Intro (spoken/half-sung hook — KEEP EXACT): Love ain’t dead, girl — love ain’t dead, no lie — Verse 1 (perfect rhymes street/meet, neat/beat — use or adapt, keep idiomatic American phrasing): Rolled in past midnight, tires screaming down Main Street You lit that cigarette and flashed a grin I couldn’t beat Said you wanted reckless, not polite or neat We swore to ride the edges, babe, and burn that same damn heat Pre-chorus (perfect rhymes cheat/heat — use or adapt): We played the fool for one more night, no shame, no cheat You called it heaven, darlin’, I just called it heat Chorus (KEEP EXACT, strict perfect rhyme on -ake): Love ain’t dead — it never caught a break Love ain’t dead — it was just a fast mistake Love ain’t dead — just a card we didn’t stake Love ain’t dead — but babe, we learned to take Verse 2 (perfect rhymes pocket/rocket, jokes/smoke — use or adapt): I told you I was drifting, maps folded in my pocket You laughed and passed another smoke, said “don’t be that locket” We chased the neon corners, bars lit up with jokes You sold me Sunday promises; I paid in cigarette pokes Pre-chorus (repeat/adapt, perfect rhymes seat/heat): We raised our cups to borrowed time, no plan, no seat You called it real, darlin’, I just called it heat Chorus (repeat — same exact lyrics as above; add tight three-part harmony on final pass) Verse 3 (perfect rhymes dash/flash, rings/stings — use or adapt): Morning found me on the highway, coffee sloshed on dash You left your name on a matchbook, burned it in a flash I ain’t the one for settle-downs or wedding rings You ain’t built for painless leaving, love leaves little stings Bridge (lift feel briefly, perfect rhymes crime/time, dine/mind — use or adapt): I ain’t your savior, sugar — I’m a fast and friendly crime You ain’t my altar — still, you stole a piece of time We called it love to dress the night, we called it fate to dine But love ain’t dead — it just never learned to mind Final Chorus (extended — repeat Chorus lines with call-and-response and ad‑libs; last pass in tight 3-part harmony): Love ain’t dead — it never caught a break Love ain’t dead — it was just a fast mistake Love ain’t dead — just a card we didn’t stake Love ain’t dead — but babe, we learned to take (Repeat/ad-lib: Love ain’t dead — love ain’t dead — love ain’t dead) Outro (spoken over 4-on-the-floor beat — KEEP EXACT): I’m rollin’ on — you’re rollin’ on — same road, different ways Love ain’t dead — just a story for the stray Production notes (include in prompt to the generator): • Genre: Roadhouse blues fused with house (4-on-the-floor). BPM 100. Key A minor. • Instruments: gritty electric slide guitar, Hammond organ pad, four-on-the-floor kick, punchy clap on 2 and 4, walking electric bass, light hi-hat groove, vintage piano fills. • Vocal tone: dry/intimate reverb on verses; lush reverb and stacked harmonies on choruses; half-spoken grit in verses; big soulful belt in chorus. • Maintain strict perfect rhymes and idiomatic American phrasing; no slant rhymes, no foreign-sounding constructions. • Target runtime ~4:30–4:40; structure timing: Intro (4–8 bars), Verses ~12–16 bars each, Pre-chorus 4 bars, Chorus 8 bars, Bridge 8 bars, Final Chorus extended to allow ad-lib/harmony.
