Next I would try to find more inspiration from news stories or other thoughts...blogs, poetry...etc.
http://www.salon.com/writer/mikki_kendall/ - which has been accused by prolifers as being made up (
http://www.webpronews.com/bloggers-abortion-article-sparks-controversy-2011-06) still makes a good story to include
- so lets start our song with a title
Jesus Said 'I am the light...' but a lighthouse light warns ships
AWAY from the rocks so lets give it a working tittle of - "Following the light"
...and lets start out with a line that grabs and shakes the listener - now i should warn you that I'm big on short and sweet lines and open verse but I know songs work better when they rhyme so I'm going to do my best... and use this site -
http://www.rhymezone.com/ - starting the
rough draft...
"Following the Light"Mikki started bleeding
at the 22nd week
She started pleading
but the outlook, it was bleak
but on belief they stood
She trusted they would care
and do everything they could
but they gave her only prayer
Now the chorus - This is, of course, the most important part, that should (IMO) sum up what the songs about and should encompass the feeling of all the verses...
Will the rules ring true
When the victim is you?
Will the Pius fight make you safe & free?
Following the light,
with that your only sight,
may be the lighthouse ray
Warning you away
trust in reason will be the only key...
(okay, okay, doesn't really scan - but I'm not a singer and this is a 1st draft
)
NEXT Verse -
http://blogs.alternet.org/cityofangelsonalternet/2010/04/26/two-infamous-pedophile-priest-perps-move-in-near-children-one-under-assumed-name-in-holland-one-fresh-out-of-prison-in-texas/Father Oliver was trusted
The parish children didn't know
That in his heart he lusted
and the seeds of pain that he would sow
He had been moved from town to town
promising his life would be turned
but he always let them down
his inclinations not unlearned
(chorus)
Next verse...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/waymon-hudson/american-evangelical-lou_b_560819.htmlLou did not understand
love for 2 of the same
speaking in a foreign land
said they should take the blame
He said he heard The Call
and he pleaded to the sky
That hell would take them all
through law that they must die
(chorus)
so - hows that - getting any ideas? alter as needed - I'm a pretty open source as these things go lol