Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

using parking meters as walking sticks.

I did my time in the jail of your arms

I'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.

Oh I don't mind going to weddings, just as long as it's not my own.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.