m reachin' for your hand ------

chorus
Sunrise Mountain
Is callin’ out to me
Where have you been so long-----?
C’mon up now, so good to be free
Sunrise Mountain is callin’ out to me

A new day’s dawning
Our love to explore
Up on that mountain
We’ve seen it all before

On Sunrise Mountain
There’s magic in the air
Such beauty and freedom
Like the words of a prayer

chorus
Sunrise Mountain
Is callin’out to me
Where have you been so-o long----
C’mon up now, so good to be free
Sunrise Mountain is callin’ out to me

Sunrise Mountain – Sunrise Mountain
Is callin’ out----- to me ------------

Sunrise Mountain – Sunrise Mountain – Sunrise Mountain (to fade)


NB This is the second version, with new opening verses and slight changes to wording in chorus and ending.

© Billy Ross 2010.
Contact: billyross@xtra.co.nz Tel. 64-9-238-1495
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& APRA (Australasian Performing rights Association)

Any Place Any Time (For You)

Where do you want me to be------?
Where do you want me now------?
Jus’ give-me-a-call
Baby – that’s – all----
An’ I can be there------
Any-place-any-time-----for-you-------

Doesn’t-matter-what’s-goin’-down
Good-or-bad-I’ll still be around
I’ll-be-glad to be there---------
Any-place-any-time --------- for you--

I know in the pa----st
Ah-said-things-would’nt-la----st
We-were-playin’-the-field
Where-nothing-was –real--------

Where do you want me to be----?
Where do you want me now------?
Jus’ give-me-a-call
Baby – that’s – all----
An’ I can be there----
Any-place-any-time-----for-you-----

Any-place-any-time-----
Any-time-any-place-----
Any-place-for-you
Any-time-for-you
Any place, any time ------- for you--------





Suggestions: Think---‘Every Breath You Take’ by Sting for rhythm/beat/repetition.

Additional notes/ideas available for this.





Copyright © Billy Ross 2010.
Contact: billyross@xtra.co.nz Tel. 64-9-238-1495
Member of International Songwriters Ass.
& APRA Australasian Performing rights Ass.

Jus’ Wanna Be Me

Okay so I’m rough
Around the edges
An’ I’m not one
For makin’ pledges

Not the sort of person
Who can be like someone else (“Oh no!”)
Can’t change the way I am
Jus’ wanna be---- myself-------

Chorus
I jus’ wanna-be-free---
Jus’ wanna be me
I want to be all
Taller than tall
Now can you see----------?
Ah-jus-wanna-be, me--------

I listen to what others say
Tellin’ me “Don’ be that way”
(Ah) don’t-wanna-be half a man---
Jus’-gotta-be all-that-I-can----------

Bridge
I can’t be like someone else----
Jus’ wanna be---- myself---------


Chorus shortened
I jus’ wanna-be-free---
Jus’ wanna be me
Now can you see----------?
Ah-jus-wanna-be, me--------











© Billy Ross, 2010.
Contact: billyross@xtra.co.nz
Int. Tel. No. 64-9-238-1495
Member of ISA International Songwriters Association & APRA.

We Have a Dream

What if there wasn’t a tomorrow
Or another year to come
Tears already run with sorrow
At the beating of the drum

If we put our heads together
We can truly work this out
Yes change things for the better
C’mon let’s shout it out-----------

Chorus
We have a dream----
It begins with you and me
If we change our ways of thinking
I believe this is the key----
To-see-the-people-of-the-world
As our global family
We have a dream --- this is our dream---- we have a dream

The blind man sees in his mind’s eye
The things we try to hide
Let’s avoid this sleep of ignorance
Keep our eyes open wide---------

The greatest gift is love
And now’s the time to give it
Wrap it up with hope and peace
And let us truly live----- it----

Chorus
We have a dream----
It begins with you and me
If we change our ways of thinking
I believe this is the key----
To-see-the-people-of-the-world
As our global family
We have a dream --- this is our dream---- we have a dream







Copyright © Billy Ross, 2010.
Contact: billyross@xtra.co.nz
Int. Tel. No. 64-9-238-1495
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Day Dreaming

Day ---- dreaming ----
Just dreaming of the day---
You’re coming back to me

You came to me at work today
But-then-you’re-never-far-away
I feel you---so close-to-me
There is a vision that I see-----
But then I’m day---- dreamin’
Jus’ day-- drea---min’

I realise how much I miss—
Your smile, the-scent-you-wear, that kiss
So far away and yet so near
Your laughter ringing loud and clear---
But-there-I-go-again, day---- dreamin’
Jus’ day—dreamin’

Dreaming-of-the-day
You’re-comin’-back-to-me
Turning my drea—ms
Into reality---------
Yeah, I’m day-day dreamin’
Dreamy-dreamy-dreaming---
Day--- dreamin’
You’re comin’ back to me ---- today ----------

Been dreamin’ of this daeeaay-----
You’re comin’ back to me
Day------ drea-----min’







Suggestion: Lazy ballad, George Michael style. Could also be in reggae style?


© Billy Ross, 2010.
Contact: billyross@xtra.co.nz
Int. Tel. No. 64-9-238-1495
Member of ISA International Songwriters Association & APRA.

Yes I Can

Yes-I-can
Be-anything
I-wanna-be (pause)
Oh-yes-I-can
As-long-as-I------
Believe in me----

bridge
I know in my heart
I can be free------
Now’s-the-time-to-start
Jus’ bein’—me----------

chorus
Oh yes I can---
Oh yes I can-------
I-can-be-anything-I-want-to-be
As-long-as-I-beli-----ve in me------
Oh yes I can--------
Yes-I-can, yes-I-can, yes-I-can
Ooooh----, yes I can---------

Tag
Yes-I-can Jus’-watch-me-now----
Yes-I-can Here- I-go----
Yes-I-can, yes-I-can, yes-I-can
Jus’ being me-----I can be free--------
YE---S I--- CA---------N





"Yes-I-can, yes-I-can, yes-I-can"
(In the chorus, this could be backing only,then last line)
Same in Tag.








© Billy Ross, 2010 billyross@xtra.co.nz Int. Tel. No. 64-9-238-1495
Member of ISA International Songwriters Association & APRA

Tomorrow (Never Comes)

Tomorrow
Will be a better day
I’ll put behind me
All that sorrow

Try not to think about
You go’in awa-ay
Things will be better
“Please god” by tomorrow

You said that you’d be back
Again -- , tomorrow---
That-was-a-year-ago today
I-know-because each night I pray---

For tomorrow--- and tomorrow---- (Pause)
That’s why tomorrow--- never comes

You-said-that-you’d-be-back-again
A year ago today—
That’s why tomorrow --- never comes---



Trying to capture the feel & essence of ‘Yesterday’! In the same way there is no chorus as such.
Plenty of room for good instrumental ‘themes’ between verses(?)


Copyright © Billy Ross 2010
Contact: billyross@xtra.co.nz Put ‘songwriting’ in subject box please.
Int. Tel. No. 64-9-238-1495
Member of International Songwriters Ass. & APRA Australasian Performing rights Ass.