I saw it too. I went the gamut of emotions from pity to disgust to a certain grudging admiration.

Like everyone else, I've seen those "Songs Wanted, Royalties Paid" ads in the back of magazines. It hadn't occurred to me that anyone actually submitted something to them. Or if it had, I know I never realized that there is someone in a studio somewhere who does a full production of any bit of lyrics they receive. Frankly I was astonished. It also astonished me that people actually write things so excruciatingly bad, but the part I admired them for was the pleasure they took in hearing the recording made of their 'song'. The dreams - I just hope they never wake up.


It struck me that those in the studio were in the same boat as those who sent in their painstakingly crafted songs- they too had had their dreams. Surely it had never occurred to them they would end up as they have.