Some Patience

The SFK Club Newsletter and I Wrote a Hit Song! Contest will be on hold while we rethink/revamp the design of the Songwriting for Kids website. Thank you for your patience!

In the meantime, please feel free to explore and comment on the winning songs below.
Here's to a happy and musical year!
Always leave 'em singing,

Perfect Shade of Blue: Eleanor, age 12

Eleanor from St. Paul, Minnesota sent in this song. Have you ever had the realization that something wonderful you'd been looking for has been right in front of your very eyes? Perhaps it was something or someone you barely noticed or appreciated. Or used to appreciate but forgot. How could you have missed it? Eleanor does a terrific job of capturing that feeling of amazement and wonder. "In the days I didn't notice you/ Were your eyes this perfect shade of blue?" Congratulations, Eleanor...you wrote a hit song!

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Perfect Shade of Blue
by Eleanor, age 12

Sometimes perfect
Is just pretending that everything's okay
Even when it's not.
Sometimes magic
Is what happens while you look the other way.
I guess I just forgot.

I never thought
That there could be a perfect day until today.
I never dreamed it would be me that changed.
I guess I only needed rearranging.

Now there's magic in every step I take.
Now there's beauty in everything I do.
In the days I didn't notice you
Were your eyes this perfect shade of blue?

Sometimes perfect
My face was always put on for a show
And crying made it run.
Sometimes frightened
But I never let the pretty people know
I wasn't having fun.

Did you always
See the world this way?
Did you ever
Wonder whether I would turn around someday?
Did you stand there
Waiting patiently?
Knowing if you waited I would see.

I never thought
That there could be a perfect day--until today.
I never dreamed it would be me that changed.
I guess I only needed rearranging.

Now there's magic in every step I take.
Now there's beauty in everything I do.
In the days I didn't notice you
Were your eyes this perfect shade of blue?

Sometimes perfect
Is just pretending that everything's okay
Even when it's not.
Sometimes magic
Is what happens while you look the other way.
I guess I just forgot.

Together Make It More: Charlotte, age 12

Charlotte from Lombard, Illinois sent in this song. I love how she uses specific images in the chorus to illustrate her theme of togetherness. She shows us vividly that by working together, we can accomplish so much more than we could on our own. You can't have a chord without individual notes, you can't have "we" without "you and I." Just look at the beautiful way she describes that: "And just like a note/Finds its soul in a chord/We take what we have/And together make it more." Congratulations, Charlotte...you wrote a hit song!

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Together Make it More

By Charlotte, age 12

When we stand by ourselves

And go it alone

We can accomplish alot

But it’s sometimes a lonely road

There are things in this life

That just seem much better

When you take simple things

and combine them together

Chorus:

What is the sun

If we don’t have a sky?

There can’t be a we

If we don’t have a you and I

And just like a note

Finds its soul in a chord

We take what we have

And together make it more

A friend to lend a hand

Thanks for a job well done

For these things to occur

You must have more than one

A friend to watch your back

teachers grow your mind

Alone these things can’t be

They just exist when combined.

Chorus:

What is the sun

If we don’t have a sky

There can’t be a we

If we don’t have a you and I

And just like a note

Finds its soul in a chord

we take what we have

And together make it more

Bridge:

T. E. A. M. that Spells Team

Because together everyone achieves more; and that means

When you work together, it turns out better

Then everything’s O.K

And there is no I in team

Chorus:

What is the sun

If we don’t have a sky

There can’t be a we

If we don’t have a you and I

And just like a note

Finds its soul in a chord

we take what we have

And together make it more

Believe: Hannah, age 10

Hannah from Nibley, Utah sent in this song, and it's the first time we've ever had an instrumental composition win the I Wrote a Hit Song! Contest. I think it's beautiful, don't you? The melodies and changes throughout the song are just lovely. Hannah said she wrote the song as a dramatic piano piece and that the song "helps me believe." It certainly is uplifting. Congratulations, Hannah...you wrote a hit song!

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Believe
by Hannah, age 10

When A Bluejay Dies by Lucy, age 9

Lucy from Woolwich, Maine sent in this song, and I love how she uses the image of a bluejay to sing about life and death...a natural process we all have to deal with. My favorite line is "Bluejays die but rock alive!" It's a great line because it celebrates the bluejay and reminds us that even though we might lose someone we love, we can remember and celebrate their life. Great work, Lucy!


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When a Blue jay Dies
by Lucy, age 9

When a Blue jay dies [2x]
It’s a hard thing but it is a part of nature growth
I wish I could change it but I cannot change it at all

When a Blue jay dies [2x]
It is a part of nature but I just can’t change it

They feed at the feeder all winter long. They feel like my feathery
Friends. It’s hard to loose a friend that is so graceful and blue. Blue jays, baby I LOVE THEM!

When a Blue jay dies [2x]
It is a part of nature but I just can’t change it.

Blue jays die but rock alive. This is their life and how it
Works!!!

Heroes by Jourdyn, age 10

Boy, are the kids in Ohio a creative bunch or what? I even heard that some of them have started their own songwriting group, which is such a cool idea! 

Jourdyn from Renoldsburg, Ohio sent in this song and I think it has a killer chorus. I like the idea of fighting the villains inside you, and I love the image of the hero busting in and knocking down those doors (with a great drumbeat in the background!) Congratulations, Jourdyn...you wrote a hit song!

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Heroes

by Jourdyn, age 10

You're undeniable, indestructible

and invisible

It's like you can't control

the villain that's inside of 

you so that's where the Heroes

come in

Chorus:

You can fly through

walls, you can knock

down doors and you can

save me yeah, oh yeah

Trying to catch

that villain again,

again, and again

Chorus: 

You can fly

through walls, you

can knock down doors

and you can save me yeah

oh yeah

You're undeniable,

indestructible and

invisible

It's like you 

can't control that

villain inside of you so

that's where the Heroes come in

Chorus:

You can fly

through walls, you

can knock down doors

and you can save me

yeah, oh yeah

Time Will Fly: Romany, age 10

Romany from Queensland, Australia sent in this song complete with an audio file that she created. You'll hear Romany singing all the vocals and playing piano, too! Her 15 year old brother did the recording at home. I think it turned out great, don't you? I absolutely love the first line of this chorus..."Time will fly, and tears will dry"...how excellent is that? Congratulations, Romany...you wrote a hit song!

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Time Will Fly
by Romany, age 10



Verse 1
I can see people living on the land
The rain won’t come so the rivers turn to sand
The cattle are starving and the crops are dying now

Pre-chorus
The farmers look to God and say how,
How will we get through this?

Chorus
Time will fly and tears will dry
The rain will fall, the grass will grow
The farmers then, will reap what they sow
Time will fly

Verse 2
I can see homes burning in the fire
The smoke and flames getting higher and higher
The horses are running, and the kids are crying now

Pre-chorus
The families look to God and say how,
How will we get through this?

Chorus
Time will fly and tears will dry
The rain will fall, the trees will grow
The families then will make their way home
Time will fly

Verse 3
I can see floods flowing over roads
The trucker’s sitting there wondering where to go
The clouds are black and heavy and the river’s rising now

Pre-chorus
The people look to God and say how,
How will we get through this?

Chorus
Time will fly and tears will dry
The roads will clear, the clouds will go
They’re happy now because they know
Time will fly

Time will fly and tears will dry
The roads will clear, the clouds will go
They’re happy now because they know
Time will fly, time will fly, time will fly.