write…write…right!
(Tribute to Run by OneRepublic)

Original written by: Brent Kutzle, John Nathaniel, Ryan Tedder, & Tyler Spry

Lyrics:

Write, write, write,
Write, write, write,
Write, right!
And read, read, read
Read, read, read,
Read, read

Back as a small kid
Learning to get witty
Mom and Dad taught me to write write, write, write, right!
Caring about the greats
Their books too funny
Plugged in
And Mom called me Hun, Hun, Hun, Hun, Hun
She told me the world out there’s tough
So make your art bold
Listen for the pitter patter of footsteps
They’re foretold
Carve out fairy tales
Cause you’re in one
Girl, you need to write, write, write, write, right!
So write, write, right!
Write, write, write,
Write, write, write,
Write, right!
And read, read, read
Read, read, read,
Read, read

As I was a young kid
Uniformed at the ready
With books in all my bag
bag, bag, bag, bags
Never was a time that God didn’t show me
To trust in Him for everything
Breaking my chains
Planting love, seeds sown
When I get stuck
Masterpieces unfold
Leave that writer’s block in the dust
So I’ll write, write, write, write, right!
Yeah
For creepy, seek out Edgar Allan Poe
For life lessons, Jordan Peterson’s got more than t-shirts in the mall
I’ll scribble until I can’t hold a pen
Charles Dickens style
Did you get my message?
From Stephenie Meyer to Sinclair Lewis
Books will keep you young
So read, read, read
With Dostoevsky, Raskolnikov must murder investigation stall
With Pride & Prejudice, Jane
Austen will make you in love fall
Adore Alice from Lewis Carroll and Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum
Watching for George Orwell’s 1984 predictions
Did you get my message?
Norm & Ayoade’s comedy classics will keep you young
So read, read, read
And write, write, write,
Write, write, write, write, right!
Read, read, read
Read, read, read
Read, read

Glad I’m not wearing Crane’s Red Badge of Courage
Jesus, through the Bible, still planting seeds, so many
Jeffery Deaver and Linwood Barclay’s stories keep twisting
Plus magical frights with Stephen King
Feeling Bradbury’s vibes
And Alex Himaya’s soul
Create a new story
One that’s never been told
With Vonnegut, an asterisk means you’re done
So write, write, write, write, right!
Can’t get enough of Chris Sims and Benito Cereno!
Adore Alicia Erian’s Brutal Language of Love
Scribble until I can’t hold a pen
Reading Mary Gaitskill
Did you get my message?
Read those classics
Books will keep you young
So write, write, right!
A good man is hard to find with Flannery O’Connor
For J. D. Salinger, Holden is the Rye’s Catcher
For Christian authors, seek out Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker
Always love C. S. Lewis
Fall for Fitzgerald’s language
Books will keep you young
So write, write, right!

Read, read, read
Read, read, read
Read, read
& write, write, write,
Write, write, write,
Write, right!
Read, read, read
Read, read, read,
Read, read

Did you get my message?
Read those classics
Books will keep you young
Did you get my message?
Read those classics
Books will keep you young
Did you get my message?
Write a classic
Books will keep you young
So write, write, right!

End

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