“I Never Wrote Those Songs” is something of a historical curiosity within Cooper’s catalogue, in that the central poetic conceit of the song— a man, listening to music he has recorded, not remembering their genesis— had become a reality for Cooper within two albums. In a 2009 interview with The Qui...
My tape recorder
It must be lyin'
'Cause this I just can't believe
I hear a voice that's cryin'
That's not me
The wheel goes round
I hear a sound
It's comin' out all wrong
And I swear to you I never wrote that song
I been livin' in my own shell so long
The only place I ever feel at home
And oh, that music
I hate those lyrics
It stayed inside me so long
And I swear to you I never wrote that song
But pardon me
I'm not lookin' for sympathy
Not sympathy
I'm just thinking out loud
The melody
It goes nowhere pointlessly
Silence please
I been livin' in my own shell so long
The only place I ever feel at home
And oh, that music
I hate those lyrics
It stayed inside me so long
And I swear to you I never
I Never Wrote Those Songs was written by Dick Wagner & Bob Ezrin & Alice Cooper.
I Never Wrote Those Songs was produced by Bob Ezrin.
Alice Cooper released I Never Wrote Those Songs on Fri Apr 29 1977.