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Last night
The last night of me and you
Tomorrow, you’ll walk away to something else
How could we know
The way this was bound to go?
Last night
The last night of me and you

It’s done now,
The story book comes to a close
It’s over, the fairytale we’ll never know
It wasn’t meant to end this way
But nothing I could do
Could make you stay
It’s done now
The story book comes to a close

I fell so easily
You’re not to blame
But now it’s so hard for me
To hear you say

So long,
Wish me luck and happiness
Cos I need to know you wish me nothing less.
But I’ll be the one
Whose love will go on.
So long
Wish me luck and happiness.
I know you do.

It’s done now.
The story book comes to a close.
The fairytale we’ll never know.
And Leonard’s is the only voice
Amid the noiseless bustle
And too many coffees and too little sleep
The night of song that still goes on
Abd faces and voices that slammed into my soul
On the steps of the ‘cur
Dancing eyes that made an ancient heart jitterbug in that club, above a bordello

At 7 we finally called it a day
But sleepless and beating, awake we lay
Not mine forever, but for now
And now is good enough and always on time somehow
‘You’ll be back’ she said
‘Besides, there’s songs to finish, and some to start.
And that thing to do, that I promised you’

I smiled
Knew the truth
Love would bring, it’s guillotine
Ain’t no cure for that
And Leonard’s is the only voice.
At 2.22
I said goodbye to you.
I took one last, longing look
And closed down the book
You said goodbye and meant it
And i just sat and cried
'I'd taken your love and bent it
Till u had nothing left inside.'
So I'm
I'm Letting go of my dream
I'm Letting go of my life
I'm Letting go of the one thing
I shoulda held on to with all my might
I'm letting go
My angel
I'm letting go.
I'd waited an age
For you to turn the page
And when you finally held me
It was love for all to see
But bitterness and silence
Turned passion into pain
And stubborn assed defiance
Means we'll never love again
So I'm
I'm Letting go of my dream
I'm Letting go of my life
I'm Letting go of the one thing
I shoulda held on to with all my might
I'm letting go
My angel I'm letting go.
And the thought of you in someone's arms
Is tearing me apart
It's only you that I can see
So what do I tell my heart?
When my heart asks me
'Why?'
At 2.22
I said goodbye to you. 
I took one last, longing look
And closed down the book
You said goodbye and meant it
And i just sat and cried
'I'd taken your love and bent it
Till u had nothing left inside.'
So I'm 
I'm Letting go of my dream
I'm Letting go of my life
I'm Letting go of the one thing 
I shoulda held on to with all my might
I'm letting go
My angel 
I'm letting go.
I'd waited an age 
For you to turn the page
And when you finally held me
It was love for all to see
But bitterness and silence
Turned passion into pain
And stubborn assed defiance 
Means You want love me again
So I'm 
I'm Letting go of my dream
I'm Letting go of my life
I'm Letting go of the one thing 
I shoulda held on to with all my might
I'm letting go
My angel I'm letting go.
And the thought of you in someone's arms
Is tearing me apart
It's only you that I can see
So what do I tell my heart?
When my heart asks me 
'Why?'
Love and desire walk hand in hand.
They cannot be parted, one from the other.
My love for you, has no starting point.
It will have no end.
My desire for you, runs thru my soul like a seam. To remove it would break me.
All the things you are, make my love and desire into something that is more than I am.
It’s more than a moment in time. It is at once time itself and timeless. There will never be a second when I don’t love you with an unparalleled desire, and desire you with the most tender love.
Lonely nights with just your picture
Broken words that can’t be heard
Down we fall into a day dream

Can you really feel my heartbeat
The drum of Liberty
Run with me thru your back streets
This revolution sets us free

Lonely heartbeats will not falter
Shed  no tears for us
Love will last tho cannons thunder
Raise the banner
Start the fight
The revolution of love

The barricades will rise before us
We’ll just fly above
And all the doubters fade away


Can you really feel my heartbeat
The drum of Liberty
Run with me thru your back streets
This revolution sets us free

Lonely heartbeats will not falter
Shed  no tears for us
Live will last tho cannons thunder
Raise the banner
Start the fight
The revolution of love
It was March 2020 ...
The streets were empty, the shops closed, people couldn't get out.
But spring did not know, and the flowers began to bloom, the sun shone, the birds sang, the swallows would soon arrive, the sky was blue, the morning arrived early.
It was March 2020 ...
Young people had to study online, and find occupations at home, people could no longer go shopping, or go to the hairdresser. Soon there would be no more room in hospitals, and people continued to get sick.
But spring did not know, the time to go to the garden arrived, the grass greened.
It was March 2020 ...
People have been put in lockdown. to protect grandparents, families and children. No more meetings or meals, family celebrations. The fear became real and the days were therefore similar.
But spring did not know, apples, cherry trees and others bloomed, the leaves grew.
People started reading, playing with their families, learning a language, singing on the balcony inviting neighbors to do the same, being supportive and focusing on other values.
People realized the importance of health, of suffering, of this world that had stopped, of the economy that has plummeted.
But spring didn't know. the flowers gave way to the fruit, the birds made their nest, the swallows had arrived.

