MY LIFE DOESN’T RHYME

Words and music by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers (Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Music/ASCAP)

searching for chords that’ll turn like a wheel

as i try to interpret the way that i feel

wishing for words that’ll glimmer like pearls

no, i never stop hoping to impress all the girls

too ancient for idol, too young to expire

here’s why this songwriter does not retire

my life doesn’t rhyme so i pick and i choose

i leave out the black and i sing you the blues

for artistic license i’m paying my dues

with every step of the way

i’m mining for meaning, spelunking for sound

the headlamp is beaming, it’s dark all around

i’ll take something clever if nothing’s profound

and call it a fairly good day

you know heartache and quiet desperation

are hanging around every bend

but a song with a rhyme can turn on a dime

and carry me home again

my life doesn’t rhyme and the world is off key

but here in my song all the voices agree

and sweet resolution is just up to me

i like it much better this way

’cause heartache and quiet desperation

are a songwriter’s very best friend

but a song with a rhyme

and a good sense of time

will carry you through to the end

so i’ll mix all these metaphors,

  hope for the best

reach for the feeling down deep in my chest

thank you for listening to what i’ve confessed

in my sinner songwriterly way

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