2025 Competition Entry:

TAKE ME BACK by Dave Tommins

Genre

Pop

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Website

Co-writer(s)

yes

Performer(s)

DAVE TOMMINS, NIC SLADE & DES CRAWFORD

Description

IT’S MY CONSTANT PASSION FOR THE MUSIC & FUN OF THE 60s & 70s, WHEN I STARTED OUT IN THE BANDS. GREAT TIMES & GREAT MEMORIES.

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Lyrics

TAKE ME BACK D Written by Dave Tommins & Nic Slade 2020

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THEM GOOD OL’ DAYS
LIFE WAS EASY AN’ LOVIN’ WAS FREE
WE BANNED THE BOMB, WORE SYMBOLS OF PEACE
RAISED OUR VOICES BROUGHT POWER TO IT’S KNEES
WE’RE GONNA FIGHT, FOR MUSIC OF THE PAST
TODAY’S MODERN RIP-RAP, JUST WON’T LAST

TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
AN’ FEELIN’ GROOVY, WAS PART OF THE PLAN
YOUNG WILD, RECKLESS AN’ FREE
THOSE DAYS ARE GONE, BUT THE MEMORIES, LIVE ON

ANOTHER DOSE OF THAT OLD ROCK ‘N ROLL
CLAP FOR THE TALENT, THAT NEVER GROWS OLD
WE NEVER HAD, NO RHYTHM, NO MIME
PLAYED FROM THE HEART, TODAY’S GOT NO SOUL
NO TRICK EFFECT, TECHNOLOGY
JUST PLAY IT LIVE, LIKE IT USED TO BE

TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
AN’ FEELIN’ GROOVY, WAS PART OF THE PLAN
YOUNG WILD, RECKLESS AN’ FREE
THOSE DAYS ARE GONE, BUT THE MEMORIES, LIVE ON

SOLO

YEAH WE LEFT, THE CAKE OUT IN THE RAIN
SOME SCREAM IN SILENCE, SOME SCREAM IN VAIN
CAN WE EVER, EVER GO BACK, LET’S FIND THAT RECIPE AGAIN

TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
AN’ FEELIN’ GROOVY, WAS PART OF THE PLAN
YOUNG WILD, RECKLESS AN’ FREE
THOSE DAYS ARE GONE, BUT THE MEMORIES, LIVE ON

WHEN TOMORROW COMES AN’ WE’RE STILL HERE
NO SURRENDER, NO FLAG OF FEAR
DON’T NEED THIS RAT RACE AN’ TECHNOLOGY
JUST LEAVE ME HERE, WHERE I WANNA BE
MY OLD SCHOOL MATES, THEY ALL AGREE
THAT WE’LL ALWAYS BE, THINKIN’ FREE

TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
AN’ FEELIN’ GROOVY, WAS PART OF THE PLAN
YOUNG WILD, RECKLESS AN’ FREE
THOSE DAYS ARE GONE, BUT THOSE MEMORIES_ THEY

TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
AN’ FEELIN’ GROOVY, WAS PART OF THE PLAN
YOUNG WILD, RECKLESS AN’ FREE
THOSE DAYS ARE GONE, BUT THE MEMORIES, YEA THE MEMORIES, LIVE ON
LIVE ON
LIVE ON
THOSE MEMORIES, LIVE ON
THEY LIVE ON

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