songsculptor rick brown r
Lyrics
Met an old songwriter at a roadside bar
No band backing him up
Just him and his guitar
You could tell by his lyrics
He’s been solo a while
Sat next to him at the bar afterwards
And said I like your style
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He said I got songs about my younger days
Partying with my friends
Songs about when the drinking continued
But the good times seemed to end
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Songs about cold beer and warm tears
Together they make up my life
Songs about the first time I held my daughter
Songs about burying my wife
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CHORUS:
Wrote them in a notebook
And placed them on the shelf
Used to write what people wanted to hear
Now, I just write for myself
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Some tried to buy ‘em some steal ‘em
Some people just don’t believe a word
But when you play in bars A drinking man
likes songs he’s already heard
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Best thing about my songs
Is I lived them - every last one
If I could wish one thing for you
Is for you to live your own songs before you’re done
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CHORUS:
Write them in a notebook
Place them on a shelf
Don’t write to please anyone
Just write for yourself
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It was a few weeks later when
I walked into that old bar
They told me he died
But onstage was a notebook and a guitar
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A note said by now I’m dead and gone
Don’t want the songs to die on the shelf
Through the notebook I’ll live on
Just remember to add some yourself
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CHORUS:
Write them in a notebook
Place them on a shelf
Don’t write to please anyone
Just write for yourself