Songwriter’s Blues (Duet For Piano And Janitor)

Lyrics

I gotta be stoned enough to write it I gotta stay straight enough to play I gotta be drunk enough to sing And still have sober things to say I got to be hip enough to be heavy I got to be dumb enough to clown I gotta be up enough to bring it up sometimes And down enough to bring it down Lord, it used to be so easy just to write a simple song Now the only thing that's easy, is it's so easy to go wrong I got those old songwriter blues From my songwritin' head down to my songwritin' shoes I'm just gettin' by on cigarettes and booze I just can't lose those old songwritin' blues I got to be managed, bookеd, and published And still pretend I got somе soul When the ladies, they all want waltzes And the kids, they need that rock and roll I gotta be nuts to try to please 'em Guess I am just a little bit But I'm stuck on rhymin' for the simple reason I just might get a hit Oh, it used to be so easy just to write that simple song Now the only thing that's easy, is it's seems easy to go wrong I got those old songwriter blues From my songwritin' head down to my songwritin' shoes I'm just gettin' by on cigarettes and booze Just can't lose those old songwritin' blues