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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"

I like the music and lyric matchup.

I first read the lyric, and was unsure of the structure, and how it might work in music. The images jumped around some, but in the end, I was suitably depressed, as the content intended?

I didn’t listen to the music. Walked away from it. Had breakfast. Then thought, I just wonder what you, the writer, will have Suno do….how you will get AI music to follow your music idea, and how your music idea will mesh with the emotion of the words.

I liked the music a lot. I think if you sing it like that, it works. It makes me think, that singer musician has got this, and it’s just a matter of time before, what could have been……will actually be!

I agree with Bill, reading the lyrics I wasn't sure where this was going. But this came out really good.
Good Luck

Thank you, Bill. I think that is one of the caveats when we post lyrics. We all hear it differently or can't see much uniformity or cohesion in it, until, occasionally we hear it as it was intended. And as close to how it was imagined or how I played it before the SUNO mix. Now my playing and singing don't sound like this but it doesnt have to sometimes. I'm peddling the story and lyric. So many really good lyrics here and abroad go unnoticed outside of its musical context. I'm glad the song cleared it up a little. Thank you.

Appreciate the listen, Tex. Thank you, sir.