2025 Competition Lyrics Entry:
Friday night by Peter Gray
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Lyrics
We make your dollars for a dime
working unpaid overtime
serving food and fixing cars
mixing drinks in cocktail bars
the rules you give just us take us down
but Friday night we’ll take the town
Friday night we’ll sing our song
‘cos you’re not right and we’re not wrong
can’t keep us out ‘cos we belong
can’t keep us down, we’ll sing this song
Our hands are blistered, cut n worn
working pride’s all broke and torn
you’re in demand and so cocksure
we’re like our jobs, still insecure
you’d take the lifeboats, let us drown
but Friday night we’ll take the town
Friday night we’ll sing our song
‘cos you’re not right and we’re not wrong
can’t keep us out ‘cos we belong
can’t keep us down, we’ll sing this song
We’re hand to mouth and left to rot
like some old dog the world forgot
we’re sirens sounding in the night
proof troubles lurking out of sight
your judge n jury take us down
but Friday night we’ll take the town
Friday night we’ll sing our song
‘cos you’re not right and we’re not wrong
can’t keep us out ‘cos we belong
can’t keep us down, we’ll sing this song
We’re diamonds shining in the rough
hopes n dreams just ain’t enough
you own the nightclubs and the bars
the biggest jewels, the fastest cars
you own the banks that took us down
but Friday night we’ll take the town
Friday night we’ll sing our song
‘cos you’re not right and we’re not wrong
can’t keep us out ‘cos we belong
can’t keep us down, we’ll sing this song (repeat last 2 lines to fade)
working unpaid overtime
serving food and fixing cars
mixing drinks in cocktail bars
the rules you give just us take us down
but Friday night we’ll take the town
Friday night we’ll sing our song
‘cos you’re not right and we’re not wrong
can’t keep us out ‘cos we belong
can’t keep us down, we’ll sing this song
Our hands are blistered, cut n worn
working pride’s all broke and torn
you’re in demand and so cocksure
we’re like our jobs, still insecure
you’d take the lifeboats, let us drown
but Friday night we’ll take the town
Friday night we’ll sing our song
‘cos you’re not right and we’re not wrong
can’t keep us out ‘cos we belong
can’t keep us down, we’ll sing this song
We’re hand to mouth and left to rot
like some old dog the world forgot
we’re sirens sounding in the night
proof troubles lurking out of sight
your judge n jury take us down
but Friday night we’ll take the town
Friday night we’ll sing our song
‘cos you’re not right and we’re not wrong
can’t keep us out ‘cos we belong
can’t keep us down, we’ll sing this song
We’re diamonds shining in the rough
hopes n dreams just ain’t enough
you own the nightclubs and the bars
the biggest jewels, the fastest cars
you own the banks that took us down
but Friday night we’ll take the town
Friday night we’ll sing our song
‘cos you’re not right and we’re not wrong
can’t keep us out ‘cos we belong
can’t keep us down, we’ll sing this song (repeat last 2 lines to fade)
Lyrics Competition Results
Emotional Impact:
13/ 20
Technical Skill:
11/ 20
Memorability:
12/ 20
Storytelling:
13/ 20
Imagery:
13/ 20
Total Score:
62/ 100
Comments:
A strong lyric with great imagery.
I think the song works as it is but if you wanted to develop it perhaps think about a bridge section where the characters hope for more in life or tells of their future.
I think the song works as it is but if you wanted to develop it perhaps think about a bridge section where the characters hope for more in life or tells of their future.
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