i never wrote those songs

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my tape recorder, it must be lyin', 'cause this i just can't believe, i hear a voice that's cryin', that's not me, the wheel goes round, i hear a sound, it's comin' out all wrong, and i swear to you i never wrote that song, i been livin' in my own shell so long, the only place i ever feel at home, and oh, that music, i hate those lyrics, it stayed inside me so long, and i swear to you i never wrote that song, but pardon me, i'm not lookin' for sympathy, not sympathy, i'm just thinking out loud, the melody, it goes nowhere pointlessly, silence please, i been livin' in my own shell so long, the only place i ever feel at home, and oh, that music, i hate those lyrics, it stayed inside me so long, and i swear to you i never