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Minutes and Hours

from Shadows, vol 1 by Dr. Lindyke

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This is our shadow entry for SpinTunes 1 round 2. The challenge: "Write a song where the choruses are a different time signature than the verses. (2 minute minimum)"

This particular song doesn't mean anything. It's a song designed to communicate a mood, to which you assign your own meaning. But the line "Sweet and yet sour are the times of this life" sort of dictated a bittersweet tune to me. Since I first saw "The Music Man", I've been fascinated with the idea of using the same tune with different time signatures, so the choruses and verses share a melody here. Let me know if the tune helps the lyrics or not in your comments.

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Minutes and Hours
Lyrics by William Hoover

[introduction, 6/4 time]

[chorus, ¾ time]
Minutes and hours keep me awake
Minutes and hours allow me to say
That which is ours shall never fade
These minutes and hours at the end of my day.

[verse, 4/4 time]
Midnights bring showers as the sun falls away
Lightning, like fire, produces, let's say
Something like flowers, a beauty this night
In minutes and hours may shed their last light.

[instrumental bridge, 6/4 time]
[chorus, ¾ time]
Minutes and hours know I'm a friend.
Kings and those higher say let's begin
Finished, not tired, all things must end
Together acquired, as it is, not has been.

[verse, 4/4 time]
Sweet and yet sour are the times of this life
Bold, sometimes coward, I laugh to defy
Minutes and hours, a long lost romance
This time is ours, if only by chance

[chorus, ¾ time]
Minutes and hours keep me awake
Minutes and hours allow me to say
That which is ours shall never fade
These minutes and hours at the end of the day.

[instrumental, 6/4 time, with 4/4 in the final 3 measures]

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from Shadows, vol 1, released July 6, 2012
Lyrics by William Hoover
Music by Dave Leigh
With our powers combine, we are Dr. Lindyke! (cheap cartoon reference)

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"Dr. Lindyke" is the nom de plume of William Hoover and Dave Leigh. William writes lyrics; Dave writes music. Though we write a lot, neither of us are really performers, and we LOVE it when people cover our songs. Please do.

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