2025 Competition Lyrics Entry:
Short Cut to Trouble by Mac Glashan
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Lyrics
Love is a flower.Love is a bird.
Love grows in silence. Love is absurd.
Chorus:
It’s a short cut to trouble
And a long way to paradise.
Love is chilling. Love is warm.
Love is a hurricane and the eye of the storm.
Chorus:
Love squares the circle. Love trips the wire.
Love is the flame and love is the fire.
Chorus:
Love is lightning. Love is thunder.
Love is the riptide that pulls you under.
Chorus:
Love is a hook. Love is a snare.
Love makes you sing and laugh and despair.
Chorus:
Love is a joy. Love is a dream.
Love makes you twist and love makes you scream.
Love is joy and such sweet pain.
Love drives the gentle wild and insane.
Love makes you come and love makes you go
Love is the heat and the heart in the ice and the snow
Chorus:
It’s a short cut to trouble
But a long way to paradise.
Love grows in silence. Love is absurd.
Chorus:
It’s a short cut to trouble
And a long way to paradise.
Love is chilling. Love is warm.
Love is a hurricane and the eye of the storm.
Chorus:
Love squares the circle. Love trips the wire.
Love is the flame and love is the fire.
Chorus:
Love is lightning. Love is thunder.
Love is the riptide that pulls you under.
Chorus:
Love is a hook. Love is a snare.
Love makes you sing and laugh and despair.
Chorus:
Love is a joy. Love is a dream.
Love makes you twist and love makes you scream.
Love is joy and such sweet pain.
Love drives the gentle wild and insane.
Love makes you come and love makes you go
Love is the heat and the heart in the ice and the snow
Chorus:
It’s a short cut to trouble
But a long way to paradise.
Author
Bio
Age 82
Play harmonica and strum guitar.
Former geologist and worker at London Zoo…amongst a few other things including a Father Christmas and a film extra,
Have lived in Sweden and Belgium teaching English.
Play harmonica and strum guitar.
Former geologist and worker at London Zoo…amongst a few other things including a Father Christmas and a film extra,
Have lived in Sweden and Belgium teaching English.
Co-author(s)
Lyrics Competition Results
Emotional Impact:
12/ 20
Technical Skill:
11/ 20
Memorability:
12/ 20
Storytelling:
12/ 20
Imagery:
13/ 20
Total Score:
60/ 100
Comments:
Clever song describing the good and bad side of love.
I liked the story of the song.
Try using the “show don’t tell” method of lyric writing to elevate your writing to the next level.
I liked the story of the song.
Try using the “show don’t tell” method of lyric writing to elevate your writing to the next level.
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Unfortunately I don’t know what the ‘show don’t tell method’ is.
And like any song it works better with its tune,