UPDATE: And from my young friend in New Zealand… Here’s Liam’s second song, enjoy!
PDF Version Here: I can’t write a song by Liam Roffey & Peter Leftus
I CAN’T WRITE A SONG
Words by Liam Roffey
Music by Peter Letfus
Verse 1
Am C G D
Here in the garden amongst the clover
Am C G D
The sun’s sliding west and the afternoons over.
Am C G D
The clouds above and the rainbow below
Am C G Em
Perhaps the words have become my foe.
Verse 2
Am C G D
I have nothing! I can’t do this! It’s unfair!
Am C G D
Maybe I’ll try looking for words elsewhere.
Am C G D
There’s a pool of words as big as the ocean
Am C G Em
Somebody tell me where to put the boat in.
CHORUS
F C
I can’t write a song.
G Am
And what I write comes out wrong.
F C
I’ve been sitting here way too long.
G Em Am
I can’t write a song.
Verse 3
Am C G D
I’m confused and my brains turned mushy
Am C G D
This pencil and paper are looking quite dusty.
Am C G D
I’m tripping still sitting in my delusion
Am C G Em
Pushing the boundaries of the institution.
Verse 4
Am C G D
Standing up I start pacing around
Am C G D
Praying the words I’ve lost can be found.
Am C G D
Maybe they’re playing hide and seek with me
Am C G Em
I’m befuddled and flummoxed, unintelligibly.
CHORUS
Bridge
G/B C
The White Coats tell me I’m hallucinating
Dm7 G
But Miss Piggy’s advice is quite illuminating.
C
Why’s Winnie the Pooh sitting on my knee?
Dm7 G
Even Bugs Bunny is laughing at me.
C D
The Seven dwarves are singing this verse
G Em
The big chicken beside them is making it worse.
Chorus x2
Outro repeat last line x3
~Sara
