Mr. Writer Lyrics
You line them up
Look at your shoes
You hang names on your wall
Then you shoot them all
You fly around in planes
That bring you down
To meet me who loves you
Like me crashing to the ground
[Pre-Chorus]
Are you so lonely?
You don't even know me
But you'd like to stone me
[Chorus]
Mr Writer, why don't you tell it like it is?
Why don't you tell it like it really is
Why don't you tell it how it really is
Before you go on home?
[Verse 2]
I used to treat you right
Give you my time
But when I'd turn my back on you
Then you do what you do
You've just enough, in my own view
Education to perform
I'd like to shoot you all
And then you go home
With you on your own
What do you really know?
[Chorus]
Mr Writer, why don't you tell it like it is?
Why don't you tell it like it really is
Why don't you tell it how it really is
Before you go on home?
[Pre-Chorus]
And then you go home
With you on your own
What do you even know?
[Chorus]
Mr Writer, why don't you tell it like it is?
Why don't you tell it like it really is
Why don't you tell it how it really is
Before you go on home?
About
In 2020 live album Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day Kelly Jones performs this song, opening by saying:
Contrary to popular belief, I don’t hate journalists. This song took me about 15 minutes to write and about 15 years to explain. But it was about a relationship with a guy that came on the road with us; and he had his version of events – I had mine.
Q&A
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Kelly Jones was asked about this song. He replied that he was friendly with some journalists:
It’s just a song about a couple of people that have been around me, really. It’s supposed to be a bit of a sarcastic song but, judging from some of the reviews, it seems some people didn’t really get it. I think the fuss about it from some members of the press has been blown out of proportion."
- 3.Mr. Writer
- 10.Maybe
- 11.Caravan Holiday
- 12.Rooftop
