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Gallifrey - A Doctor Who Inspired Lyric

Gallifrey – A Doctor Who inspired lyric Oh, my hearts beat for Gallifrey.

I mentioned last month that I had taken on Endlessly,
the challenge of writing alternative lyrics for Move through time and space elegantly
the famous Beatles’ song, ‘Yesterday’. The idea Fellow castaways accomp’ny me.
to do this came about because I decided to Seem doomed to wander endlessly
enter the 2020 UK Songwriting Contest and
they had set lyricists the task of coming up But, Who am I to cry.
with new lyrics for that very well-known tune I always Regenerate
that was written by Paul McCartney. Though Daleks hunt me
Shrieking Exterminate

It ended up being a really fun creative
experience and I’m very pleased both with Gallifrey
the outcome and the process that I went Oh, you seem forever lost to me
through. I thought I’d share some thoughts on But I can dream of what yet might be
it as it’s an approach that I would thoroughly My hearts still beat for Gallifrey
recommend for other lyric writers.
But, Who am I to cry.
Lyric collaboration I always Regenerate
Though Daleks hunt me

One thing that was interesting was that I co- Shrieking Exterminate
wrote my entry with another lyricist, Eliz-
abeth Auzan. I came up with the theme for Gallifrey
the song and the first draft of the lyrics. The Oh, you seem forever lost to me
Doctor Who theme came to me as I’ve been But I can dream of what yet might be
watching a lot of Doctor Who episodes dur- My hearts still beat for Gallifrey
ing Lockdown with my wife and sons!

Elizabeth is a singer songwriter which I think Written by Simon Wright & Elizabeth Auzan
was very useful as some of the comments and (May 2020)
suggestions that she made were from the per-
spective of how easy and impactful the words
would be for a vocalist to sing. We kicked
the lyrics back and forth a few times until we
settled on the lyrics that are shown below.

Gallifrey Lyrics

Gallifrey
My planet, my far-flung galaxy
War caused you to be blown away

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