Have you ever ?

[Hilary]

I want it, I need it, I think about it all the time
It's the only thing that can satisfy my constant longing
Lidl's own brand chocolate, 30p for 100g

[Oldrottenhead]

i went through a phase of deliberately not rhyming, tho now i'm not so strict on myself, but i do hate an obvious rhyme more than anything, especially my own.  

if you look carefully, not rhyming is a recurring topic in a lot of my songs, , have lost count of the times i have used the line "it doesn't have to rhyme".

[Oldrottenhead]

and i may as well admit it, it's me that always puts up "songs that don't rhyme" for the fest votes.

[Oldrottenhead]

oh and just another thought.

i find putting limitations on myself (in addition to my lack of musical skills) such as not rhyming, is a good tool for getting you out of your comfort zone. other things i do is limiting how many or which chords i can use. got the ideas from brian eno's "oblique strategies"

i know i am gibbering now.

[Oldrottenhead]

okay one last thought, you can have too many words to get a point across, so drop some, you would be surprised how little meaning is lost. a bit like using twitter. get to the point.

[fenderbender]

Good pointers James.

Tommy