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Songwriting duo, Peter and Pat Luboff, have joined forces with We Are Listening once again to co-write and produce the winning lyric from the latest round of the Lyric Writer Awards.  Dean Caputo, a multi-finalist in previous rounds of the contest struck gold in Round 2 of the 2009 Lyric Writer Awards when the contest judges selected his lyric as the winner.

After a few weeks of the Luboff treatment, including modifying the lyric, setting words to melody and producing an awesome sound recording, “Southern Style” is now complete.

This is the original lyric by Dean Caputo, followed by the revised lyric and final demo by Dean Caputo, Peter and Pat Luboff:

VERSE
I was born red-necked and raised blue collar
She was born with a silver spoon
She ate at 5-star restaurants
I drank at cheap saloons
I was a slow, winding river
She was the blue lagoon
She leased a little loft in the city for a while
before she lived SOUTHERN STYLE

CHORUS
SOUTHERN STYLE is what was missing
She was caught up in the city grind
She made a smooth transition
so we tied the knot in fishin’ line
She went from city glow to harvest moon,
from champagne to sweet, red wine
Now she’s barefoot walking a country mile
Since she’s learned to live SOUTHERN STYLE

VERSE
She had a fluffy cat named “Crystal”
I had a huntin’ dog named “Blue”
She drove a turbo Beamer with the alloy wheels
I had a pickup built for two
She was missin’ out on the good life
So I taught her all I knew
And after luxury living in the country for a while
She decided on SOUTHERN STYLE

[CHORUS]

BRIDGE
There’s no guarantees on these transferees
So I’m her maitre d’  in dungarees
Got her southbound to slow down for the hoedown
And smell the freedom in the country breeze

[CHORUS]

Revised Lyric:

Southern Style
by Dean Caputo, Peter Luboff, Pat Luboff

VERSE 1
I was born red-neck and raised blue collar
She was fed with a silver spoon
She sipped champagne at 5-star restaurants
I drank beer at honky tonk saloons
I was a slow, winding river
She was a deep blue lagoon
It was a doggone pity how she cried in the city
till I, my oh my, how I taught her how to smile

CHORUS
Southern style slow and easy like a lazy summer breeze
Barefoot walking ‘neath magnolia trees
Sweet tea talking front porch swinging crickets singing in the moonlight
Southern style

VERSE 2
Now her fluffy cat named princess Julie
Goes a-huntin’ with my blue tick hound
And she traded in her turbo Beemer
For a ride in my pickup to my two horse town
When she tasted the good life
It turned her whole world upside down
She said I”m deep down happy as a matter of factly
We’re hot, so why not, tie the knot I got some fishing line

[CHORUS]

BRIDGE
She loves me like a sunflower loves the bees
Life is sweet for my honey and me and we like it

[CHORUS]

© Dean Caputo & Pea Pod Music

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