cut number 7

i wrote a song

that everyone loved

with an acoustic guitar

and a rhyming thesauras

and i found an angle

that no one had thought of

the story wrapped

in an undeniable chorus

and everyone fell in love with that song

it must be the way that the melody

marries the lyrics

someone should hear this

cut one is the song

i booked a few gigs

at every regional bar

and sold thousands of copies

from the trunk of my car

an underground journalist

said it was hot

and it could really take off

if track 2 got a shot

he wrote i fell in love with that song

it must be the way that the melody

marries the lyrics

someone should hear this

cut two is the song

i landed a deal

they loved my cd

a&r was excited about

track number 3

but said the snare was too loud

and guitar too distorted

let's get big named producer

and just re-record it

cause we all believe that is the song

it must be the way that the melody

marries the lyric

the public should hear it

cut 3 is the song

the producer had never heard

demos this great

and there was just something special

about 5

6 and 8

the record execs

said the research was in

they had made up their mind

they're now goin' with track 10

cause everyone fell in love with that song

we couldn't believe they were serious

they had to be jokin' no the public had spoken

cut 10 is the one

so the marketing geniuses

developed a plan

to spend lots of money

and package the band

hit the road in a bus

the show started to gel

but we couldn't recoup

with no records to sell

but the fans fell in love with the songs

they said where can we find the cd

we just downloaded 3.free on kazaa

la la la la. and radio said if a song had potential

cut 4 surely had it

but nobody had the balls to add it

so the record came out

and it sat on the shelf

there was no need to talk about songs 9 thru 12

after the whole thing was over and done

the public still talked about song number 1

everyone fell in love with that song

it must be the way that the melody marries the lyrics

but no one would hear it

they all fell in love with that song

yeah i may have written

the greatest most passionate song no one's ever heard

we should have just covered freebird