Take a character from an existing song and write a new song telling the story from that character’s point of view. For example - What does the woman from “Ticket to Ride” think? Does she really not care? How about the woman from “Under My Thumb” or the son from “Cat’s in the Cradle”?

Spin a yarn. Write a story song.

Write a song that uses nonsense syllables.

Write a song about someone’s first time doing something new.