# Songs about writing song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529 "2019-05-05T23:14:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/61 "2019-05-08T09:46:27Z")
> [@Mr.Bill](#): > > Also, I am surprised no-one has mentioned **Your Song** by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. > > My gift is my song, and this one’s for you > > And you can tell everybody this is your song > It may be quite simple, but now that it’s done > I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words > How wonderful life is while you’re in the world Post 7… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mr.Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/62 "2019-05-08T12:15:00Z")
> [@Art\_Rock](#): > > Post 7… Oops - missed it. Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mr.Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/63 "2019-05-08T12:18:38Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Fair point. So riddle me this: where does **Cecelia** by Paul Simon sit? It is said to be addressed directly to the muse. > > _Celia, you’re breaking my heart > You’re shaking my confidence daily_ > > I guess you could argue it’s a song about _not_ writing songs…🙂 > > j A lot of songs are addressed directly to the muse. That doesn’t make them about writing songs. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/64 "2019-05-08T13:45:17Z")
“These Words” by Natasha Bedingfield ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/65 "2019-05-08T16:54:53Z")
Sly & the Family Stone’s “Dance to the Music” and Archie Bell & the Drells’ “Tighten Up” both use the concept of introducing the instruments one by one to sort of build the song. I think these fit the category. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/66 "2019-05-09T03:13:45Z")
[Beginning - Chicago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizRRft3_8Y) ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/67 "2019-05-09T11:40:50Z")
[Someday (A Good Song)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJr2iNOvNxw) by Redbone > [@](#): > > Someday I’m gonna write me a good song > Someday, baby, gonna write me a beautiful song > I got something to say > And I wanna sing, and sing it in my own kinda way ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/68 "2019-05-09T12:55:25Z")
“Songwriter” by the Good Rats ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/69 "2019-05-09T13:43:40Z")
[Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be said …](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8naoe1YYFak) > [@Wrenching\_Spanners](#): > > The baffled king composing hallelujah" Not “battle king”? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/70 "2019-05-09T14:23:23Z")
Moody Blues, “Song That Never Ends” – I’m gonna sing my song I’ll sing it all day long The song that never ends… ---
**Author:** ![Onthefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de053/32.png) [@Onthefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onthefly)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/71 "2019-05-09T15:41:03Z")
Guy Clark “Some Days You Write the Song”. Some days the song writes you. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/72 "2019-05-10T02:15:04Z")
Here’s a song I had almost forgotten about, but youtube suggested for me today: [Faith Marie - Toxic Thoughts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQGi1swBuM) _I start this off staring at a blank page An open office document A blinking cursor Passing days Without a single word Some say it’s absurd Like I float along a stream of words unsaid Choosing not to cast my net But I spend so long questioning myself If this isn’t right Then does that mean I failed? Will my melodies ever live up? Will my metaphors be profound enough? Will I ever outdo myself? The ceiling gets higher and higher It’s harder and harder to shatter_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/73 "2019-05-10T02:35:20Z")
Getting in Tune - The Who I’m singing this note 'cause it fits in well With the chords I’m playing I can’t pretend there’s any meaning here Or in the things I’m saying But I’m in tune Right in tune I’m in tune And I’m gonna tune Right in on you Right in on you Right in on you ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/74 "2019-05-10T06:12:36Z")
Lonesome L.A. Cowboy - New Riders of the Purple Sage _I been smokin’ dope, snortin’ coke, Tryin’ to write a song Forgettin’ everything I know ‘Til the next line comes along_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529/75 "2019-05-28T18:00:39Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > And then of course there’s “I Write the Songs” (written by Bruce Johnston, but made famous by Barry Manilow) > [@AHunter3](#): > > There’s that pretentious one by Barry Manilow, who did _not_, in fact, write it. Manilow did, however, did write “A Linda Song” and co-write (with Marty Panzer} “This One’s For You” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-writing-song/833529.md?page=3)