My tape recorder It must be lyin' 'Cause this I just can't believe I hear a voice that's cryin' That's not me The wheel goes round I hear a sound It's comin' out all wrong And I swear to you I never wrote that song I been livin' in my own shell so long The only place I ever feel at home And oh, that music I hate those lyrics It stayed inside me so long And I swear to you I never wrote that song But pardon me I'm not lookin' for sympathy Not sympathy I'm just thinking out loud The melody It goes nowhere pointlessly Silence please I been livin' in my own shell so long The only place I ever feel at home And oh, that music I hate those lyrics It stayed inside me so long And I swear to you I never