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Old January 19th, 2007
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The name or title of your song should at the very least be an indication of what the song is about. I mean if you're writing a song about trains, you wouldn't title it "A Blue Sky". On the other hand, if you happen to be writing a song about trains in Montana, then you might title it something like "Big Sky Locomotive".

You also have to keep in mind whether your song is telling a story about something, as in trains, or telling a story about emotions, as in love. The your title should be relevant to the song, if not the hook of the song.

In a lyric about a physical object such as a train, you've got a lot of choices, but you're really limited by the fact that you're writing about a train. If you're writing about love, then you're writing about an emotion which is basically wide open and unlimited and would want a title to reflect "which" love emotion is coming up. But what if you're writing about your love of trains? How could that be titled?

I guess what I'm saying is think deeply about the title of your song relative to your lyric. The title should tell, or at the least give an idea, to the listener what the song is about.

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