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