You ask why I write.
You want to know the answer.
It's simple and easy,
you'll never believe me.
I write because I have to.

If I didn't write,
where would it all go?
in my head, to my toes?
Bottled up, growing bigger and bigger.
I write because I have to.

Let it out,
let it flow.
it wants escape.
I let it go.
I write because I have to.

I don't even know if I like it.
I'm not too sure I'm good.
If I could stop it,
you know, I'm sure I would.
I write because I have to.

Take a look,
and you'll see.
writing is the thing that rivets me.
holds me together, and lets me be.
I write because I have to.

He tells me yes,
they tell me no.
the right choice?
hell if I know.
I write because I have to.

It points me in the right direction.
if there ever were such a thing.
If I didn't write,
I don't know where I'd be.
I write because I have to.

People lie
and steal
and cheat.
without it I don't know what I'd do,
I write because I have to.

Nothing more,
nothing less.
no lie, no joke.
its all I do
I write because I have to.