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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
GUEST,Tunesmith	Improving Lyrics? (100* d)	RE: Improving Lyrics?	09 Sep 13
Ah, Richard Thompson! Now, where do we start! "Don't Renege on our love"! Now that sounds so artificial! Could you ever imagine a man saying to his wife "don't renege on our love?" I don't know anyone who would use the word renege in that situation. But, I know exactly how Richard got there! He looked at " don't give up on our love" . No, that won't do, it's been used before! Then, he tried, "Don't go back on our love". No, No! That's been used before! And, so he carried on, and eventually - using a thesaurus ? - he came upon renege! Yes, that hasn't been used before. Great! However, as I said earlier, it sounds contrived and artificial!

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