(Brief Instrumental Intro)

You Writer's know what
I'm talking about
You're doing a piece
What did you leave out?

I think I'm missing
a part of this song
It doesn't sound right
But I don't know what's wrong

You hope those reading
this can follow
and what you're writing
won't seem borrowed
It's shaping up like
a work in progress
Hope what you'll finally have
won't read like a mess

It seems I
just cannot pace this (Yeah)
I just don't see my mistakes
Maybe my
emphasis
is just in the wrong place

Been working on this
quite a while
I'm stiff from sitting
and now I'm tired
But I will not be
getting up for a rest
Because I don't submit
what's less than my best

Guess I must
address this pacing (Yes)
Find out where I made mistakes
I see a
few places
that do not look that great
they might be second-rate

{Instrumental break}
[during instrumental break - sing "no, no-no, no", etc. to instrumental notes]

After changes are made
I must re-check those lines
Because I'm aware that
they may no longer rhyme
Oh, oh, the rhythm to
this piece now seems slow
So it cannot be sung
as the 'O.S.' goes

It seems I've
screwed up the pacing (Yeah)
now I have to find some way
to do some
re-phrasing
To make this sound OK
It's getting kind of late
I may just have to wait
(Must fix this pacing)
and then I'll celebrate
'til then I have to wait
(more lines - replacing...)

(brief Instrumental part to end)