Bad Lyrics Lyrics

Sitting by the river

Thinking about the days gone by

And an old lover who got away

How I mourn the passage of time

I feel inspired to jot it down

These feelings from deep inside

I feel the urge to express myself to all

The people far and wide

But as I start to write the lines

Suddenly I realize

That I'm about to write some bad lyrics

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

I almost shared my emotions

But remembered that expressing myself always sounds dumb

So I let those thoughts go

Phew that was close

I almost wrote some bad lyrics

Oh baby your eyes shine

Like the stars through the clouds

Can you believe I almost

Wrote that trite bullshit down

I mean who do I think I am

Opening my heart to let you see me bleed

Like some mopey college freshman

Writing some awful poetry

Art is all about taking a risk

But art is also stupid and pretentious

So I'm about to write some bad lyrics

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

Why'd I peel the layers and try to be revealing

I'll just stuff it all down and pretend I've got no feelings

Can you imagine if

I really went through with it

And wasted ink and paper on those bad lyrics

I was thinking about my granddad

Who's long since dead and gone

And wondered what he'd think of me

And what he'd say about this song

So I wrote down a conversation

That we never got to say

So that I could share his memory

With my own grandson someday

And while I searched for the words to rhyme

My grandson traveled back in time

And told me

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

Let me tell you now that that's not me

I'm not the kind of guy who does sincerity

I'm sorry but nope, I'll stick to sarcastic jokes

Cause I don't wanna write some bad lyrics

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

We gotta stop the war!

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

I'm young and you're young and we are all of us young

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

Baby baby sweety sweety baby sweety pie

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

A metaphor for sadness goes here

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

When in doubt just repeat the chorus twice

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

Or just keep repeating a key phrase over and over

I'm about to write some bad lyrics

Yeah like that...