The Middle Part

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The Middle Part

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The Middle Part

Lyrics by Hal Pollock

I sat down to write a song

It took off to a great start

Now I have a case of writer’s block

Can’t find the middle part

I have a great beginning

And a picture-perfect end

But I just can’t get the middle part

No matter how much time I spend

I’m stuck here in the middle

And I can’t seem to break free

When you’re stuck here in the middle

It’s a perfect travesty

I’ll sit here until lightning strikes

The words will come to me

Convinced if I sit long enough

They’ll come eventually

I must find a solution

It’s a grave necessity

The mother of invention

A spark of ingenuity

A song without a middle

Is an epic tragedy

It’s like bookends without books

And I’m sure you will agree

I know that there is software

That can write the words for me

But that just seems like cheating

So I think I’ll let it be

I’ll do it the old-fashioned way

Called creativity

Some people might remember this

The way it used to be

I’m stuck here in the middle
And I can’t seem to break free
When you’re stuck here
in the middle
It’s a perfect travesty
I’ll sit here until lightning strikes
The words will come to me
Convinced if I sit long enough
They’ll come eventually

I think I’ve got it figured out
McCartney’s scrambled eggs
I’ll use temporary words
And now my song
Will have some legs
With reverse engineering
And a little la di da
Connect a couple dots
And then just proclaim “Voila”

So if you plan to write a song
Here’s some advice my friend
You first must write the middle part
Then the beginning and the end
‘Cause if you write the middle first
The rest comes naturally
And if you do it my way
Then a songwriter you’ll be