Rag and Bone

A song about the difficulties of originality in song-writing. I like the story of Paul McCartney dreaming the melody to ‘Yesterday’ and him not believing it was original :) Innocent channeling Or guilty of Plagiarism Through my prism of waves All I’ll ever know Is your discarded rag and bone That I recycle and remold For new I tried to copyright All of these chords Litigation On the occasion I’m judged Only trouble is That they are standards of an age When mainstream jazz was all the rage In town Slow it down Speed it up Change the key I try to find a way to hide reality What goes around comes around and around Until it ends with me Innocent channeling Or guilty of Plagiarizing You And you