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Speaking of banal lyrics . . .
When I was in college I was in a band for about 15 minutes. We played mostly covers but had some originals. I was never a very good lyricist (its too hard) but if I worked on it I could write the occasional song (the music seemed to come easier). Anyway the one number I wrote that I would sing was after a break up with a girl that was a fox but also something else from the canine family. It was a fairly uptemp number, no doubt influenced by the Replacements and Westerberg as they were one of the bands I listened to alot in those days. (Now I'd try to make it sound like a Gram Parsons song!) Here's my banality on display:
I been traveling a long time To get just to where you are I been moving real fast but I don't get to far Like broken field run I fall in your traps Like moving through a mine field You blow me off the map
(Chorus) I been your friend I been your fool I been whatever you wanted me to
I climbed every mountain I sailed seven seas I prayed in every church I been down on my knees I turned the other cheek And it got slapped I bent over backwards but my spine's snapped
Chorus
Bridge: So sick and tired of whatcha say You dish it out and I put it away I say I won't go on like this then you pull me back with a kiss I want you but I can't explan your love's driving me insane
There was a third verse which I've since forgotton (if I had a guitar in my hands I bet I'd remember it!). But looking back on it, ugh! What cliched words! So I have the utmost esteem and admiration for anyone who can rhyme words and express what they are feeling without being banal.
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