I Really Do Write The Songs - Barry Manilow

You start off with the verse

That’s the part that tells you

What the song is gonna to be about

You gotta grab a verse

Dope is good or death is nice

But love is still the best way out

And then you pad, and then you fill

Or you complain or get a chill

But most of all you move along to the center of the song

Yes that’s the chorus

Singing for us

Never overlook giving it a hook

You see, sometimes I really do write the songs

And now the second verse

This is where you find out who’s a creep

And who’s a so and so

You’re not allowed to curse

'Cause if you do they’ll never play you on the AM radio

And then you build and speculate

And don’t forget howargenate

But most of all you move along to the center of the song

And that’s the chorus

Singing for us

Never overlook giving it a hook

You see, sometimes I really do write the songs

If you sing it to me once I could sing right back

If you sing it to me once I could sing right back

Sing it once, sing it back

Sing it once, sing it back

Love that chorus

Shove that chorus

Never overlook giving it a hook

You see, sometimes I really do write the — oh what the hell

I write the songs