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Tucker08087

(621 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 04:02 PM Mar 2020

Uh oh. Another one started.

Apparently, my creative side is pissed!
So far, in response to an excellent tweet, this just tumbled out...

‪Every time I’m on the brink ‬
‪You pull me back so I don’t sink‬
‪The lies, so dead, begin to stink‬
‪I’d like to buy the truth a drink. ‬


I’m hoping this one will be more subtle. I’ll post back if it comes out fairly well.

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Uh oh. Another one started. (Original Post) Tucker08087 Mar 2020 OP
👍🏻 apcalc Mar 2020 #1
Thanks Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #2
How's this? More subtle at least than the first one. Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #3
I've been writing lyrics. Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #4

Tucker08087

(621 posts)
3. How's this? More subtle at least than the first one.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 05:38 PM
Mar 2020

Time is wasted on the youth
They can’t tell white lies from the truth
When the story breaks this time for real
Find a way to just not feel

For all of your indignant ways
You question your beliefs these days
Forgive me if I don’t reply
Twitter lives while people die

‪Every time I’m on the brink ‬
‪You pull me back so I don’t sink‬
‪The lies, so dead, begin to stink‬
‪I’d like to buy the truth a drink. ‬

Why can’t you look me in the eyes
You know I know it’s all been lies
Forgive me if I look astray
For you, this is the only way

I try hard to erase your voice
What is freedom, what is choice
Your crooked tongue has gotten old
Unlike you, I won’t be sold.

‪Every time I’m on the brink ‬
‪You pull me back so I don’t sink‬
‪The lies, so dead, begin to stink‬
‪I’d like to buy the truth a drink. ‬

Tucker08087

(621 posts)
4. I've been writing lyrics.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 05:40 PM
Mar 2020

Don’t know if this one would be acceptable. As straight poetry, I wouldn’t repeat the “buy the truth” quatrain. It would just be last.

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