I Don't Want to Write a Love Song

(Melanie Thompson)

I read somewhere that love songs make up 90% of the music market. I have a hard time writing love songs. My lyrics are usually funny, stupid or dark. This song is an example of my limitations. My goal when I started writing these lyrics was to pen a love song and this is what came out.

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Verse 1.
 I want to write about 
 my one-night stands.
 To count them all 
 I'd need six more hands.

 A common problem if you're
 in a band.
 Or beaver-eager to 
 become a man.

 I want to write a song 
 about my woes. 
 Place my worries on 
 the backs of hoes.

 Play the victim card, 
 be one of those. 
 Say you're a villian. 
 I'm a hero.

Chorus.
 I don't want to write a love song.
 Make a total stranger cry.
 Pour my heart out on the paper.
 Cut it up and make it rhyme.

 I don't want to write a love song.
 Every word would be a lie.
 I was the one. I was the traitor.
 I was the fool who said good-bye.

Verse 2.
 I want to write a song 
 about how sweet
 my life is now. Satisfied. 
 Complete.

 I want to tell the world 
 about my cash. 
 Forget the riches of the 
 love I had.

 I want to write a song
 that players sing.
 Where bad behavior is the
 next best thing.

 I want to plead may case 
 and convince you.
 I'm so much better now that
 we are through.

Chorus.
 I don't want to write a love song.
 Make a total stranger cry.
 Pour my heart out on the paper.
 Cut it up and make it rhyme.

 I don't want to write a love song.
 Every word would be a lie.
 I was the one. I was the traitor.
 I was the fool who said good-bye.

Bridge.
 Love songs are the words
 that we sing to remind.
 To keep us remembering
 lost loves left behind.

 Love songs for the person 
 who is hopeful and kind.
 Need I remind you,
 I'm just not that guy.

Verse 3.
 I want to write a song
 that makes you dance.
 You'd do whatever just for
 one more chance.

 A song so epic, it's a
 masterpiece.
 Have you begging on you're
 hands and knees.

 I want to write a song
 about my rage.
 Call you a bitch on
 every page.

 I need to show you just how 
 hard I am.
 Hide the fact that I'm a 
 broken man.

Chorus.
 I don't want to write a love song.
 Make a total stranger cry.
 Pour my heart out on the paper.
 Cut it up and make it rhyme.

 I don't want to write a love song.
 Every word would be a lie.
 I was the one. I was the traitor.
 I was the fool who said good-bye.
© Melanie Thompson 2024