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Doug Davis - Coulda Been a Coulda Been

from Round 33, Week 5 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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This song might be a song about itself. Dunno. Has some promise, but it doesn't really move me, yet. Couple of decent lines, though.

As for the assignment/inspiration, let's say that I've been watching the McCartney docs, and I was thinking about Paul talking about Ringo and his "Ringoisms," like "A Hard Day's Night."

lyrics

You took that left when you know you
Should’ve gone right
You might’ve studied ‘stead of
going to that party Tuesday night
You played your king when you knew the
Jack, he would’ve done the job
Shoulda put the pitchfork down
Instead of marching with that mob

I watched you play it cool when
You were holding all the cards
You wouldn’t give an inch when they were
Selling by the yard
I remember back in school you used to
Smoke in the parking lot
These days you save receipts for
Everything you bought

I heard you talk in your sleep
You still dream, you still dream?
You sold yourself so damn cheap
Changed your horses midstream

Two steps down, one step back
Steady as a bowling pin
Tell me one more time how you
Coulda been a coulda been

They say these glaciers move
Slow enough at first
But you can drink a desert dry if you
Build a fearsome thirst
It’s a shame your good intentions
never filled your penny jar
Just like all those rock stars holding court
At the south end of the bar

I heard you talk in your sleep
You still dream, you still dream?
You sold yourself so damn cheap
Changed your horses midstream

sing your song, shout your tale
notify your next of kin
Tell me one more time how you
Coulda been a coulda been

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from Round 33, Week 5, released August 9, 2021

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