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I Love You Better than a Root Canal
Copyright 2004 Paul T Wentworth
V1
Baby its really been a long hard road
Loving a person who’s so gol-darn cold
I’m feeling ground down, patience worn thin
Its not pretty, the kind of shape I’m in
V2
My friends want me to see your brighter side
Extract my feelings from the cave where they lie.
But the only true words I can say right now, is
I love you better than a root canal

Chorus
I love you better than a root canal
That’s the nicest thing I'll say right now
In a while I might change my mood
In a while pigs might fly to the moon
I don’t believe you’ll different next spring
So I guess I better make the best of things
THough I've considered it a time or two
I’ll never choose root canal over you

Baby I thought I Gave you more than one chance
To help me fan the flames of this romance
You keep resisting said you don’t know why I shout
You keep insisting you're not freezing me out

I’ve read half the book, now I figured the plot
I think I'm stuck in a real tight spot
The end of story's not hard to guess
Its gonna end in a train-wreck of a mess

Chorus

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This is very funny. It's such a novelty-type number, the realism may not matter, but I'm not so sure the situation is very believable. I sure wouldn't still be with someone I felt this way about. Maybe the friends are trying to get them back together or something... instead. Just a thought; I laughed a lot regardless.

CP

Paul - I love this one. Sort of Randy Newmanish. One small suggestion in verse 2, Line 2: "Extract my feelings from the cave where they hide." Nice job. Anne

Hey Paul

It's got "Hallmark" quality -- expect their call !

Enjoyable read for us guys that get all "fluffed out" this time of year - thkx

Don

Paul...I love this....except for the God-darn..but that's me.... In verse 1
I love how you have ground down.(LOL OUCH OUCH)....in verse 2...love...EXTRACT my feelings OUCH AGAIN LOL...
what a lead in to the chorus......

on the last 2 verses is there any subtle way...to pull in ..another toothy term w/o..goin overboard? might not be necessary..at all.....but just came to mind......

but in any case...great job..Paul..

best....
Kaley

Hi Paul,

I am certain I can declare the following statement is true

This line seems to be a little bit long in meter, but other than than, pretty cleverly done & funny.

I especially like the last verse.

Have a good day.

Calvin

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Corey: Hey! I needed the Parkman stamp of approval for this one! Thanks my friend. Don't know how old you are, but I think that after certain number of years on this earth, you'll find a few examples of a situation like this one. I can tell you of one right now. Thanks for your comments. It is very satisfying being able to entertain a real proficient song craftsman, sincerely.

I owe you as well as about a dozen other people a look-see at their new stuff. Been out looking for a new home and that's why I have been away from the boards.

Plan to catch up though.....have a good day...Paul

OH my God this was great! (Laughing)...I loved it! Well done!

Tina

Hi Paul

Shades of Roger Miller's "You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd" thanks for the laugh!!!

Anne: Thanks for your visit and gracious comments. God that I could write something as good as Randy. I think that I got close to the same sort of vibe. Like looking at stuff in an uncommon perspective. The title just sorta grabbved me and I was off writing and in ten minutes I had something that I wasn't too shy to post.

THanks again and keep writing the good ones.

Paul

Calvin: Hey THanks for the comments. If you notice I edited the line you were having trouble with. IMHO its a much better line I came up with. That's the great thing about these boards, the fact that you get pushed to make your stuff better. Even though I made some money from my music, I hope I can always feel that my best songs are ahead of me. Best cure for feeling old.

Thanks and enjoy your day...Paul

I'd keep all keywords related to root canal in the chorus (ground down, extract my feelings from the cave, etc.) Unless you have a lot of references, it's best to confine them to one spot. Since this is a Verse-Chorus song, the Chorus is the most logical place.

Title definitely catches attention

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Autumn: Hi there I'don't believe we've met before. Welcome to the board of toil and pain--no--not really. Its a pleasure hearing your kind comments. Thanks for stopping by. I am so glad that this little fditty was entertaining. Hope to chat with you again soon.

CHeers...Paul

Ritt: Hello. Yeah I see the similarity to that old Roger Miller Gem. I love being able to bring a chuckle to songwriters who have seen and written about just about everything.
Sincere thanks for dropping by, sir and have a good day today won't ya?

P

Kaley: Hey hello stranger and thanks for visiting. You know seriously, never thought about the tooth connotation in all the words I was using. Musta been unconcious work goin on there. But thankyou for pointing it out. I really enjoyed writing the song.

Hope you are doing well and reaping some rewards of your fine fine musical gems.

Sweet wishes to you ....P

Mr Shane: Kaley had the same Idea as you did I think. Putting all the dental references in on spot, namely the chorus may kick it up a notch. Gotta ruminate over that suggestion. Whatever I decide, thanks for visiting.

Have a good day...P

Hi Paul
This is hillarious, great job!

I do agree with having all the "dental referencing" in the chorus.

Way to go bud



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Not bad, Paul. If I could suggest two things to make this lyric a lot catchier, I'd try to shorten the longer lines by a couple of syllables if at all possible, and I'd say the hook again as the last line of the chorus.

Hope that helps! Good luck with this one.

Anthony


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Hey Paul,

"Extract my feelings from the cave where they lie

You keep resisting said you don’t know why I shout....."

Those lines kinda bug me.

"Though I've considered it a time ot two
I’ll never choose root canal over you.."

May wanna close out the chorus a bit stronger.

Good hook idea and all, and the song is a good one I like it.

But those lines bug me lol.
I dunno. I think if you made those lines stronger, a rewrite would be easier.



Keep writin,
Tony




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Anthony: Thanks for the suggestions. I did shorten some of the lines, but I 'll check it out again. ALso the idea of repeating the line again makes sense. next rewrite I will take care of it.

Thanks ...Paul

Don: I was a little late getting back to you, but wanted to thank you for stopping by. Yeah I like this one and will put some melody to it and most likely put it on mp3 soon. stay tuned.

Have a good one...Paul