My Song Lyrics: Not a How to Book, But 50 Great Lyrics to Inspire and Entertain Songwriters, Poets, Lyricists, Poetry Lovers, and You (Volume 1)

By James Goi Jr.

JAMES GOI JR.’S LYRICS WILL TOUCH YOUR MIND, YOUR HEART, YOUR SOUL, AND EVEN YOUR FUNNY BONE!

Song lyrics have long stood on their own as the poetry they are. If you appreciate words massaged into art and enjoy being taken on an intellectual and emotional roller coaster ride up, down, and back around the human experience, then you will surely appreciate and enjoy this book.

Each volume of the MY SONG LYRICS series presents a collection of 50 lyrics written by metaphysics teacher and author James Goi Jr. With songs of hope and of despair, of faith and of fear, of clarity and of insanity, with songs from happy to sad, light to dark, material to spiritual, James invites you to take an intimate and intriguing journey with him.

Whether you’re a songwriter, poet, lyricist, poetry lover, or just a regular person, whatever you hope to gain by reading this book, whether it be inspiration, insight, or even just entertainment, you will likely find exactly what you are looking for, and a bit more—a little humor, for instance. Two things are for sure: these lyrics will make you think, and they will make you feel. Enjoy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Goi Jr.
• Release date: Aug 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781683470250

James Goi Jr.

James Goi Jr., aka The Attract Money Guru(TM), is the bestselling author of How to Attract Money Using Mind Power--a book that set a new standard for concise, no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point self-help books. First published in 2007, that game-changing book continues to transform lives around the world. James’s growing list of books includes such power-packed gems as Advanced Manifesting Made Easy, Aware Power Functioning, and The God Function. The tagline for James as an author and publisher is Books to Awaken, Uplift, and Empower(TM). And James takes those words seriously, as is evident in every book he writes. He condenses and simplifies abstract metaphysical concepts and proven success principles, making this life-changing information accessible to everyone. His succinct and distinct writing style continues to win him new fans the world over. If you are a fan of metaphysics, quantum physics, mind power, spirituality and spiritual growth, self-help, human potential, personal development, motivation, and the Law of Attraction, then you will love the writings of James Goi Jr. You can see James in the groundbreaking docudrama, Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy. For more info and to receive a free gift, visit jamesgoijr.com

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PREFACE

I’m self-taught on the guitar. And I taught myself to sing. So, basically, I learned both from someone who didn’t know anything about either. Point is, I’m not a pro-level guitarist or singer. But I do seem to do both well enough to be able to write and perform my own songs well enough so that people can get an idea of how they might sound under better conditions. More or less.

Other than a couple of flukes years earlier when I was in my mid-twenties, I didn’t start in on my songwriting until 1999 at the age of forty. I recall writing the first three or so songs in just a day or two. It was like they’d just been waiting to be found.

And so here I am, what, about eighteen years later? To this point, I’ve written just over 100 songs. Over the last eighteen years, I’ve grown and changed a bit. Or more. Thing is, a lot of these songs would not be written by me today. I’m not the same person who wrote many of them way back when.

I guess I haven’t been very prolific. I mean, I have written three or four songs over a weekend, but just over 100 songs (fifty in this first volume) over eighteen years only comes out to, what, five and a half songs a year? Less than half a song a month? I consider that a dismal rate of production knowing what I could actually be capable of.

But my life to this point has been what it’s been, and the songs that have come out are the songs that have come out. (And you might be as surprised by some of what has come out as I am. And some are, like, embarrassing maybe? Anyway, I went for it and am putting them out there.)

In my own defense, though, it’s been a long strange trip and I’m actually amazed when I get anything done. Another thing is, though, that I could likely pick up my guitar right now, start messing around with a few chords, and then boom, dump a song out onto paper and into the recorder.

I know some will read this series of books for the (perceived by me anyway) poetic value and others because they know of my other writings and are just curious about what kind of songs such a writer as me—what with the metaphysics, spirituality, mind power, and all—would write.

And the third type of people I like to imagine will end up reading this series of books are my fellow songwriters and lyricists. Knowing that such people are often interested in other songwriters’ processes, I’ll share a bit of mine. Some songwriters (who indeed come up with both music and lyrics on their own), so I’ve heard, write the music first and add lyrics later. Others write the lyrics first then add in the music (chord progressions, melody, whatever) later on.

And then, I guess, some write the words and music together. At the same time. That’s me. That third one. Can’t recall ever having not done it that way, with this exception: some of my songs share the same exact music with another of my songs. Some, such as Life’s What Happens have the same title: Life’s What Happens (Version 1) and Life’s What Happens (Version 2).

Others, such as Lady Oh Lady and Fire and Ice, are completely different songs wordwise, but share the same exact chord progressions and melodies. Weird, right? Anyway, the way that’s come about is that I’ve written a song then sometime after sat down and played the same chords and sang the same melody but only this time with mostly new words (in the case of a second version) or all new words (in the case of a completely new story or message). I don’t know why I do it. It just sort of happens, I guess. Perhaps I just get bored with the first version of a song.

How long does it take me to write a song? The short answer is, not long. Oh wait, there was that one song. It was one of my early ones, and I recall working on it over multiple sessions. But other than that, I’ve written most of my songs in one session. I’ll just guess and say from half an hour, maybe less, to an hour or two, maybe more. I really don’t know. Never thought to time it. I do, though, often end up doing a few word-tweaking sessions during subsequent days.

I could write more along these lines, but I won’t. This preface will appear in Volumes 1 and 2 of this series, as they are being published at, basically, the same time. Enjoy...

ALL AN ILLUSION

Lookin’ out upon a dark dreary day

Troubles come and troubles go and some troubles stay

And I try my best to not lose my way

To remember what all those books