‘Little Red Ribbon’
Verse 1 :
That day I was back from my school
Dad was lying down, feeling all tired
Must be the heat, heat at the farm
Mom took care of him, said hes got flu
Days passed and we got no food left
Son, go to the farm, so I did.
My sis came to me, crying at loudest
Dad’s no more, it was the ‘dreaded’.
Chorus :
Little Red Ribbon,
Say it louder for me and the li’l ones.
Little Red Ribbon,
Say it louder for me and the li’l ones.
Verse 2 :
Mom fell sick, dint wanna lose her
Doc is miles away, how can I get there
Friends got worried, offered no help
They said she’s got the ‘dreaded’ from dad
Asked me to take em, never come again
I pleaded to them all, but we got chased
Said they’ll get it too n threw stones
Saved my lil sis, but not my mom.
Chorus :
Little Red Ribbon,
Say it louder for me and the li’l ones.
Little Red Ribbon,
Say it louder for me and the li’l ones.
Verse 3 :
Took my lil sis far from the slum
Made our own tent near those trains
Alms were hard to come, we tried so hard
We stole food yes, no other way
No one ever told us about our flesh
Sis fell in the hands of those boys
The ‘dreaded’ was prowling, once again
Took her away too, leaving me lone.
Chorus :
Little Red Ribbon,
Say it louder for me and the li’l ones.
Little Red Ribbon,
Say it louder for me and the li’l ones.
Verse 4 :
Now I know it all, its far too late
Let not lil ones be like me
They’ve got only you to look upto
Let not lil ones be like me
Chorus :
Little Red Ribbon,
Say it louder for me and the li’l ones.
Little Red Ribbon,
Say it louder for me and the li’l ones.
I wrote this for a ‘Make a song on AIDS Awareness preferably focusing on the innocent children affected by the disease’ program. I myself did not know much about the effects of the disease. For three days, I read about it on the net – mainly real life experiences. Some were shocking, to say the least.
I hope these lyrics reach a wider audience. This is my little effort to encourage the society to help the little children out there who are suffering because of AIDS.
March 23, 2007 at 9:46 am
high level of musicality, tunability and singability!
good work malli. what is ur phone number man?
March 23, 2007 at 11:03 am
Man!!! Thanks a ton, thoma!!!
Whoa! You have no clue how happy I am to hear that from you!!
Man!!! Shit.. hehe.. Thank you SO much!!
Will call you up.
March 23, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Hi
you really brought the emotions out through this one.and i really like the way how you have centred it on the kid and specially the chorus ..say it loud for me and lil ones…
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why wait for others ..go head you got all it needs to turn this into a song..:-)
and count me in for listening to it…:-):-)
March 23, 2007 at 1:00 pm
… high level of musicality, tunability and singability! …
See, see, I told ya!
March 23, 2007 at 1:52 pm
but i think you need something more after
the chorus line “lil red ribbon”…looks incomplete.
lil red ribbon, set me free or something like that
OR
spare the lil red ribbon
something before might also do it
March 24, 2007 at 5:36 am
@Anish – ‘centred on a kid’ I like lyrics which tell a story. I thought that will be the best way to communicate to the reader about such a sensitive topic.
@Prasil – hehe. That’s why I get them screened by you before I decide whether its worthy enough to be put in.
@Thomas – Da. Even I had this confusion.. whether to add a bit more to the chorus. But I couldnt come up with anything really good. I will have to see at the time we make the song. If the structure demands an extra line, Ill have to think of something then. Also, the red ribbon actually stands for the ’solidarity of the people suffereing from AIDS’. It actually raises peoples conscience. So ’spare the lil ribbon’ is out of place. ’set me free’ is correct, though. Lets see what sort of song structure we come up with
March 27, 2007 at 10:30 am
Daa mallicchathaa… Kollam daa song.. Ini nee ithu tune cheythu paadunnathum koodi kekkanam
April 27, 2007 at 4:08 am
hope u get to perform it live too…or wait have u already performed ?
August 2, 2007 at 7:50 am
Hey Malli
u sent this link a long time back but i got time to read now,but must say it was purely good and sensitive way of time utilisation. Great creativity and honest sensitivity added to the song makes it “Not to Miss” types. Keep doing gr88 works..am seeing a gr88 musician and lyricist rising from nowhere:)
September 20, 2007 at 12:40 pm
A very touching and sensitive-to-the-core numbuh……Am sure people will remain shaken after listening to it—An ideal soul-reacher!:)