From the recording Present & Past Tense

A Song About Songs.

Lyrics

Words and Music by William F. Cooper
Orig. Written 1970
Copyright 2011

Those Complicated Simple Tunes.

I LIKE TO WRITE THOSE SIMPLE LITTLE PRETTY TUNES, LATE INTO THE NIGHT.

WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS TO BED AND IN THEIR ROOMS, BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT, THAT’S ALRIGHT.

TO CREATE IN MY OWN PRIVACY. TO REALIZE WHAT LIFE IS MEANT TO BE LIVE’N FOR.

WHAT LIFE WAS MEANT TO BE LIVED FOR. JUST A SONG TO GET YOU BY, WITH SOME OF

THOSE LOVLY LYRICS THAT MAKE YOU CRY AND HELP YOU TO SEE SO WELL FAVORED. THAT LIFE CAN BE

SO WELL FAVORED.