My tape recorder

It must be lyin'

'cause this I just can't believe

I hear a voice that's cryin'

That's not me.

The wheel goes round

I hear a sound

It's comin' out all wrong

And I swear to you I never wrote that song.

I been livin' in my own shell so long

The only place I ever feel at home.

And oh, that music

I hate those lyrics

It stayed inside me so long

And I swear to you I never wrote that song.

But pardon me

I'm not lookin' for sympathy

Not sympathy

I'm just thinking out loud

The melody

It goes nowhere pointlessly

Silence please.

I been livin' in my own shell so long

The only place I ever feel at home.

And oh, that music

I hate those lyrics

It stayed inside me so long

And I swear to you I never.