Songsmith

<br>A writer like a blacksmith-forging works of iron<br><br>The jagged edges tempered into solid scripts for hire<br><br>Solitary craftsman at his console merging audio discrete<br><br>An ever changing soundscape sets the stage; the twains shall meet<br><br>In a union strong<br><br><br><br>Just like a working stiff<br><br>He is a songsmith<br><br>In a strange synthesis<br><br>&quot;restoration&quot; announced<br><br>Its the new riffs that count (no mainstream bore playing 13/4...)<br><br><br><br>Break out of silence-complete the curve<br><br>The songsmith maintaining his avant-garde nerve<br><br>Innovation his palette-the urge and the test<br><br>Adrenalin flowing, he cant even rest unless-<br><br>Harmonic elements and special fx<br><br>Conform to all his whims, an interpretive text<br><br>But hed sing for the masses if he just had the time<br><br>With a vocal ideal and a long lyric line<br><br>He is a songsmith<br><br><br><br>Break out of silence-complete the curve<br><br>The songsmith maintaining his avant-garde nerve<br><br>Innovation his palette-the urge and the test<br><br>Adrenalin flowing, he cant even rest unless-<br><br>Harmonic elements and special effects<br><br><br><br>Conform to all his whims, an interpretive text<br><br>And hed sing for the media if he had equal time<br><br>With a vocal ideal and a long lyric line<br><br>He is a songsmith<br><br>Its not too late for the songsmith<br><br><br><br>The curtain opens for creativity<br><br>Give a backseat role to conspiracy<br><br>Hear the signature and the melody<br><br>Of the author flow in polyphony<br><br>Will the writer last? <br><br>Will his trade survive? <br><br>In a world of commerce<br><br>Can he hope to thrive? <br><br>If his final sequence is not contrived<br><br>Keep him honest now<br><br>Just to keep him alive<br><br><br><br>We need the songsmith...