It's definitely 'my first born for a song' and 'cross his palm' - the story going throughout the whole song is that he has writer's block & can't seem to get a song together:
|| Somewhere in this froth
|| And howling wind
|| There's something worth singing
|| Climb into the attic to write me a classic
|| But it's not happening
Cross his palm - as in, offer him a bribe & he'll give up his first born - in other words, he'd give anything to break his drought & get a song down.
Writing a song about not being able to write a song - genius.
It's definitely 'my first born for a song' and 'cross his palm' - the story going throughout the whole song is that he has writer's block & can't seem to get a song together:
|| Somewhere in this froth || And howling wind || There's something worth singing || Climb into the attic to write me a classic || But it's not happening
Cross his palm - as in, offer him a bribe & he'll give up his first born - in other words, he'd give anything to break his drought & get a song down.
Writing a song about not being able to write a song - genius.
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