[Verse 1]
If I could just get it on paper
The things that have happened tonight
That seems to me to be the big key
I'm havin' too good a time to ever turn out the lights

[Verse 2]
Go to bed, wake up with a clear head
Recallin' what made it a ball
Yes, if I could just get it on paper
I might make some sense of it all

[Verse 3]
If I could tell half of the stories
The funny way most things begin
Figure ways to disguise all the half-truths and lies
Find the heart of my song with the point of a pen

[Verse 4]
Simple words can become clever phrases
And chapters could turn into books
Yes, if I could just get it on paper
But it's harder than it ever looks

[Verse 5]
All alone on the edge of the water
Hidin' out by the Sea of Cortez
With my sketch pads and flares, tapes and battery spares
It's just no comprehendo to what everyone says
[Verse 6]
Time alone seemed to work well for Faulkner
Time away seems to work for the kid
Life and ink, they run out at the same time
Or so said my old friend the squid

[Outro]
Yes, if I could just get it on paper tonight
I could tell you what I think I did