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Paperback WriterKris Kristofferson

Songwriter: John Lennon Paul McCartney

Producer: Martin Crutchfield Jerry Crutchfield

[Verse 1]
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job
So I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer!

[Verse 2]
It's a dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand
His son is working for the Daily Mail
It's a steady job
But he wants to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
Paperback writer, paperback writer

[Verse 3]
It's a thousand pages, give or take a few
I'll be writing more in a week or two
I could make it longer if you like the style
I can change it 'round
And I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

[Verse 4]
If you really like it you can have the rights
It could make a million for you overnight
If you must return it you can send it here
But I need a break
And I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

[Outro]
Paperback writer, paperback writer
Paperback writer, paperback writer
Paperback writer, paperback writer
Paperback writer, paperback writer
Paperback writer

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson is a country singer and songwriter from Brownsville, TX, best known for the hits he wrote and recorded in the late 1960s.

Many of Kristofferson’s hits are best known through artists who covered them. Me and Bobby McGee was popularized by Janis Joplin, For The Good Times by Ray Price, and Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down by Johnny Cash. His 1971 album The Silver Tongued Devil and I was a commercial success. He released a few more albums in the 1970s, but focused more on acting toward the middle and end of the decade.

In the 1980s, he joined with fellow outlaw country superstars Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings to form Highwaymen, whose self-titled debut album was a critical and commercial success.

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