UPDATE: Demo now posted! #twochords #guywithpiano #guywithbadcold #lovesong I struggled with this until I spotted the two chord skirmish, and suddenly it flowed. Bad cold notwithstanding.

Consider these lyrics a first draft. Great topic for a #skirmish. I'm just back from traveling with a nasty cold, and my brain isn't at 100% today. So, quick lyrics, and I'm envisioning a #folkrock approach, but I'd love to #collaborate if these lyrics strike your fancy.

I Don't Much Like Surprises (c) 2026 raspberry33 Verse 1: I don't much like surprises, when my calendar has plans, Morning coffee spilled and then the day slipped through my hands. My armor is a schedule with boxes to be ticked Surprises are things one cannot predict

Prechorus: But then your name lights up my screen like a misfit neon sign, And suddenly my tidy lines wobble out of line.

Chorus: I don’t much like surprises — I’m already overscheduled today, but you’re a welcome surprise - Always, anytime A shortcut on my map, steal the clock, steal the space, I’ll trade my tidy checklist for the wonder of your face You’re the most pleasant surprise.

Verse 2: There’s a meeting in five minutes, a memo I can’t find An old guitar riff humming in a corner of my mind. Paper piles unsorted, an impossible deadline And then you’re here, and everything is fine

Bridge: The inbox’s signal says two hundred messages unread The boss wants product yesterday, his boss fills us with dread But your laugh spills like sunlight through the blinds I leave half-closed, And I find the steady rhythm is the one I never chose.

CHORUS and out