For a songwriting exercise. SSG Y12W34. Write a song that takes place in a store, but don't make it about shopping. I may have strayed into the shopping part.
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Story behind the song
Based on a friend who has breakfast 6 days a week at McDonald's in Walmart to get out of the house and not be alone. He started doing this after his wife died, but I wanted to make it more universal and not about death.
Lyrics
verse:
We used to have pancakes in the corner cafe.
Everybody knew us there.
Sometimes we'd stroll on a Saturday,
Enjoying the shops and fresh air.
verse:
Now this is the place where I start my day,
'Though I hardly get out anymore.
For a bit of exercise, I park far away
In this huge parking lot at the big box store.
chorus 1:
There's no one in the town square
There's nothing left downtown.
Now this is the place where
I feel like I belong.
verse:
At the counter I get a breakfast sandwich
Everyone knows which table I'll be at.
I watch them come in and I always manage
To get one or two to stop and chat.
chorus 1
verse:
I pick up some batteries and a loaf of bread
While I wait for my prescriptions.
I used to shop at several stores instead
Where the clerks used to listen.
chorus 1
verse:
Some people tell me that I shouldn't shop here.
I've no idea where they want me to go.
Where else can I find toothpaste and beer,
A flu vaccination and a garden hoe?
chorus 2:
Now there's no one in the town square
There's nothing left downtown.
So this is the place where
I try to belong.
