IOU (Guitar Center Singer/Songwriter Competition Submission)

Please take the extra step, and subscibe. Your subscription adds to my chances of winning the Guitar center singer/songwriter contest. Part of the prize is $10,000 and if I win with your help I will pledge half of that to make-a-wish foundation. The second half will go towards my own recording so I can raise more money through my music in the future, and pass the gift of music to a friend in need (anyone hear of a charity that donates instruments to those who'd like them? I'll be doing my research). Thank you so much! Remember, subscribe! And find and like my facebook fan page! Emily Schonberg (Emily Schonberg's Music)

It's a city of gray
With gray cars and gray stones and gray days
Now I'm asking how my heart got this way?
It left me for sunlight, oh it left me for sunlight, but

What would you say to an IOU?
Is it alright if I borrow from you?
Your heart does all that I'd like mine to
While mine is buried away

You are red, you are gold, you are white
You are a hot sun, a sparkling headlight
I'm an empty box till you're back in my sight
Faded cardboard with nothing inside,
Empty hearted for so many nights, but

What would you say to an IOU?
Is it alright if I borrow from you?
Your heart does all that I'd like mine to
While mine is buried away

Maybe my heart didn't quit
Maybe it traveled with you instead
Knowing it's brighter there by your side than by mine
No one likes cryin

What would you say to an IOU?
Is it alright if I borrow from you?
Your heart is big enough for two
While mine is buried away

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[whitecocoa08]

u made me think; DC really is gray, from all the granite in the monuments & buildings. Thanks. We need to wrap everything in color. Thx for the song...

[EmmaJoan21]

@whitecocoa08 oooh thank you! i love hearing other people's perspective on this song... i love that idea, wrap away!! <3

[blin9999]

this song makes me cry. you are a phenomenal writer and singer.

-Matt

[EmmaJoan21]

@blin9999 you inspire me too Matt! Your journey is just beginning. I'm so excited for you.

[thepumpdontwork]

IOU?? no no Emma! We owe you :)

[EmmaJoan21]

@thepumpdontwork hahahahahaha xoxo

[rodriguethe]

beautiful

[davefordavefor]

Didn't care much for the music, BUT, I really loved the lyrics.

[EmmaJoan21]

@mytowntennis thank you Skip!!!

[EmmaJoan21]

@bonbanelo thanks bonbanelo!

[EmmaJoan21]

@NovemeberLateNights thank you!!

[bonbanelo]

great song... :)



[NovemeberLateNights]

Good job. :-)