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Eddie Mugavero: music

NOTHIN' RHYMES

(Written by Eddie Mugavero, Performed by Rebecca Sayre and BadaBing BadaBoom)
Another much requested song in our show...I used to review tapes for songwriter associations, and marveled at how young writers would telegraph a rhyme then leave you hanging with another word...like running into a wall head first...so I wrote this just for fun..below is a review of this song by some dude in some magazine about some chick's cover of this song..haha..I think he got it....

“…and a song that has some of the cutest lyrics around, "Nothing Rhymes." This last one will really throw you as you listen to the words. My first time through, I didn't pay much attention to the first warning about "Since my baby's gone, nothing rhymes..." Therefore, it came as a surprise when I found myself anticipating words in the lyrics and being proven wrong. It made me think that somebody didn't do a very good job with the choice of words. Then came the dawn, and I realized, that was exactly what the writer wanted to express, that nothing rhymes! So you hear a line about "Nothing matters anymore, Since the day you closed the..", your mind wants to hear the word "door", to rhyme with "anymore". But what you actually hear is "book", which of course doesn't even come close to rhyming with "anymore"!! And the whole front end of the song is that way. You keep expecting certain words to show up, but they aren't there. It's like coming down a flight of stairs in the dark, not knowing that there are a few steps missing here and there!! So, I give the nod to Eddie Mugavero for writing one of the funniest songs I've ever heard.”
NOTHING RHYMES

SINCE MY BABY’S GONE, NOTHING RHYMES
THE CLOCK ON THE WALL TELLS ME IT’S LATE
AND NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE
SINCE THE DAY YOU CLOSED THE BOOK
AND THE BIRDS ARE BLUE WHEN I HEAR THEM SING
AS I WAIT BY THE PHONE BUT IT DON’T WORK
NOW I’M SO SAD WITHOUT MY BABY
NOTHING NOTHING RHYMES

WELL I START TO CRY WHEN I HEAR YOUR NAME
I ONLY HAVE MYSELF TO TALK TO
I’M AS BLUE AS I CAN BE
I WONDER WHY YOU SET ME UP, OH
JUST SO YOU COULD DO ME WRONG
NOW MY LIFE’S LIKE AN OLD MERLE HAGGARD TUNE
I’M SO SAD WITHOUT MY BABY
NOTHING NOTHING RHYMES

NOTHING RHYMES BUT I’M GONNA GET BETTER
NOTHING RHYMES I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE A NOTE..
SAYING

I DON’T NEED YOU I GOT MY DOG
I’M A PRINCESS YOU’RE A FOOL
AND SOON YOU’LL MISS ME AND YOU’LL CALL
MAYBER SUMMER MAYBE WINTER MAYBE SPRING OR AUTUMN
NOT A CHANCE YOU KNOW CUZ I GOT PLANS
I’LL BE DANCIN’ AND ROMANCIN WITH A BRAND NEW MAN
OH WHAT DO YOU KNOW TALK ABOUT TIMING
I GOTTA GO CUZ EVERYTHING’S RHYMING
I’M MOVIN’ ON THOSE DAYS ARE GONE
WHEN NOTHING NOTHING RHYMES