i never wrote those songs

my tape recorder

it must be lyin'

'cause this i just can't believe

i hear a voice that's cryin'

that's not me

the wheel goes round

i hear a sound

it's comin' out all wrong

and i swear to you i never wrote that song

i been livin' in my own shell so long

the only place i ever feel at home

and oh

that music

i hate those lyrics

it stayed inside me so long

and i swear to you i never wrote that song

but pardon me

i'm not lookin' for sympathy

not sympathy

i'm just thinking out loud

the melody

it goes nowhere pointlessly

silence please

i been livin' in my own shell so long

the only place i ever feel at home

and oh

that music

i hate those lyrics

it stayed inside me so long

and i swear to you i never