I Never Wrote Those Songs - Alice Cooper, California Boys' Choir, Douglas Neslund

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