Strat1958
Late-blooming songwriter!
Hey all, I just wrote a quick little ditty about songwriting.
This is kinda the first draft - I know it needs filling out. I was going for a sort of rockabilly vibe; something I've not done before.
I left space for a guitar solo after the 2nd chorus...still trying to figure out what it should sound like. Thinking a clean sound with some slapback on it.
EDIT #1: Guitar solo was added
EDIT #2: B3 organ and vibes added
Anywho...here it is. (updated version)
I WANT TO WRITE A SONG
I Want To Write A Song
© Mike Pilling 2019
V1
Rented a house in old Cape Cod
Try to inspire myself
I had so many parts of songs
In a book up on the shelf
Maybe with the wind and waves
A song will fly into my head
A spark will fire the creative muse
That seems to have dropped dead
CH
I want to write a song
One that everybody hums
I want to get the message out
But my mind has just gone numb
I want to write that next great tune
Wanna hear it on the radio
I know it’s in there somewhere
Just gotta let it grow
Let it grow
V2
So I wrote some stuff about seabirds
And the boats across the bay
The ordinary things you see
On an ordinary day
But you know it didn’t take too long
For me to realize
The inspiration’s everywhere
You just gotta use your eyes
CH
I want to write a song
One that everybody hums
I want to get the message out
But my mind has just gone numb
I want to write that next great tune
Wanna hear it on the radio
I know it’s in there somewhere
Just gotta let it grow
Let it grow
Yeah let it grow
This is kinda the first draft - I know it needs filling out. I was going for a sort of rockabilly vibe; something I've not done before.
I left space for a guitar solo after the 2nd chorus...still trying to figure out what it should sound like. Thinking a clean sound with some slapback on it.
EDIT #1: Guitar solo was added
EDIT #2: B3 organ and vibes added
Anywho...here it is. (updated version)
I WANT TO WRITE A SONG
I Want To Write A Song
© Mike Pilling 2019
V1
Rented a house in old Cape Cod
Try to inspire myself
I had so many parts of songs
In a book up on the shelf
Maybe with the wind and waves
A song will fly into my head
A spark will fire the creative muse
That seems to have dropped dead
CH
I want to write a song
One that everybody hums
I want to get the message out
But my mind has just gone numb
I want to write that next great tune
Wanna hear it on the radio
I know it’s in there somewhere
Just gotta let it grow
Let it grow
V2
So I wrote some stuff about seabirds
And the boats across the bay
The ordinary things you see
On an ordinary day
But you know it didn’t take too long
For me to realize
The inspiration’s everywhere
You just gotta use your eyes
CH
I want to write a song
One that everybody hums
I want to get the message out
But my mind has just gone numb
I want to write that next great tune
Wanna hear it on the radio
I know it’s in there somewhere
Just gotta let it grow
Let it grow
Yeah let it grow
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