I Never Wrote Those Songs

[Verse 1] My tape recorder, it must be lyin' 'Cause this I just can't believe I hear a voice that's cryin' That's not me The wheel goes round, I hear a sound It's comin' out all wrong And I swear to you I never wrote that song [Chorus] I been livin' in my own shell so long The only place I ever feel at home [Verse 2] And oh, that music, I hate those lyrics It stayed inside me so long And I swear to you I never wrote that song But pardon me I'm not lookin' for sympathy, not sympathy I'm just thinking out loud The melody It goes nowhere pointlessly Silence please [Chorus] I been livin' in my own shell so long The only place I ever feel at home [Post-Chorus] And oh, that music, I hate those lyrics It stayed inside me so long And I swear to you I never [Instrumental Outro]