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This thread could turn out to be a disaster, but it sounds like fun. I thought it would be cool if everyone made up lines to a song by following each other and just improvising. I thought hoboes would be a good topic. Why not? Ok, I'll start:

These tramps are makin' us look bad
And these bums just can't do nothin'
The way they beg is really sad
Cause there's plenty of work to be had

They build up boxes in the street
And sit there cold air puffin
The bundled rags on their bare feet
Cuz they won't work for any heat

Smok em if ya got em
It's all in the game
No matter what flavor
We're all the same

What happened to the Stimulus?
Now there's even more homeless
The government got re-arranged
Now we cry "hope things change..."

What's that on the mountain?
Wasn't that a big ole flare?
Why it's just a big mean fire..
And it's a coming right through there..

Coming down the mount.
As right as right could be
I feelin' a little afraid now
Cause that fire is chasin' me..

Gues you were right Krul...

The song definitely is a changin' the topic. It's still beautiful.

Hey, you can only have so many verses.
Guess what Iain? You get to make the music and sing it.

Verse hell I wrote the chorus or was it the bridge

No, actually when I read yours I said 'chorus'

Yeah it's the right of the mundane to complain and to fail to contribute to even the most minor of occurrences.

In English, that's f**k EM IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT.

It's easy to be a wanker and not to play along, it's a little harder to contribute some of yourself openly for criticism.

When ever we have done new songs they always get tweaked as we play them. Not just the musical contents but the lyrics as well.
I don't think any of our songs get sung word for word the way they were written. Words get added or deleted, phrases changed to make the lyrical content flow more easily with the music and the feel of the song.

I'm tired & grumpy
My mattress is lumpy
Cuz all I can save lately's change.

My coffee is bitter
As I sit & twitter
And all my friends think I'm deranged.

The oil spill's gloppy
The cleanup is sloppy
The fish & the crabs are all dead

The Gulf coast is dying
The oil's still flying
Up from the deepest sea bed.

The beach is serene
Cuz we all hate that scene
And tourists are things from the past.

Don't light up that smoke
It'll all go up in smoke
Cuz the ocean is full of our gas.

Phil, your moving out of 4/4 time..

I just assumed it was 16 bar.. lol