I Remember writing a song over 20 years ago. Very simple chords as I knew very little about chord structure then (I Know rather less now lol). The lyrics were just as simple. I titled it "The Lonely Fool" . I played it to friends and family with the response that it sounded familiar. It took me about a year before I heard The "Original" song I'd somehow copied without realising. That song was " Poor Little Fool " by Ricky Nelson. Obviously I'd heard it before and had stored it in my subconcious to later Reproduce As "My own". Though the words were fairly different, the Tune And Feel of the song were the same. I quickly discarded it with embarrassment that I couldn't write my OWN stuff.
I think anyone that writes their own stuff will come across that Dejavu feeling at least once in a while, but that was just plain scarey!!!

Btw if anyone clicks my name and listens to the 2 songs I have there, by all means comment on them but PLEASE don't tell me if you feel you've heard them before by someone else lol

Take Care And Be Happy

Mr Mikey