2007 Fall Lyric Contest Winners

SEMI-FINALISTS (With Judges Comments)
3^rd Place	Craig St Claire, Carrollton, TX	The Cars We Drive This is a great hook but you need to shorten your lines. In the Chorus, the 3rd line "We live our lives we laugh and cry", I would change to "And we changed our lives like we changed our cars"
Honorable Mention	Mike Hyden, Ralston, ME	Black and White The idea here is a good one if you can do it without sounding preachy. I would leave out the verses about rival gangs. The first 2 verses are very good because they are more personal. The chorus is also good. It's a long song so I would skip to the verse that starts with "The color of a person's skin

WINNERS (With Judges Comments)
1^st Place	Kathy Dunn, Grand Prarie, TX	Memories on a Silent Night (click to see lyrics) This is a well crafted holiday song. My only suggestion is that you shorten some of the lines but still say the same thing.
2^nd Place	Mike Hyden, Ralston, ME	The Loneliest Lonely (click to see lyrics) I want to know why he/she isn't there. Perhaps he/she is a soldier in the Middle East. That would make a good story. I think this last verse or bridge should say something about how he can picture it but he wishes he was there to join in the festivities. Make this song more personal...not just a review of what families do at Christmas. The images are good, but you need to insert the singer in these images...like how much he misses Mom's pecan pie, hugs as warm as the fire, Uncle Ed's corny jokes, etc. In other words, personalize it.