Come My Way, Copyright ©2024 Alphasongs LLC (ASCAP), All rights reserved. Music and Lyrics by Matthew L. Kearns (ASCAP) www. Alphasongs.net Verse One ALTO Come my way Come my way There's some things I'd like to show you today. Come my way Come my way It's a game that I've learned to play. SOPRANO I have found this wonderful adventure. It's a game that I have learned to treasure. You will find the rules quite easy. Take a look and play this with me. Verse Two ALTO Come my way Come my way Take a look at this game to play. Come my way Come my way I will roll the die and share a tale. SOPRANO I'll take a turn. I will have to tell a story. I roll the die and I share a little history. First, I start the timer. I've got two minutes If my story stops early then I have to take one libation If my story lasts and you like it you can take one libation. ALTO, BARITONE, BASS (text excerpts from Soprano)   Verse Three ALTO Come my way Come my way Now you know this game is easy to play. Come my way Come my way. It bring us new thoughts, ways to find out more. SOPRANO There is this thing about telling a good story. It brings us new thoughts, ways to find out more. Now it's your turn. Browse your mem'ries. Roll the die and share your hist'ries ALTO, BARITONE, BASS (text excerpts from Soprano) SOPRANO I hope you think of an entertaining fable I'll toast your speech and we'll talk around the table. ALTO Come my way Come my way Toast the story and continue to play. Conclusion ALTO Come my way Come my way Share your stories and continue to play. Come my way Come my way I hope you love this game. Come My Way! SOPRANO, BARITONE, BASS I love this game, Come My Way! Notes: Come My Way, was first conceived as a song, sharing the joy of friends coming together to play games. I was looking for simple positive harmonies. A song that is relatively easy to sing but with challenging five-part harmonies. Lyrically, the two female parts present the setting and desire for friends to come my way to play this game. The male parts are basically instrumental, rhythmic, and structural, supporting the story above. The soprano’s lyrics paint the scene, the setting, and the game play. The alto expresses the desire for friends to come my way and play the game. Like other songs I’ve done, I insert 3-part sections sequenced with 5-part sections to add to the dynamic texture of the song. The essential spirit of the song and the game that was derived from this song is to promote the benefits of being able to engage with others to tell stories. Storytelling and being able to engage with good storytelling between friends and family is a very precious element of our social fabric and well worth honing as a skill. I truly love my moments sharing stories with friends. In the end, this is what Come My Way celebrates too. Performance Notes: This piece is scored for small to medium mixed vocal ensemble. It's a happy song to be performed with smiles. There are parts written for hand claps. These parts are intended to be a starting point for adding rhythmic emphasis. The percussive parts are intended to emphasize rhythms and enhance timing. These are optional and could be left out. On the other hand, I would encourage adding these parts. For more creativity, improvisational beat-boxing can enhance rhythms even more. Have fun with it. Audio tracks generated with Cantamus software