There's too much to do here. I try and set aside Friday afternoons to listen to all the tapes that I get. When you're writing lyrics, always try to imagine that you're talking to a second grader. You have three minutes on the radio. To do a dissertation and to get so complicated, and say words that you would never normally say is counter productive.
Great lyrics are conversation.
If you've got a really sad lyric, it's probably not going to work well for a dance tune. Every song's about love or breaking up, so try to find that angle to the heart that's different than what Michael Bolton has said in his last song. We'll put that in there. We'll put it right under your picture. They don't listen to the radio.