My lovely horse, running through the field Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing in the wind? I want to shower you with sugar lumps, and ride you over fences Polish your hooves every single day, and bring you to the horse dentist My lovely horse, you’re a pony no more Running around with […]
Daybreak on the motorway to damascus A heavenly angel flagged me down And asked for a ride into town For god’s sake, on the motorway to damascus This heavenly angel, wise and pure, proceeded with a guided tour: "behold! a shining city of silver grey and white, Of solar-panelled rooftops glinting in the light And […]
Amery was bored, as he Was usually in the countryside: He’d walk alone, reciting poe, Returning home through the failing light. One day, he’d gone some miles along A new road, when on an old man’s bad advice He left to cross the woods, but just Got totally lost, and then The maryland electric rainstorm […]
If you really love him and there’s nothing that i can do Don’t try to spare my feelings, just tell me that we’re through And make it easy on yourself, ‘cos breaking up is so very hard to do If the way i hold you can’t compare to his caress No words of consolation will […]
Summer, summer, summer slowly turned into fall Me and my baby doll never went to the beach Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere was a place we could run On the sand with the sun always just out of reach Somewhere sunny summer’s marching to a different drummer, singing "summer, summer, summer’s gonna turn into fall, You and […]
They sit, and watch the clouds go by And make believe it’s irish skies They love the sun, but pray for rain They drink to take away the pain The london streets are paved with gold For the london irish You gain the world and you lose your soul Well if your picture is seen […]
Little acts of kindness Make us all feel better Unexpected flowers Unrequested letter So when somebody calls you Give a friendly answer And when somebody fails to call Remember that we’ve all been there before Little acts of kindness Ill-conceived and reckless Stay in bed this morning Let me make you breakfast So when somebody […]
Baby, life’s what you make it¡ºcan’t escape it Baby, yesterday’s favourite; don’t you hate it? Everything’s all right… life’s what you make it Baby, life’s what you make it¡ºdon’t backdate it Baby, don’t try to shame it; beauty’s naked Everything’s all right… life’s what you make it Baby, life’s what you make it¡ºcelebrate it, anticipate […]
You dress in camouflage I hunt, you sabotage You squat in my garage, i don’t mind I live in osterley You live in… a tree We live in harmony, of a kind We’re making one last stand in metroland You’re somewhere left of marx I fancy alan clark But when the diggers start, we both […]
I laid all my songs at johnny mathis’ feet I said "johnny, johnny tell me, won’t you tell me how to live? All my hopes are unravelling and i just lost my lease On a house without love, doors or windows¡º Without peace…" And with a wave of his jewel-encrusted hand Across a glittering las […]
