Rock and Roll Lullaby (15th Nov 2011)

Rock and Roll Lullaby

As the rocks all roll

and the Teddy Boys bowl

and their ducks stick smart

in the breeze

as the pinball rattles

and the flicks do battle

and the pony-tails

stand and tease

With the blue suede shoes

and the top ten news

as the drainpipes soak in the bath

the Memphis King sings

and the dance hall swings

and the blue beat

paves out the path

But the rocks still rolling

and old Ted's still strolling

and the crepes

still tread in the street

Yes it still lives on

though its dead and gone

Jimmy Dean's still

the man to meet

Cobwebs in the Ballroom

Cobwebs in the Ballroom
It's dazzling days are done my darling
It's waltzes have all waltzed
It's last drink has been served my darling
The orchestra has stopped

Revolving doors are still my darling
The lobby's left forlone
It's windows and it's doors my darling
are open to wind's moan

Where once we had our tryst my darling
Where once we pledged our vows
The Bridal suite is dark my darling
Still darker are its bows

It stands bleak upon a hill my darling
Bleak, ruin 'gainst the sky
The key's we had won't fit my darling
It's locks have rusted dry

It's corridors are 'lone my darling
As empty as the tomb
It's grandeur has all gone my darling
It's corpse just skin and bone

Desperately Seeking...

Desperately Seeking.... (October 2011)

I'm so desperately seeking something
but I don't know what

I'm so desperate to possess that

which I've quite forgot

I have searched the world all over

but I've not found it

Yet I desperately wish to covet

what I cannot get

Still I'm desperately seeking something
so I search and seek

but the thing I'm desperately seeking

's desperately seeking me

Travelling Blind

Travelling Blind (October 2011)
The Road is clear
the air and the birds
and likelark clear
skylark clear

Skylark blue as the clouds
breathing the honey I crave
I sit back and
smell, feel and touch

The Wind, very soft
touches my face
with its blue caresses
as the sky
and the clouds are travelling free
to all the Places I would go
each day
as I sit in my chair
never, ever moving
just Travelling Blind

The Terrible Circus

The Terrible Circus (March 2011)
The Terrible Circus is coming to town
devoid of all laughter
and minus one clown
The Terrible Circus is coming today
So stay in your houses
so kneel down and pray

No lions, no tigers commend it's array
It's acrobats missing
and long gone astray
But there are things aplenty
in tent, cage and tope
Though few wish to see them
The Things that might stop

There's a tank filled with White Things
That wriggle and broil
and last year they made off
with young Jimmy Doyle

There's a Translucent Lady
Behind a Dark Veil
and a strange aged baby
whose made some hearts fail

There are Dark Things in number
within it's display
from this World and that World
they're coming today

So stay out of that meadow
and wish the night on
'til the Terrible Circus
has faded and gone