Well although I am not much of a songwriter...I just write lyrics that I sing mostly to myself....what makes a good song for me are the words...ok some will have a tune that is all right...but a truly good song are the words...it is the imagery....

for example in Eric Bogle's And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, the thing that struck me the most is that part where they are being carried and pushed down the gangplank after landing back in Australia...and the audience, rather than expose themselves to the horrors of a war they will never fight, turn their heads away....in effect burying their heads in the sand...so they could justify sending their children to fight in what was essentially a family argument.