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I Only Learned to Write Sad Songs

from pittsburgh, ohio by Bill White

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i was involved with dyan cannon
when i fell in love with candace bergen
and took the on-ramp out of hollywood into connecticut
when i auditioned julie smith
i never dreamed i would be stuck
with a girl going nowhere without me

such are the mis-steps of an idiot
who never learned to dance
who only knew how to write sad songs
songs that never did no one no good

the law calls it entrapment
but the priest calls it free will
me i chose a hat-check girl over the queen of bunker hill
when i auditioned julie smith
i never dreamed she'd be going somewhere
she would be going somewhere without me

aint it a hoot?
im playing the main stage
at bumbershoot
but its just another cash-in
a trash bin
for has beens

such are the mis-steps of an idiot
who never learned to dance
who only knew how to write sad songs
songs that never did no one no good

i was involved with dyan cannon
when i fell in love with candace bergen
and took the on-ramp out of hollywood into connecticut
when i auditioned julie smith
i never dreamed i would be stuck
with a girl going nowhere without me

such are the mis-steps of an idiot
who never learned to dance
who only knew how to write sad songs
songs that never did no one no good

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from pittsburgh, ohio, released March 9, 2022
written and performed by bill white

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