You aren't alone. I got out of the singing for a good mnay years - and when I decided I wanted to do it again, I found I couldn't find the nerve. I'd sit there, knowing I was no worse than most and better than a good few, but it didn't help.

I'm not sure how it ended - I think I wrote a song, and then I had to sing it or it wouldn't have got sung. And it was a small club of people who all knew each other, and most of the people in the room would probably have sung from time to time, so it wasn't a set up with performers and an audience who weren't performers, sitting there waiting to be entertained.

I wrote a song about it too:

Well, I went down to the pub one night
and I was feeling right,
and I was feeling happy -
I'm going to sing my song tonight.
I'm going to sing my song,
I'm going to sing my song,
And I was feeling happy -
I'm going to sing my song,.

But when I got up in the pub tonight
I never stood there in the light.
No, I went up to the bar instead,
I never sang my song tonight.
I never sang my song,
I never sang my song,
No, I went up to the bar instead,
I never sang my song tonight.

But when I came out of the pub tonight
I felt a little sad inside.
And I was feeling sad because
I never sang my song tonight.
I never sang my song,
I never sang my song,
And I was feeling sad because
I never sang my song tonight.

But when I went back to the pub again
I said, "I'll do it right.
Tonight's the night I'm going to sing my song,
I'm going to sing my song tonight".
I'm going to sing my song,
yes, I'm going to sing my song,
Tonight's the night I'm going to sing my song,
I'll sing my song tonight.

And I stood up in the pub tonight,
and I stood there in the light.
And I started shaky, but I ended strong -
and I sang my song tonight.
I sang my song,
yes, I sang my song,
And I started shaky, but I ended strong -
I sang my song tonight.

And when I came out of the pub tonight,
the moon was shining bright,
and I was feeling happy.
I sang my song tonight.
I sang my song,
yes, I sang my song,
I was feeling happy,
I sang my song tonight.

And when I go back to the pub again
I might sing a song or two -
but I know I'll join the chorus,
and the singer might be you.
And we'll sing our songs,
yes, we'll sing our songs.
And I will join the chorus,
and the singer might be you.