Pat,
I wrote the lyrics as an exercise and was shocked when Eric managed to do something with them.
The template for the lyric was Alone Again, Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan.
I even left in some of his ideas and line endings just in case some one worked it out.
If you know the song and read the lyrics with that melody, metre and rhyming scheme in mind you'll find it's structured and thematically pretty close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Mjx4WY2xM

I've had some downers in my life but nothing, thus far, to measure up to Gilbert's song nor my lyrical conceit based on it.


Last edited by rayc; 06/13/16 10:12 PM.

Cheers
rayc
"What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe