my tape recorder, it must be lyin'
'cause this i just can't believe
i hear a voice that's cryin', that's not me
the wheel goes round, i hear a sound [bad word]  out all wrong
and i swear to you i never wrote that song
i been livin' ..my own shell so long
the only place i ever feel at home
and oh, that music, i hate those lyrics
it stayed inside me so long
and i swear to you i never wrote that song
but pardon me, i'm not lookin' for sympathy
not sympathy
i'm just thinking out loud,
tthe melody, it goes nowhere pointlessly
silence please
i been livin' ..my own shell so long
the only place i ever feel at home
and oh, that music, i hate those lyrics
it stayed inside me so long
and i, i swear to you i never