Risky Business

It’s a risky business,

this writing business,

trying to make stories out of your thoughts.

 

It’s a risky business,

this writing business,

putting the words in the write way.

 

You have these images,

these sounds and scenes,

Floating up through your head.

 

Yeah, and if you’re not fast enough,

not alert enough,

that stuff all fades to dead.

 

You know, it’s a risky business,

this writing business,

and all that it entails.

 

But if you keep trying,

and you never stop writing,

They can never say you failed.