Name: Song I Couldn't Write
Duration: P00H05M55S
Description: Music and lyrics by Daniel Collins (ASCAP) and Joshua P. Murtha (ASCAP).

Song I Couldn't Write

from Nonpronto EP (2013) by Nonpronto

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Music and lyrics by Daniel Collins (ASCAP) and Joshua P. Murtha (ASCAP).

lyrics

The song I couldn’t write today
had lyrics that I couldn’t say
and chords my hands just wouldn’t play
But it would have been for you

You’re my muse and inspiration,
And that song it was a dedication,
But something got lost in translation
it didn’t make it through

With lyrics sweeter than your eyes
And chords like laughter, harmonized
A rhythm like the lullabies that mothers sing at night
I'm writing you the song I couldn't write

The melody has drifted past
It came and went away so fast
I called out to it, It just laughed,
and it whistled right along

But years from now when it comes around
I’ll wrestle it and I'll tie it down
And force it to reveal its sound
What a pretty little song

Right now, I think that's it out- the song that I've been hunting for
I'm back on the ground, my feet have been found; picking the the words off the floor

I’ll call you up out of the blue
I’ll say its me, and you’ll say ‘who?’
And on the phone I’ll sing to you
You'll hear the whole thing through
I'm singing you the song I couldn't write

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from Nonpronto EP (2013), released June 10, 2013

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Nonpronto Chicago, Illinois

(2012-2017) Piano-driven pop-rock trio from Chicago.

Dan Collins: Vocals/Piano
Josh Murtha: Bass
Reuben Garza: Drums

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