I wanted to get a 28th (and possibly final) lyric/song for FAWM 2022, and this one just started out as the first 3 lines of Verse 1. I didn't really know where it was going to go but I returned to a theme that I've written about a few times before, an underdog fighting on against the odds. Probably also quite apt given what's going on in Ukraine right now
One Song To Save The world
(Verse 1)
If I only had to write one song
To save the world
Then this is not the one I'd write.
It doesn't have a supersonic boom
A flash of light to split the gloom
It doesn't have a chiselled chin
To woo the girl
(Chorus)
It's the classic underdog
The no hoper fighting on the undercard
It's going down in round three
And hurting hard
(Verse 2)
Yeah, If we’re praying for just one song
To save the world
Then this is not the one I’d sing.
It’s doesn’t have jet-heeled boots
It’s not the offspring of Zeus
It doesn’t have a toothy grin
To woo the girl
(Chorus)
It's the classic underdog
The no hoper fighting on the undercard
It's going down in round three
And hurting hard
(Bridge)
The canvass smells of blood and sweat
The future looks a lot like pain and death
But somehow, the underdog gets up,
Face misshapen, bust and blood-wet
But there’s no easy lights-out with this hard knocks vet
And he just needs one good punch to land the shock
(Verse 3)
If I only had to write one song
To save the world
Then this is not the one I'd write.
It doesn't have a supersonic boom
A flash of light to dispel the doom
It doesn't have a chiselled chin
To woo the girl
(Chorus)
It's the classic underdog
The no hoper fighting on the undercard
It's going down in round three
And hurting hard
But it's the classic underdog
The no hoper fighting on the undercard
And you can bet your bottom dollar
It’s gonna hit back hard
So hard
Written by Simon Wright
(February 2022)
@timfatchen Mar 2022
We root for the underdog, and sometimes, just sometimes...This lyric gets it across, keep going, don't give up, take the pain, hit back...
@mikeskliar Mar 2022
what a creative way to approach the situation- effective and resilient, and really well done lyric! nice work!
@tamsnumber4 Mar 2022
I love the underdog perspective, I just listened to every Ukraine song tagged and this is unique. I enjoyed reading it and you can still edit it and tag it "Ukraine".
@chariotbaldwin Feb 2022
Very interesting chorus cos the "If I only had to write one song", is such a strong line, I would've preferred that in the chorus. But it's your song, your magic and in my own way, I've written songs where the title is not in the chorus too
Congrats also for winning FAWM 2022.
It's definitely apt re the Ukraine. One way to incorporate it (if you were to re-write the song), you could mention the yellow and blue and e'one would kinda know what you meant by it.
Good on you for pushing thru the writers block - You have a very good lyric here, that I think can go a long way.