a song not exactly about writer's block, but perhaps the lyrics provide a somewhat satirical reference to the act of songwriting...
perhaps the bolded part below betrays just a touch of writer's block present during the process of writing the words...
Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand
The insurgency began and you missed it
I looked for it and I found it
Miles Standish proud, congratulate me
A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand
Of the powers, the only vote that matters
Silence means security silence means approval
And Zenith on the TV, tiger run around the tree
Follow the leader, run the churn into butter
Let's begin again, begin the begin
Let's begin again like Martin Luther zen
The mythology begins the begin
Answer me a question I can't itemize
I can't think clear
You look to me for reason
And it's not there
I can't even rhyme
Here in the begin
A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
Example: the finest example is you
(repeat chorus)
A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
Let's begin again, begin the begin
Let's begin again
byrikdad on 08-22-2006 @ 05:06:20 PM
This song laughs at the idea that technological or social innovation is really progress. The narrator is proud (Miles Standish -- one of the first American colonialists -- proud) and wants to be congratulated. But the "progress" is simply change, not advancement.
The power of innovation is respectable (a "tiger") but it doesn't lead forward ("run around the tree") -- just in circles. The tigers in "Little Black Sambo" end up destroying themselves for their efforts.
The development of a consumerist culture enrichens a few ("the powers") and is silently approved of, and thus allowed to continue.
byMickeyPhilly on 02-11-2007 @ 04:00:29 AM The title is also a play on the popular bossa nova/jazz standard "Begin the Beguine".