Okay, I'm getting closer. Combining my words with the suggestions, stirring them carefully and baking for 20 minutes gives me the following (still rather corny and has room for considerable improvement yet). What do you think? I've made a quick demo so you can hear my proposed melody.
It's inspired by a song so old it wasn't dated. The name of it is "Honest Colin" and you can get the music free from the Johns Hopkins music library (
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/). You
might be able to tell my music started out as that song if you played them both, but I'm not sure. The notes and chord progression have changed so much, it's pretty much a different song.
The demo is on my sound cloud account:
https://soundcloud.com/caliamoko/purple-shadesHere are the edited and expanded words:
PURPLE SHADES
The evening sky in purple shades
Declares the close of day
The colors darken into grays
As the moon goes on display
The sun has set, the stars grow bright
And twinkle without pause
On all the walkers through the night
Committed to the cause
On all the walkers through the night
Committed to the cause
The luminaries light the path
And guide us to our goal
With inspiration round the track
We take a midnight stroll
We pledge to help with time and strength
We walk in league as one
We'll stay awake for this event
And sleep when we are done
We'll stay awake for this event
And sleep when we are done