Tin Man Lyrics

Lyric discussion by PrinceRedArrow 

Cover art for Tin Man lyrics by America

"Or the tropic of Sir Galahad" ?? Dewey, Dewey, Dewey, . . . When we are writing our next "hit song", and we have an extra line to fill up, but no content to put into it, then, yes, we do just string together a bunch of words to continue the meter and the tune. But do try to make sure the words tie in somehow with the rest of the song, or at least tie in together with each other.

In this case, Sir Galahad is a good start. "Sir" and "Galahad" go together. It's a concept. It has meaning. But moving on, "tropic" is not a good choice to round out the line since Sir Galahad is not from the tropics. Alternatively, we have the "Tropic of Cancer" and the "Tropic of Capricorn", but there is no "Tropic of Sir Galahad". Better words to insert here might include "horse", "knight", "sword", or even "Round Table". Of course, neither the tropics nor the Galahad motif has anything to do with the rest of the song, but we can tackle that later.

In the mean time, try to do better.

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@PrinceRedArrow How about topic instead of tropic?

@PrinceRedArrow Yes! Much better, thanks!