KENNY'S BLUES
Fellow singer/songwriter Kenny Lang said once that I could trip on a rug and write a song about it...
:-)
TRIPPED ON A RUG, AND I ATE A BUG,
AND I GOT NO HUGS TODAY
BUT LIFE GOES ON, WHETHER PRO OR CON,
LEAST I'M NOT A PAWN ANYWAY
AND I'D RATHER BE SINGIN'
I'D RATHER BE SINGING
I'D RATHER BE SINGIN'...
THAT'S WHAT MY BUMPER STICKER SHOULD SAY
THIS DON'T MAKE SENSE, I MUST BE DENSE
GOT NO PRETENSE, BABY
ALL OF IT RHYMES, BUT THE RHYTHM CONFINES
THESE THREE LITTLE LINES TO SAY
THAT I'D RATHER BE SINGIN'
I'D RATHER BE SINGING
I'D RATHER BE SINGIN'... YAY-AY...
NEED ANOTHER VERSE, LIKE TO CONVERSE
WHILE I FILL MY PURSE WITH PAY
SINGIN' MY SONGS, I CAN'T GO WRONG
JUST WANT TO BELONG, EH...
AND I'D RATHER BE SINGIN'
I'D RATHER BE SINGING
I'D RATHER BE SINGIN'...
THAT'S WHAT MY BUMPER STICKER SHOULD SAY
I HAD TO BE BAD, SO EASY IT'S SAD
GONNA DRIVE YOU MAD, EH?
YOU CALLED MY BLUFF SO I WRITE THIS STUFF
AND IT'S ALL JUST FLUFF ANYWAY
AND I'D RATHER BE SINGIN'
I'D RATHER BE SINGING
I'D RATHER BE SINGIN'...
THAT'S WHAT MY BUMPER STICKER SHOULD SAY
copyright Leslie Frederick 2000