Couch, just wondering, as a lyricist, how do you get this organic lyric to grow arms fingers legs and soul?.do you have a definite melody "feel" in your head when writing,to give you a melody line to follow,...or do you sit down with your co-writer,and as you are a prolific writer,does he perhaps pick out a lyric that takes his fancy and then start work on it..i ask this because iam intrigued by your reply here, as i have often thought "if i were a lyricist only..where do i find someone with the exact same mental DNA..in musical form"..and yes simple and simplistic are two different disciplines..the Beatles are expert exponents of that equation..but you forgot one thing in your ingredients to go along with the songs DNA...a sprinkling of "gold dust"..we can all have a go at writing the cleverest,deepest,most meaningful,simple,simplistic lyric...but if it doesn't resonate with the listener..well!!..The songwriter we aspire to be will be "stillborn" and we wont need to worry about growing arms legs or a soul....you mentioned some of your recent writes...good and well...but in all probability...one of your songs which you may not have a lot of confidence in will be the one that cracks the door open...this is one funny old business.........Terry...