I describe my ongoing lyrics writing projects. Where I get my ideas, how I match my words with other people's music, which little helpers I use...
In my mind there's a rock tune whose meter is not too strict (similar to "dripping pan" and most of my other rock tunes). Instead of the phrase "the girls pass him by" I first had "the girls ignore him" which sounded rather clumsy. I checked an online dictionary - www.dict.cc - for alternative expressions. I actually wrote the last verse first, which then served as a 'template' for the others:
he grew very fast, his growth never stopped
he's sure grown very tall
he is ridiculed, and the girls pass him by
but he's good at playin' baseball
they make light of the dwarf calling after him
"doesn't matter if you fall,
though you don't reach very high, and your gait is real slow
there's some advantage after all"
she got into the shop where she'd spotted a skirt
that was tagged "one size fits all"
but when she tried it on she had to admit
that the skirt was much too small