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Writing A Song Is Hard To Do

from Can You Hear Me Smile? by DJ REAL

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lyrics

I’ve got the vocal styles of an aluminum can.
My song sounds booty cuz I’ve got no plan.
I tried to give it to you, but you don’t want it.
Like an ugly baby, I shouldn’t flaunt it.
I’ve got coarse rhymes and sequencers.
Here’s a verse that’s worse because I didn’t rehearse.
It all makes for weak answers to problems with luck.
My brain is a hockey puck.

I should give it up,
I should stop writing songs.
(Writing a song is hard to do,
Like watching Titanic without crying.)
I should pack it up,
Get myself a real job
(Writing a song is hard to do,
Like shooting yourself without dying.)

Musical deathbed – death-rattle.
Getting thrown off the saddle when I try to battle.
My rhymes are goat cheese.
My structure is lame.
Sentence fragments and hiss in the chorus and bridge.
My backup singer’s got digital clicks.
Your drums kicks. My drum blips.
My voice sounds like lint in your pocket.
It hits your ear and you try to block.
I sound like uncarbonated soda.
Like Beethoven, my life is over.
My beats are toxic waste,
My mouth is catastrophe,
My brain is a hockey puck.

I should give it up.
I should stop writing songs.
(Writing a song is hard to do,
Like watching Showgirls without laughing)
I should pack it up,
Get myself a real job
(Like selling insurance, or tacos,
or being an administrative assistant to a professional magician.)

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from Can You Hear Me Smile?, released October 28, 2004
All instruments and vocals were recorded and performed by Nick Stargu

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Nick Stargu is a musician, comedian, writer and filmmaker who is best known for his multimedia / musical comedy act, DJ REAL, which has been featured at Outside Lands, San Francisco Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival and more! He most recently appeared on the TV show “Flophouse” on Viceland. And he’s opened for Devo! He will be appearing as a host on NBC's Seeso show Guest List" Fall 2016. ... more

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