All the Good Tunes Are Taken
by Brad Ryder

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Chorus:          I want to write songs about hearts breakin' ...
                       Souls achin' ... Love-makin' ...
                       But all the good tunes are taken.

Verse 1:         (To the tune of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
                       I’d like to put some words to this, a ballad soft and sad;
                       But it was handled by the best, and Hank didn’t do so bad.

Verse 2:         ("Green Green Grass of Home")
                       Well I know you’ve heard this song, such a classic for so long.
                       At sixteen it got me hooked on Cash and country.
                       Just three chords is all, it’s not too risky; still it always makes me misty.
                       Now can I do something half as strong?

(Repeat chorus)

Verse 3:         ("It's Only Make Believe")
                       Should somehow I compose the tune that fairly flows,
                       I’ll put it in a set that time won’t soon forget;
                       Till then I’ll string the notes and try to keep up hopes.
                       But as each day goes by, I can’t help wonder why
                       I don’t find that divine melody.

 Bridge:          ("Can't Help Falling In Love")
                       Surely as a chime ringing in the wind
                       Plays in six-eight time, I’ll sit to write again.

(Repeat chorus)

Verse 4:          ("Crazy")
                      Crazy, crazy for feeling so empty;
                      I’m crazy for thinking no answers will come.
                      With writers exploring their guitars and keyboards,
                      That’s part of the glamor, part of the clamor ...
                      There’s something that hasn’t been done.

 Tag:              I want to write songs about hearts breaking.

 

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