In one segment of the Beatles Anthology film, Ringo told the story of how he was always coming excitedly into the studio to show the band a new tune he'd written, only to have the other guys tell him what song he'd stolen from someone else. So you're in good company.
Years ago, my duo partner used to write songs like this:
He'd choose a song he really liked, and write completely new words to the melody. Then he'd take his story and write a new melody to it. It actually worked - he got 2 or 3 good songs that way. Now we just write 'em the "regular" way.
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