Sarah Inspires Me To Song

Inspiration can be hard to find. Songwriters agree on this. So it's important to start writing when inspiration strikes. Lose the moment and you've lost the song. Did you know that some of the greatest songs ever written came in a flash? Such inspiration truly is divine.

The inverse side of the songwriting conundrum is that often, great songwriters work for years on a song and never find satisfaction. Once Brian Wilson trashed an entire album many described as a masterpiece. Thirty years later, "Smile" was finally released.

Right now I'm grateful as hell to Sarah Palin. She has inspired me to write a song. A song about her. I haven't written it yet. I'm still gathering material. Seems like every day there's a new revelation.

Sometimes when I'm writing a song, I jot down a list of all the thoughts I have on a topic. Throw in a couplet or two, a few key rhyming words and before long, you're a chorus away from a good song. Other times, you have a strong idea for a chorus, build a few verses, maybe toss in a bridge and kazaam! You've got a song.

For my Sarah song, there's such an abundance of material, it's like shooting moose, I mean fish, in a barrel. She's got the AK-47, the husband who wants Alaska to secede, the 17 year-old pregnant daughter who was raised in a household preaching abstinence and family values. You've got Sarah so proud of her daughter's choice, a choice Sarah wants to deny to every pregnant woman, rape victims included. Because abortion is murder. Nothing wrong with gunning down a pregnant moose though. It's all in good sport.

Such a plethora of material for one song idea is truly rare. This song practically writes itself. In fact, I think I could write an entire Sarah album of songs. Sergeant Sarah's Lonely Heart's Club Band. Or something like that.

Sarah is asserting herself. She's plucky and pissed. She doesn't like being compared to people like Hillary. Thinks she's so much better than that and certainly more on the right track than misguided souls like Barack Obama and any Democrat who ever lived. Thinks they're all going to hell. I'm afraid that if she's elected vice-president, we all might be.