THE  STORY  BEHIND  THE  SONG

Sometimes they interview song writers with 

the question: “What was the story behind the 

song – the tick that tocked the clock? 

Sometimes that story is much more 

interesting than the song itself: the 

moment that caused the song’s sound. 

Sometimes the song takes the listener 

to the same place the songwriter has   

been – to the same murky messy moment.

And sometimes the song goes nowhere -

except to the complaint, “What happened

to the old sad songs they used to sing?”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 201

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