Lyrics

Words & music Eric Stephen Luskin
Awking Songs BMI

(Tom Rush-like delivery)

I suck at open mic… The truth is plain to hear
It’s not incompetence and it’s not really fear
If I were in the audience I’d tell me to take a hike
I don’t know what possesses me but
I suck at open mic…

I suck at open mic… There’s something in the way
Its not lack of preparation it just turns out that way
lyrics fly out of my head… the arrangement is never right
Why am I on stage again
I suck at open mic

The vocal is too loud… A look of pitty from the crowd
My pitch has gone astray… I feel more hair turning gray!

When you suck at open mic… You usually fit in
In a room full of wannabes most will lose but one will win
These are not great singers or players that I like
Yet here I am – a wannabe
I suck at open mic

My guitar is out of tune… I feel just like a goon
I’m sweating like a beast… Feel like the pig before the feast

If you suck at open mic… You might not fit in
In a roomful of your peers it’s hard to take it on the chin
some are great performers… some songwriters that I like
Here I am on stage again
I suck at open mic…