1ST PLACE WINNER
LYRICS ONLY CATEGORY

Somebody Loved
Words and Music by Deb Talan and Steve Tannen

Rain turns the sand into mud
Wind turns the trees into bone
Stars turning high up above
You turn me into somebody loved

Nights when the heat had gone out
We danced together alone
Cold turned our breath into clouds
We never said what we were dreaming of
You turned me into somebody loved

Someday when we're old and worn
Like two softened shoes
I will wonder on how I was born
The night I first ran away from you

Now my feet turn the corner back home
Sun turns the evening to rose
Stars turning high up above
You turn me into somebody loved

2ND PLACE WINNER
LYRICS ONLY CATEGORY

Sing Me to Sleep
Words and Music by Steve Tannen

Well I hung around like cigarette smoke on your jacket
And in the motel rooms the lullaby was the sound of traffic
And the pretty girls on the avenue they give it up for free
I stand in a streetlight so everyone can see
I'm so lonely without you

Baby sing me to sleep
Turn down the covers 'cause talk is cheap
Baby sing me to sleep, ah turn out the lights
Remember the nights when the rain fell 18 inches deep
Baby sing me to sleep

And at closing time we're a nickel and a dime
In the deep back pocket of America
Trying to find wings or something to carry you home
Right now you better make the best of your situation
Escape through a hole in the conversation
The sun comes up like a revelation
And I'm so lonely without you

But you came up like a wind, came up like a weed
All black and blue all lipstick and need
To dig a hole in your heart to bury the doubts
She holds the bottle like a gun in her mouth

You head downtown in your black leather jacket
You're getting old now but you still stop traffic
The sun comes slow like it's thinking it over
The moon shoots a dirty look over its shoulder
And I'm so lonely without you