Hold on Magnolia to that great highway moon…

How to write songs like Per Gessle

1. Take a word, any word at all. For example 'sand' and write something about it. Which doesn't make sense. Like the song Kung av Sand, king of sand that Gyllene Tider made.

2. Use a dictionary and search for *and.

3. Try to fit any of those words you find into the following line of lyrics. If it doesnt make sense, don't care. Write it anyway.

4. Repeat until you have 2-3 verses, a chorus and a bridge. Make song. Make radio play it and torture people.

Example of how the master Gessle uses this simple method:

När man läser filosofer,
letar mellan gamla strofer
Tror man det var annorlunda,
16 17 18 hundra
Icke så, mitt hjärta svider,
samma sak i alla tider