A simple Bm A G f#m7, contemplative-type melody Ive been futzin' with for a while so I wrote a folky, contemplative song around it. Suno threw in the fancy fretwork and the castrato.


......and get tf off my lawn!!

thanks y'all!

https://suno.com/s/JwpjeACAOA5KGSEG



"What Coulda Been"
copyright 2026 OpenMikeMusic


v1
I live alone.
It's what I like.
I like it quiet,
no "TV guide",
or late night shyster,
thinkin' he's wiser
than me,

no, its pretty dull,
Ill give ya that,
cant wrap my brainiac
'round this clackity clack,
cultural trap, commie crap
its just too bloody loud
for me.

All these memories
trapped inside my head.
everything that shoulda happened
all my shoulda beens

It's a movie called, "what coulda been"
on repeat, in my head,
an old soundtrack plays along,
or I'll just change the song instead
for something soft, wont bang my head,
again
and nothing ever changes but the end.
nothing ever changes but the end,

in "what coulda been"!

v2
I'll die right here.
sitting alone in silence,
or with music in my ear,
no care, worry, fear., violence
there's nobody here,
they're at their premier.

so I binge watch,
a heartbreak, a romantic take
a high school boy on the make,
and an innocent girl,
who should not believe
everything I say

bridge
I watch it, everyday
as the soundtrack plays along,
to every fucked up memory,
starring me, in
"What Coulda Been."

All these memories
trapped inside my head.
everything that shoulda happened
all my shoulda beens

It's a movie called, "what coulda been"
playin in my head,
an old soundtrack plays along,
or I just change the song instead
for something soft, wont bang my head,
again
and nothing ever changes but the end.
nothing ever changes but the end, in

[soft, melodic guitar solo]

"what coulda been"
"what coulda been"
"what coulda been"

Write on, Man,
Michael W. Brown, f.k.a. "bluesriff"

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
Mahatma Gandhi