Now this Turner painting could just do with a bit more blue here, and a touch of red there, and this Shakespeare sonnet...not quite right in my opinion...and Dickens...never convinced by Micawber...Orson Welles...let's re-light some of those scenes..too many shadows!
Or maybe just write your own.
And I know this may be against the idea many hold of the folk process but I could take a couple of pages to show how any changes in my lyrics have always been for the worse, whereas the melody, chords, style etc I'm happy to put up for grabs. Muisicians can undoubtedly improve a song's presentation, impact, etc but I've yet to find them improving the words....oh yes...that poem..what was it,.."not waving but drowning"?..surely I can put that better..."you don't see my misery" hmm..."this is just a front"....er..."not smiling but crying"....er..?