# Songs you almost wrote

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-almost-wrote/762909>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 15, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-almost-wrote/762909 "2016-08-15T13:54:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-almost-wrote/762909/1 "2016-08-15T13:54:11Z")

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Kind of inspired by the comic book thread and the thread searching for deeper meaning in “Uncle Albert”.

Who amongst us hasn’t fancied himself having songwriting potential. Write just the right tune and you could make millions, he, it’s happened. (By the way if you really want to make millions, you’ll probably have to write a Christmas song. They play that stuff every year.)

My idea was for a song called “Three minute song” It would cut off mid-word at exactly the three minute mark.

Chorus: “It’s a three minute song, just a three minute song,  
And it’s only gonna be…three minutes long.”

Verse: “We wanted to sing about injustice,  
We wanted to make you jump and shout,  
But the record company said we only got three minutes,  
So we had to leave a lot of stuff out.”

That’s all I got.

Anybody else want to post their abortive attempts to become the next next Bob Dylan?

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-almost-wrote/762909/2 "2016-08-15T14:27:40Z")

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I 've been toying with a romantic ballad with a refrain of “sailing on the Sea of Tranquility” but not getting much further.

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-almost-wrote/762909/3 "2016-08-15T14:50:51Z")

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Our song was supposed to rock the world,  
And top the charts with ease,  
While making sure that I will get  
Most of the royalties.

Some might not be cool with that  
but I say - hey don’t sweat it  
I’m God, I rule, you know the drill  
So sure - I’ll take the credit.😃