Your pedal’s been holding you back, man.
You’ve been writing to the tools
and not the tunes,
if you know what I’m saying.
You gotta write with the bare minimum materials available
so when things go wrong
as they usually will
you’ll be prepared
like a Boy Scout
away from the creepy troop leader.

Just get down to brass tacks
and be the Big Mac
and get to it
and do it.
use nothing.
Write with a bucket for rhythm
if you have to.
No, no ifs, ands or buts.
Get to it;
that’s an order.

The pedal’s been holding you back.
Get yourself back in whack, man.
You can hack it.
That’s a fact.