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The Cheapest Key Lyrics
A is for all the times I bit my tongue
B is for bullshit and you fed me some
C is for charity and now you're mine
D is for dollars but you're counting dimes
E is the exit sign backstage at shows
F is my favorite letter, as you know
G is for God loves a patient man
Who spends his days living in ego-land
You always write it in the cheapest key
You always blame it on the cheapest key
You always play me in the cheapest key
They say the start's always the hardest part
But like you know, baby, I'm all warmed up
Sometimes I want to shout your name out loud
And let them in on what you're all about
You always write it in the cheapest key
You always blame it on the cheapest key
You always play me in the cheapest key
Don't write me off
Here comes my softer side
And there it goes
Cuz I've been on the road too long to sympathize
With what you think you're owed
You always write it in the cheapest key
You always blame it on the cheapest key
You always play me in the cheapest key
B is for bullshit and you fed me some
C is for charity and now you're mine
D is for dollars but you're counting dimes
E is the exit sign backstage at shows
F is my favorite letter, as you know
G is for God loves a patient man
Who spends his days living in ego-land
You always blame it on the cheapest key
You always play me in the cheapest key
But like you know, baby, I'm all warmed up
Sometimes I want to shout your name out loud
And let them in on what you're all about
You always blame it on the cheapest key
You always play me in the cheapest key
Here comes my softer side
And there it goes
Cuz I've been on the road too long to sympathize
With what you think you're owed
You always blame it on the cheapest key
You always play me in the cheapest key
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Submitted by
wrat On Mar 08, 2008
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Wow, I cagn't believe that no one has commented on this song. Any ways, the meaning of this song should be quite hjhhgjghj dfdfdf oblivous, just about a girl who is with a terrible guy. What I would like to comment on however is the cleaverness of the A B C D E F G part of the song. I believe that she used those letters because they are the letters of music notes and as this song is called the cheapest key, listing all of them is quite approperate. Just my imput
sorry for the hjhhg ect, i couldn't figure out why my typing had gone off of the page
Good catch on the A-G being the music scale. I wondered why she stopped at G, but that fits perfectly.
The idea came from a friend of hers who got paid to transcribe music for an artist. Some keys are harder to transcribe, and therefore he would be paid more for them. But this artist would always write songs in the cheapest keys just so he wouldn't have to pay a lot of money.