Recorded for The New CD at Listen Studios (La Grande, OR) with Anna Snook (fiddle), Sharon Porter (standup bass).
Solo songwriter/guitarist.
Lyrics
[4/4, slow swing]
THE WRITER'S BLOCK BLUES
--J. Wrabek
[THE RAP: Last Christmas season, I heard a lot of songwriters complaining of having writer's block, like it was some kind of flu going around. When you listened to them talk about their private lives, it sounded like things were going pretty much okay. Which makes one wonder what connection there is between Inspiration and Pain. Well, I had the same problem. I decided what I should do is write a song about it. This is another of those where I better emphasize for my wife's benefit the song is not about her...]
CHORUS:
I got the Writer's Block Blues...
Got nothing to say...
I'm done missin' you...
Since you went away...
I ain't mopin' around...
Got new things to do...
No pain to write down...
I got the Writer's Block Blues.
1.
I got the Writer's Block Blues...
I saw you today...
I remembered your face...
When you turned it away...
I sleep good at night...
Not thinking of you...
No tears left to write...
I got the Writer's Block Blues.
CHORUS:
I got the Writer's Block Blues...
Got nothing to say...
I'm done missin' you...
Since you went away...
I ain't mopin' around...
Got new things to do...
No pain to write down...
I got the Writer's Block Blues.
LEAD BREAK (IF ANYBODY CAN PLAY LEAD)
2.
I've read some good books...
I get out ev'ry night...
Got a gig that I love...
Some friends that I like...
The nightmares are gone...
You took them with you...
I'm just suff'ring along...
With these Writer's Block Blues.
CHORUS:
I got the Writer's Block Blues...
Got nothing to say...
I'm done missin' you...
Since you went away...
I ain't mopin' around...
Got new things to do...
No pain to write down...
I got the Writer's Block Blues.
(c) 2005 J. Wrabek dba Outside Services Ltd. All the usual rights reserved just in case.
