Verse 1

Rise to a new days dawn

Picking up where I've left off

From days before, chasing crazy dreams

Was young and wild, full of hope

Wanting yes, hearing no

There was times when I didn't want it anymore at all 

Another year gone by- what's a writer to do?

Pen to paper, coffee black

I write these songs for you



Verse 2

Far away from the Broadway lights

Quiet rooms, long days and nights 

Banded together, poets facing the truth

Magic born from out of thin air

Like old friends who've always been there

They've got my back when nobody's 'round

Another year gone by- what's a writer to do?

Pen to paper, coffee black

I write these songs for you



Chorus

Living to tell the story

Three minutes and some change

A marriage of lyric and harmony

Win or lose I'll keep playing the game

Still doing what I think I'm supposed to do

Pen to paper, coffee black

I write these songs for you



Verse (Bridge)

They tell me music doesn't pay these days

How do you put a price on what we create

That can change a life or maybe even the world



Another year gone by- what's a dreamer to do?

Pen to paper, coffee black

I write these songs for you



Chorus 

Living to tell the story

Three minutes and some change

A marriage of lyric and harmony

Win or lose I'll keep playing the game

Still doing what I think I'm supposed to do

Pen to paper, coffee black

I write these songs for you



Still doing what I'm supposed to do



I write these songs for you