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    How not to write a song (part 2)

         Yesterday, I shared about the latest song that I wrote. The mistake I made that cost me a lot of time was no title. I gave you the Reader's Digest version on How not to write a song. I told you about the different titles that I tried trying to find perfect one. If all I did was write a chorus over and over until I figured out the title or the hook that would of been a wiser choice. But this isn't what I did,   I wasn't done wasting time. It was now  time for me to take my new title and run with them. So I took my first title "You know where I'll be" and wrote a second verse. Here is the song so far with my second verse.

    You're the girl next door, I took for granted

    I fell for you, when you found someone else.

    I sit on my porch, play my guitar

    as you kiss him goodbye, step outta his car.

     

    Chorus- So I strum a little louder

    sing a little sweeter

    sing about love, like I know what it is.

    Hope you hear me, hope you see me.

    Whenever you need me

    You'll know where I'll be.

     

    Second verse- I'm down at the bar on Friday night

    drink in my left hand, a mic in the right

    Looking at the door, hoping you'll walk through

    If you walk in, I know what I'll do

     

    Strum a little louder,

    sing a little sweeter

    sing about love, like I know what it is

    Hope you like it, hope you love it,

    Whenever you need me

    You know where I'll be

     

          I am in editing stage. I am looking for problems with the song. Now I have the singer in two different places. The title is - You know where I'll be but we don't know if he's at the bar or at home on his front porch. This is when I knew I still didn't have the right title. So on to the next title.

     

     

     

     

    05/10/2020

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