Some of the HIPPEST Things-Said FAST-become cliches...(Isn't that GROOVY?) ;-)>

So I'm fairly-careful about using Slang..as well as the Avoidable "Stock Phrases" in lyrics.

BUT..Twisting a Cliche HAS yielded me a good Hook or Two in the Past...like "The Grass is Always Greener (Outside Our One-Horse Town)"

"Familiarity Breeds Contempt"...to Use a Cliche to Describe Cliches. "Lips of Wine" for instance..propels me instantly Back to the Everly Bros. Days..& back-Beyond.

Been-There, (prefer Something NEW), Thankee! Cliche RHYMES are also Major-League BORING...Like "Eyes/Hypnotize"..(& my mind goes Shopping Elsewhere in the Universe, IMMEDIATELY, upon hearing THAT Ol' Saw Again in a lyric.)

Then there's "Cliche Subject Matter", too...which, for me, would include Any Lyric comparing Love to Gambling/Vegas/Card Games of Chance/etc. (Tho havin' said that, maybe I'll pen one about "The Love LOTTERY" & complete-the-Set...) ;-)> But JMO that "Realm"'s been Done-to-Death..& is now in the heap of The Curmudgeonly-Cliche. (Ditto for "Train Songs"...mostly. JMO.)

Waal, Time to Shaddup, or I'll sound Too-Cliche...

JMO, again but I think Good Writers CAN come up with New Ways to say Old Things/it's part of The Job Description.

Big Guys-Hug,
Stan