March 27, modified to final form and format after applying music and recording. You can now listen at
www.reverbnation.com/hardtwistmusicsongwriter ALSO- I just posted this to "finished songs."
"I'm Popeye the sailor man. I'm Popeye the sailor man."
I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam.
I'm Popeye the sailor man." -- You can "feel THAT little chanty in my chorus also.
Both the Italian folk version of the song, and (Particularly) the Grass Roots version are worth taking a listen to btw.
I'll get a link up for this lyric if anyone is interested in how it sounds to music, but it will take about a week.
Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Verse, Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Bridge, Pre-Chorus, Bridge to out.
V-PC-C-V-V-PC-C-B-PC-C-BTO.
KATARINA
VERSE 1.
Katarina - try to understand me. It’s not an easy thing to do.
Katarina - I’m everything I can be. I’m leaving the rest up to you.
PRE-CHORUS:
If you need a man who’s different than I am, I’ll just stand out of your way.
But if I am the one you love and you need, I’m totally committed to stay.
CHORUS:
Katarina, Katarina, Katarina will you be, The one who would love me
The way that I am, --- Uncondtionally.
VERSE 2.
Katarina I’ve done all I can do. I hope that you will choose to be.
The woman I marry. The woman I love. The woman who will stand by me.
VERSE 3.
I know what I want. I need you to be sure. I’m not begging on my knees.
I need your decision to be arrived at very carefully.
Pre-Chorus:
If you want a man who’s different than I am, I’ll just stand out of your way.
But if I am the one you love and you need, I’m totally committed to stay.
CHORUS:
Katarina, Katarina, Katarina will you be. The one who would love me
The way that I am, --- Uncondtionally.
BRIDGE:
Katarina, I’ve Got to be me. It won’t work to change me.
Don’t try to change me. Katie I am what I am, and that's all I can be.
PRE-CHORUS:
If you need a man who’s different than I am, I’ll just stand out of your way.
But if I am the one you love and you need, I’m totally committed to stay.
CHORUS:
Katarina, Katarina, Katarina will you be.
The one who would love me The way that I am, -- uncondtionally.
BRIDGE TO OUT:
Katarina, I am what I am. It won’t work to change me. Don’t try to change me.
Katie I am what I am, what I am what I am.