My Songbook

sidshovel

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lyrics SS : music/vocals Ai

[verse 1]

My songs reflect the life I've led,

the tears shed, the times I bled.

I wrote them down, for when I age,

a book of memories, on each page.

[verse 2]

memory, of goin' to nursery,

we went, my mother and me.

scruffy kid, with a runny nose,

dressed in, worn down clothes.

[chorus]

Songs about my life, until I die,

answers all the questions why.

Some, that will make you laugh.

but most, will make you cry.

[verse 3]

Diary of memories, my songs cover,

albums, there may not be another.

Melodies, roads I've travelled down,

chords, every person that I've known.

[chorus]

Songs about my life, until I die,

answers all the questions why.

Some, that will make you laugh.

but most, will make you cry.

[verse 4]

Tales to tell, songs that I must sing,

there's things, that needed sharing.

Secrets, that others need to hear,

reflections, harder for me to bear.

[chorus]

Songs about my life, until I die,

answers all the questions why.

Some, that will make you laugh.

but most, will make you cry.

[bridge]

My songbook's, my history you hear,

experience in words, on the record.

Lyrics weave a tapestry, life's journey,

what I leave is, all that's left of me.

[final chorus]

Songs about my life, until I die,

answers all the questions why.

Some, that will make you laugh.

but most, will make you cry.

[outro]

I'll close my songbook, one day,

hand it to, my family.

Maybe someone, will hum a tune,

help them, remember me.

bhengen

@sidshovel - great sentiment.. it would be nice to have somebody to hand it down to that cares :). I like the piano work in the beginning of the song.. sets the mood

ElvisNash

Songwriters will relate to that Sid , like always AI does a good job

RainyDayMan

Wonderful concept! I'd like to see the metaphor used a bit more in the chorus, but of course it's everywhere else in the song, so you may be doing that explicitly for contrast.

Yes, songwriters will get a little more out of it, but it works more generally too. Just a good song.

HummerWisdom

A songwriter's song! Yaaay!!! Just bury me with my songs, I'll be happy. Like the way it picks up in the Chorus and that pretty piano following....

Renee 🎵

OnlyGavin

Good lyric, especially the chorus. I like these lines.

Some, that will make you laugh.

but most, will make you cry

You started with a vivid image of you going to nursery with your mum. I expected more of that, a series of snapshots of your life.