Hank Cochran offers some advice.  

"When you are going to sleep, your mind relaxes and those lyrics or ideas come into your mind. You'd better write them down."

Cool story about inspiration for his song Make the World Go Away. 

"I was intently listening to the lines in a movie, and the woman in the movie said something, 'How do I look?' The guy replies, 'You look like you could make the world go away.' I grabbed my date's hand and she asked,'Where are you going, the movie ain't over.' and I said, 'The hell in ain't' come on let's go'! So I drug her out and we got in the car and I started to write the song and got my guitar out as soon as we got to my apartment. I thought I had a good one. I told my publisher the next day. He told me to play the song for him. He looked at me and said he thought it is the worst song that I had ever written. I told him, 'Everyone wants to make the world go away and get it off their shoulders.' "I knew I was right and he was wrong. He told me I had proved him wrong before and I was determined to do it again. I got it cut in a week by a girl named Timi Yero [a minor pop hit] and then by Ray Price [a No. 1 song]."

Make The World Go Away

Hank Cochran

Make the world go away

And get it off my shoulders

Say the things you used to say

And make the world go away

Do you remember when you loved me
Before the world took me astray?
If you do, then forgive me
And make the world go away

Make the world go away
And get it off my shoulders
Say the things you used to say
And make the world go away

I'm sorry if I hurt you
I'll make it up day by day
Just say you love me like you used to
And make the world go away

Make the world go away
And get it off my shoulders
Say the things you used to say
And make the world go away

Say the things you used to say
And make the world go away