May Songwriting Challenge- Day 31: Right On The Money

And with this, the May Songwriting Challenge comes to a close. I’ve officially written more this month than I have in the past year. It was full of ups and down, and I finally feel like my muses have returned to inspire. To wrap this challenge up, I decided to finish one that has been in the back of my mind for a few months. I’ve had the chorus, but the verses just weren’t coming to me. That all changed this morning on my drive into work. I first got this idea after a quarter beer night at the Bluebird (nightclub, not café) and thought it’d be fun to write a song about broke girls going out on ladies night. 

Right on the Money

© 2018 Chelsey Sears

V1:

Once bills are paid, most my hard work ‘s spent

Countin’ down the days ‘til my next check

So hard for broke girls to have any fun

But once a week, that old marquis

Reads “ladies get in free”

Like a beacon calling out to us

CH:

Times are tough and the struggle’s real

So let’s belly on up for a quarter beer

With a crowd thin as dollar wells

We’ll have the whole dance floor to ourselves

With some “best I’ve ever heard” cover band

And a watered down “who knows?” light in hand

Tip my last two bucks for “yeah she’s country”

Tonight’s been right on the money

V2:

I’ve got a Lincoln burnin’ a hole

Let’s see how far this bad boy goes

Start things off with a rough whiskey shot

One down, four large to go

Double Washingtons refill my solo

Eight times as the night rolls on

CH:

Times are tough and the struggle’s real

So let’s belly on up for a quarter beer

With a crowd thin as dollar wells

We’ll have the whole dance floor to ourselves

With some “best I’ve ever heard” cover band

And a watered down “who knows?” light in hand

Tip my last two bucks for “yeah she’s country”

Tonight’s been right on the money

BR:

Yeah just gotta make the best of what we have

Raising cane on a shoestring budget tab

CH:

Times are tough and the struggle’s real

So let’s belly on up for a quarter beer

With a crowd thin as dollar wells

We’ll have the whole dance floor to ourselves

With some “best I’ve ever heard” cover band

And a watered down “who knows?” light in hand

Tip my last two bucks for “yeah she’s country”

Tonight ’s been right on the money

Dance to a “best I’ve ever heard” cover band

With a watered down “who knows?” light in hand

Tip my last two bucks for “yeah, she’s country”

Tonight ’s been right on the money