If you’ve ever wondered how a song starts, well, here it is. Songs come from all kinds of places, most of them come from experiences and they all com from the heart. Often times, once you write the words, you just want them out. On paper and out of your mind, your body and your heart.
They don’t have structure, they don’t have distinct possibility and they aren’t guaranteed to live–parallel to love itself. I wrote this last night and its not done, but this is how it starts. Words on paper. Life through the lens of a story.
Whiskey and a Ring, page 1
Whiskey and a Ring, page 2
[...] couple weeks ago, I posted “How a Song Begins: Whiskey and a Ring.” I posted the original lyrics, right out of my moleskine. At that time it was new. I had no [...]