One of my New Year’s resolutions is to write a song. Unfortunately, this is the third January that particular resolution has been on my list. Indeed, I’ve been wallowing in lyrical ineptitude for the past two years. The good news is, I have reason to believe that may change.
Can he cut the chord?
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Part of the problem, I’m convinced, is that prior to now, I hadn’t come up with a good subject to write a song about. Oh sure, my inability to write any kind of verse that isn’t a limerick set in Nantucket and my complete dearth of musical knowledge may have entered into the equation — but I think with the right topic, I could overcome those.
For the past few months, I’ve racked my brain trying to figure out something to immortalize in song, but to no end. I considered writing a typical love song, but that would have roused suspicion in my wife. Then I thought I might pen a tune about my kids, but I was having a hard time working out a rhyme scheme for “Do As You’re Told, or I’ll Strangle You.”
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