Thanks so much, everyone, for your valuable input, which I appreciate and enjoyed.

And who'd have thought a simple moribund 'musca domestica' could generate so much discussion. grin

I've given the 'dead fly' line some thought, and have tried out a couple of alternatives (based on very reasonable suggestions), but they change the original intention.

I think I'll stick with 'dead fly on the windowsill/Could write my life story'.

I'm confident the listener will be able to stretch his/her imagination and infer the extent of the singer's emotion, and the wry, kind of comical 'colour' she's giving the metaphor in her moment of her - half-laughing-at-herself - self-pity. wink I think they'll get that the singer means 'if the fly were alive it would be able to write her life story', and that - even dead - the fly is still more alive than she feels she is at the moment.

Meanwhile, I've changed the bridge. Please let me know whether you think it's an improvement. See the TOP POST.

I'm still looking at a couple of other things, including an extra line in the chorus.
Stay tuned.

Travis, it's likely a North American thing, but the term 'to be in a funk' means to be in a state of deep unhappiness.

Donna
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BTW, just as a JOKE, folks - Here's something that sprang naughtily to mind. Couldn't resist it. wink

I know he'll be funny, loving, and wise
His heart like a room with a breathtaking view
And none of the windows are littered with flies

Honour the Earth. Without it, we'd be nowhere.

Life is too important to take seriously.