The Song I Almost Wrote

Verse 1

What's the greatest thing I ever did

That my ego was no part of

La la la la la la

Dit a do de da da de di do dittle de da da de di doh

I'm digging in my coat pocket

For a story worth the telling

Got some crumpled up receipts to prove

That I lost money somewhere

Verse 2

There was a time fair children of today

You may find hard to understand

As you watch your television shows

On the telephone in your hand

But back in my day not so too long ago

This particular time was nineteen ninety four

Out in Coloroodle where to survive

You had to use your noodle

Pre-Chorus

Back then there was a thing they called

A landline telephone

That's all we had back then my friend

No pager no cellphone

Chorus

La la la la la la

Dit a do de da da de di do

La la la la la la

That's the song I almost wrote

Verse 3

Now everybody with a landline back then

Got calls from folks they didn't know

Called themselves the telemarketers

Sounding official don't it go

So actually this story has nothing

To do with those folks at all

But all I said is true about 'em

Calling day and night the walls

Pre-Chorus

I loved 'em once I got my special

Answering machine on tape

But that's a story for another side

Of this record so don't wait

Chorus

La la la la la la

Dit a do de da da de di do

La la la la la la

That's the song I almost wrote

Bridge

Don't you worry 'bout the time we got

We're running out of room on this side

But I remember every word I wrote

I wrote it so I'd better not slide

Did I ever tell you 'bout the time

I hurt my liver trying to be a poet

That's a song for the other side

Of this record so you know it

Chorus

La la la la la la

Dit a do de da da de di do

La la la la la la

That's the song I almost wrote

Outro

La la la la la la

Dit a do de da da de di do

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