Spurred on by a comment from @Mike_H (link below), I wondered if it was possible to merge the top 8 songs from @Bingo-Little’s “Song that no one dislikes” poll. This is what I came up with (see first comment)
https://theafterword.co.uk/the-one-true-tune-to-rule-them-all-results/#comment-211952
Before the day I met you, Life was so unkind
No job to be found in this country
Government leaving the youth on the shelf
The people getting angry
“We’d like to help you learn to help yourself”
.
Your love was the key to my peace of mind
Though nothing will drive them away
You make me feel so good inside
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
‘Cause that was the day that my daddy died
.
He told me several times that he didn’t like my kind
That day I’ll always remember, Yes, I will
It was the third of September
Standing, by the wall (by the wall) to pay his bills
I, I can remember (I remember)
.
That’s when I saw her, Ooh, I saw her.
She walked in through the out door, out door
We can be heroes, what you’d say?
The kind U find in a second hand store
We could steal time, just for one day
.
We danced and sang, and the
music played in a de boomtown
Cause you make me feel, you make me feel, you make me feel like
All the clubs have been closed down
I put her on the back of my bike
.
Busy doing something close 2 nothing
but different than the day before
‘Cause I was a bit 2 leisurely
Too much fighting on the dance floor
And you, you can be mean
.
I didn’t mean to take you up all your sweet time
Me catch a ship across the sea
Well, I stand up next to a mountain
A fine little girl, she waits for me
If I had the chance 2 do it all again…
.
Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Looking out on the morning rain
“You make me feel so good inside”
I tell her I’ll never leave again
“You make me feel so alive”
.
Is it true what they say that
When you’ve got to choose
Though nothing, will keep us together
Every way you look at it you lose
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
That was wonderful Sal.
Now, could you fiddle about on your xylophone and post the melody just as soon as.
Impressive work! Tricky melody to sing, however… 🙂
Very very good!