Lyrics
Unfinished Songs
Words and music by James Sheppard
​If you wanna write a song, don’t strain too hard
Cause if you push it out, you might hurt your art
If you wanna write song it may take a while
But don’t sit there too long or you’ll end up with piles of
Unfinished songs, unfinished songs, unfinished songs like this one
If you wanna catch a song, don’t reach out and grab it
Let it come to you like a cat or a rabbit
If you wanna catch a song don’t be surprised
If you sit there for hours and at the end of the line you have an
Unfinished song, an unfinished song, an unfinished song like this one
Yeah an unfinished song, an unfinished song, an unfinished song like this one
And sometimes like an allegory of life, nothing really comes out
Oh ouch
All you’ve got to show for your time is a pile of self doubt .
But don’t worry, I’ve got an idea
To save your beautiful rear
We can eat some fibre, watch a film like Easy Rider
Read the Diceman or whatever gets you dumping out the hits again
If you tried to write a song but didn’t make it
No, nothing fell out, don’t be deflated
Cause time writing songs is never wasted
As a matter of the fact, the songs that are my favourites are the
Unfinished songs, the unfinished songs, the unfinished songs like this one
Yeah the unfinished songs, the unfinished songs, the unfinished songs like this one
the unfinished songs, unfinished songs, unfinished songs like this one
What a shame that this one
Is almost done
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©2024 James Sheppard