https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:18:49 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384366 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:30:37 +0000
New Title: Confusion And Doubt

Some day I'll do a smoother recording. Meanwhile, the song is posted here with the latest version of the lyrics:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=832466&songID=12673357

CONFUSION AND DOUBT

verse:

We got a Harley-driving pope.
The president smoked dope.
Had a guy who ran the Treasury.
Whose taxes slipped his memory.
Pop stars running wild.
Olympians on trial.
Pastors running scams,
Trying to fleece the lambs

chorus:

I don't know what to say.
Guess I'll wait for judgment day.
Maybe God can sort it out.
Seems like everybody's sinned.
I don't know what to think.
I'm left with confusion and doubt.

verse:

Brokers on the take
Claim it was just a mistake.
Ponzi and pyramid schemes.
Investments in shares of dreams.
Cops will look the other way
For those who know what to say.
Judges can be bribed
To set punishment aside.

chorus

instrumental with key change

chorus]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Hobson https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384366 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384329 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 03:47:21 +0000 Just a status. I have gone back and looked at the lyrics many times. Essentially the problem is that I've written an entire song around a hook that's weak. I'm still pondering what to use in place of the song title. You can try using a question as the hook/chorus.

Essentially, the message seems those who are in positions of responsibility that you would assume or want to believe are trustworthy....aren't.


So it could be like this:

Who can you trust?
Who can you trust?
In a city addicted to power and lust
Who can you trust?]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384329 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384319 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:33:58 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group Hobson https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384319 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384261 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:49:02 +0000
Yes I agree with the great start comments - I am jealous because I only have 1 line in my head that would suit the topic ...

Keep on writing :)

Trev.. :note1: :note2: :note2: :note1: :note2: :note2:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group BarnaBus RoX https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384261 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384258 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:51:46 +0000
Further to the personalization comments. I would try adding more to these lines:

Brokers on the take
Claim it was just a mistake.

I would add what kind of broker you are referring to. Insurance, stock etc then in the following line, make a comment on a scam they might run.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group GrungeSunset https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384258 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384257 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:51:46 +0000
Further to the personalization comments. I would try adding more to these lines:

Brokers on the take
Claim it was just a mistake.

I would add what kind of broker you are referring to. Insurance, stock etc then in the following line, make a comment on a scam they might run.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group GrungeSunset https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384257 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384251 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 22:12:08 +0000
yeah great start, I do think there is something missing though, as Vic says to tie the whole thing together. It could be something as simple as a last line like
"It doesn't mean we shouldn't try"

cheers

Paul]]> Sunday Songwriters Group pbee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384251 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384244 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:16:51 +0000
I probably will have a bridge once I start creating the music.

Here's the revised version:

verse:

We got a Harley-driving pope.
The president smoked dope.
Had a guy who ran the Treasury.
Whose taxes slipped his memory.

chorus:

We know what is good.
We know what is bad.
We try to do what we should.
But nobody's as good as that.

verse:

Pastors running scams,
Trying to fleece the lambs.
Brokers on the take
Claim it was just a mistake.

chorus

verse:

Cops will look the other way
If you know what to say.
Judges can be bribed
To set a judgment aside.

chorus]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Hobson https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384244 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384240 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:24:02 +0000
Great start :D


"Churches running scams,
Shepherding the lambs."

ok my stab at it is.....

"Churches running scams,
Wolves among the lambs."

I'm wanting to say the title/hook as "Nobody's that good".....but it all depends on how it's put together.

Musically, you might try a style that Andy did recently where the words are spoken on top of a chord progression background.

I'd love to hear this one :wink:

James]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384240 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384234 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 04:27:50 +0000
Peace]]> Sunday Songwriters Group David Hodge https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y12w13-nobodys-as-good-as-that-w-mp3/#post-384234