Check this out:

http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/MP3-2009/LoveLust.mp3

I thought this song was cute and clever...and intimidating!! This is what I am up against if I submit some of my songs into songwriting competitions?? These are studio recorded with awesome quality...mine...are not. :/

P.S. ...don't have the volume on loud!! eek!! :O

P.P.S. This song reminds me of a poem that Sir Thomas Moore wrote to his wife Alice. She had locked herself in her room upon his return home from business because she was scarred from the smallpox she had contracted and fought in his absence. Upon hearing this through her door, Alice unbolted it and embraced her husband...but decided to wear a veil around others.

Sound familiar?? ;P

P.P.P.S. This is the poem:

Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms

BELIEVE me, if all those endearing young charms,

Which I gaze on so fondly to-day,

Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms,

Live fairy-gifts fading away,

Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,

Let thy loveliness fade as it will,

And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart

Would entwine itself verdantly still.

It is not while beauty and youth are thine own,

And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear,

That the fervor and faith of a soul may be known,

To which time will but make thee more dear!

No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets,

But as truly loves on to the close,

As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets

The same look which she turned when he rose!

Thomas Moore