Every Day I Write the Blog Post
12 Aug 2008 14 Comments
in 80's, Allegory, Blogging, Books, Generation X, Humour, Literary, YouTube, flamewar, geek, humor, music, philosophy, writing
and every night someone complains about it.
Nonetheless, every time someone clicks Play on this YouTube, a new blogger gets her keyboard.
It’s true. It’s a fact.
If you haven’t looked out at a crowd of your friends and family and thought, Ah, material! you’re not really a writer.
Every Day I Write the Book, by Elvis Costello
Lyrics over the jump:
Don’t tell me you don’t know what love is
When you’re old enough to know better
WHEN YOU FIND STRANGE HANDS IN YOUR SWEATER
When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote
I’m a man with a mission in two or three editions
And I’m giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book
Chapter One we didn’t really get along
Chapter Two I think I fell in love with you
You said you’d stand by me in the middle of Chapter Three
But you were up to your old tricks in Chapters Four, Five and Six
The way you walk
The way you talk, and try to kiss me, and laugh
In four or five paragraphs
All your compliments and your cutting remarks
Are captured here in my quotation marks
Don’t tell me you don’t know the difference
Between a lover and a fighter
With my pen and my electric typewriter
Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal
I’d still own the film rights and be working on the sequel
Aug 12, 2008 @ 01:09:59
Such a fun post!
Aug 12, 2008 @ 01:43:57
Glad you liked it. I’m in a Dorothy Parker mood lately, but Elvis Costello will do nicely.
Aug 12, 2008 @ 02:18:33
Finally, I get Elvis Costello! What a cool guy. I’m going to check out some more of his music now. Good song.
How did he talk Princess Diana into staring in his video??
Aug 12, 2008 @ 02:42:38
i guess i’m not a writer then. though once in a while i think that something would make great material for the blog, i generally forget all about it until a week later.
Aug 12, 2008 @ 03:20:05
Somebody just got a keyboard…
Aug 12, 2008 @ 03:46:27
I’m in desperate need of a keyboard. I’ll be waiting, beotch. And if I don’t see one you better watch your head!
Aug 12, 2008 @ 06:28:31
Can I get an iPhone instead?
Aug 12, 2008 @ 06:46:38
@ Stil: Talk to Elvis!
@ az: I think you’d have to arrange for Elvis to perform it live for Steve Jobs to get an iPhone. But if you do, can I come? Actually, with those two in one room, I just might!
Aug 12, 2008 @ 09:31:33
I love elvis costello’s work especially Good Year for the Roses and I Want You. this is a great song too
Aug 12, 2008 @ 11:09:34
I Want You is one of the most intense songs ever recorded. I seriously want that man to write the next theme for Hockey Night in Canada.
Aug 12, 2008 @ 22:26:45
I think it’s a case of who much you write everyday!
Aug 12, 2008 @ 22:34:32
Are you calling me a name-dropper, Jeremy? Boris Johnson wouldn’t say so!
Nov 30, 2009 @ 05:49:16
Great song and a great point. Write on!
Nov 30, 2009 @ 21:18:04
Thanks! And the same to you!