HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST SONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

My Town Lyrics (Version C)

For learners who have some experience of songwriting

She's my town, I'm not leaving, the footsteps I've been weaving,
Where we grew our hair, learned to laugh and swim,
Shining rooves, ruled by Mars, friends flew by like shooting stars,
Where we fell in love, then fell out again.
I'm walking this street heading home,
Leaving silent footprints in the rain.

Lovely lasses, and brave lads, dancing into Mums and Dads,
The corner shop, the postman that you know,
Loners, losers, husbands, wives, mystery of unknown lives,
How's it been going? The last ten years or so...
I'm walking this street heading home,
Leaving silent footprints in the rain.

Seven valleys, seven hills, where workers flowed through mills,

The winter years we all caught a cold in,
Distant moors through my window, making me my life's hero,
As I watch my own play unfolding.
I'm walking this street heading home,
Leaving silent footprints in the rain.

Now time's a thief, trees grow tall, one day weeds will cover all,
She's wide eyed staring into sky at night,
Back to backs asleep in sun, fish slow in the River Don,
The summer streets, like avenues of light.
I'm walking this street heading home,
Leaving silent footprints in the rain.

By Matt Black

University of Sheffield 1