Write a Song
How this came about:
Okay, this is a dorky song, I know that. But if you have ever tried to write a song some of thing will ring true, I suspect. Or even if you have tried to do any sort of creative project you will recognize the self-doubts that show up to ruin the party.
You want to sit and write a song,
Remember something could go wrong
And you could get arrested
By the songwriter’s police.
You better use a lot of rhymes,
Double rhymes in many lines,
If it doesn’t rhyme then
Everyone will hate it.
It has to have a melody,
Stuck to with fidelity,
Or people will not be able
To follow it at all
Don’t stick too many words into every single line,
Unless you happen to be Stephen Sondheim
Too many words will tie up your tongue badly
And your song will get confused and sink very badly.
And when you write that stirring chorus,
Be sure to dig in the thesaurus,
So every word stands out just like a
Patrician brontasaurus
A song must have a steady beat,
Every measure must be neat,
Otherwise no… body
Can tap…. their.... feet.
It must make sense and tell a story
So people can relate
Eggplant airplane cumberbund
Precisely sung and strummed.
Stick with words just small and short
Not the words you hear in court
Overwhelming mandatory
Choreography
And never write a song that brings
To mind a song by Dylan
His song will always sound
Much richer and fulfillin.
Don’t leave your song without a bridge
A chance to make the feeling switch
And introduce another song
Right in the midst of this one…
You want to sit and write a song,
Remember something could go wrong
And you could get arrested
By the songwriting police.
You want to sit and write a song,
Don’t make your song go on and on