2025 Competition Lyrics Entry:

COME ON (GET AWAY) by Barrie Hammond

Lyrics

COME ON  (GET AWAY)
1
IT’S A BACK TO WORK GREY MONDAY MORNING
MY HEAD’S LIKE LEAD  I CAN’T STOP YAWNING
LOOK ROUND THE TOWN I WAS BORN IN
AND I SAY – COME ON! – LET’S GET AWAY

2
THERE’S A ROAD  THERE’S A HIGHWAY
WHERE IT LEADS TO  WHO KNOWS WHICH WAY
ALL I KNOW IS  I CAN’T STAY – COME ON! – LET’S GET AWAY

OOH OOH OOH LET’S GET AWAY

Chorus
THERE ARE ROADS WE CAN TRAVEL FOR LOVE
THERE ARE PLACES WITH NO PUSH AND NO SHOVE
WE NEED A BREAK – COME ON LET’S TAKE IT
THIS IS THE TIME OF OUR LIVES AND WE CAN MAKE IT

OOH OOH OOH – LET’S GET AWAY – YEAH YEAH

LET’S GET AWAY!

3
I LIVE UPSTAIRS  BACK OF TOWN
IT’S THREE FLIGHTS  IT’S FOUR FLIGHTS DOWN
THIS PLACE THIS TOWN  ARE BRINGING ME DOWN
SO I SAY – COME ON! – LET’S GET AWAY

OOH OOH OOH  LET’S GET AWAY OOH OOH LET’S GET AWAY

Repeat chorus

OOH OOH OOH  LET’S GET AWAY  OOH OOH  LET’S GET AWAY   TODAY!

Lyrics and music by Barrie Hammond ( BAZZA )

Bio

I am a retired 75 year old Landscape Designer
I have played in bands from childhood and still do
I am a bass player
I like varied music genres
I am bald
I have two whippets
I write songs for my own entertainment
I am a vegan
I like animals
I like trees
I like walking
I like guitars

Co-author(s)

Lyrics Competition Results

Emotional Impact:
9/ 20
Technical Skill:
9/ 20
Memorability:
12/ 20
Storytelling:
8/ 20
Imagery:
7/ 20
Total Score:
45/ 100

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  1. I am a bit surprised by ‘rhymes are a little obvious’. The words were chosen to express the emotion, if they didn’t rhyme it wouldn’t be a song. “It’s a back to work grey Monday morning, My heads like lead and I can’t stop yawning. I look around the town that I was born in” ?. If that doesn’t express what I want to say in a succinct way, as well as rhyme then I am perplexed and very vexed.

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