Especially frustrating when I've written it...

I have more "imperfect songs" than ones I can do passably. I figure it's because I don't "know my instrument" well enough to sing them. Consequently, the only solutions I see are 1) decide a given tune isn't worth my time 'n' energy, or 2) keep working on the skills that the tune demands until I can do it. Sometimes I get lucky, and find, after I've given up on a particular song, that I've mastered the necessary skills in some other context, and the song is "suddenly" within my ability.

My $0.02, fwiw,

V