Then the day of liberation came, people found out on TV, the virus had lost, people took to the streets, sang, cried, kissed their neighbors, without masks or gloves.

And that's when summer came, because spring didn't know. He continued to be there despite everything, despite the virus, fear and death. Because spring didn't know, he taught people the power of life.

Everything's gonna be fine, stay home, protect yourself, and enjoy life.
Me
Me
I’ve dipped my toes in every stream
I’ve run thru every river
And swum in every sea
I’ve finally come to realise
The only one who’s gut my back
The only one who’ll look out for me.
The one I can rely upon.
Has always been,
Has only ever been.
Me.
Those moments that I think of you,
resting in my arms, stroking my hair, talking over our plans, kissing me tenderly.
Those moments are a constant.
As constant as my undying love for you.
As constant as the North Star.
As constant as the nights that I miss you, when you’re too far for me to reach.
As constant as the truly immense respect I have for all that you are.
And as constant as the pride I feel when you take my hand and whisper your love to me.
Those moments live inside me.
Constantly. Constantly. Constantly.
We could have conquered the world
Now I can’t  even conquer the day
I’ll believe in you till the day I die
I’ll never let you sit alone and wonder why
I’ll never give my love away
We could have conquered the world
Now I can’t even conquer the day
You’ve got me beat
I’m dead inside but somehow on my feet
I’ve never loved so hard
It’s never taken every thing I have
'If u were not in my arms
Each day would be 
Everything you would never wish a day to be. 
If could not look into your eyes as every nighttime falls
Every night would feel like the endless dark of the deserted hallway
In my nightmare of losing you '
'My train was early
your taxi was late
I wonder how  things would be now
If I'd not had the patience to wait.
If I'd just sent a message
Sorry but it's not me, it's you
I can't hang around
I have a lot to do
You'd have yelled and cried
I'd have said goodbye
You'd have begged me to come back
I may have turned around
And wiped your eyes
And held the love I felt for you
A little further back.
But I waited cos I'm soft  like that
I'd never let you down
I'd never let you ever feel
That love was lost not found

I didn't do it then
I wouldn't do it now

But it's passed us by, the chance for proof
Flown thru the window out of reach  across a smokey roof

My train was early
Your taxi was late
And  after all you've put me thru
I'm still so  glad
I had the  patience to wait.

I did it then

So I'll do it now'
Yesterday we were naked
Close to love
Breathless
Needing
Laughing.
Us
Today, I’m alone
Hopeless
Crying
Lost
Me
I want, you
I need. Us
And now, nothing
Silence born of bitterness
Heart beats. Pointlessly
Just to keep a man alive
Mind whirling straining at the leash
Fingers drumming
Aching for release
Void and null
An ex kind of life
Staring at the future
Balanced on a knife
'On days like these'
In midwinter's chill and snow
I've a warm safe place that I can go
When ice and wind try to do me in
I can say your name and you'll let me in.
To
A room that's full of orange glow 
A room that only we can know
But it's made for us and filled with love
And no one gets in 
Cos no one else should
You're there inside
Hand outstretched 
And you cling so tight
I forget the rest
So I close my eyes 
On days like these 
When I'm cold to the soul
Alone on my knees
And your back in my arms 
safe from harm
And our love lives forever
On days like these.
Tho years have passed since that very 1st glance
And sometimes it felt like we'd never get to dance
Our hearts somehow knew 
We had more to share
Our love is true and its hanging on in there. 
Baby here it is,
What we waited for
The love of our lives
Has opened all the doors
Here we are 
At the start of it all
It's meant to be this love we found 
And it's hanging on 
Hanging on 
Hanging in on in there'
I’ve given and I’ve taken love
A little more than I deserved
I’d like to think I gave a lot
And took less than I was worth
My book of life is peppered with the tears of those I’ve wronged
But still I feel I’ve paid a due or two
For the right to sing some songs

I was blessed with a voice that gleaned a fee
Not so much to break a bank or make a rich man out of me
And yet I’ve always managed
By means,mostly fair
And pulled it off with seeming ease and a certain ‘savoire faire’

But I stand before you
Past adrift
And heart on full display
My voice, my fame, my future wealth
I’d gladly give away
For your heart of love
To hold as mine
Until the choir sang ‘old Lang sine’
And arms of faith and trust and hope
would fasten me like tender rope
A captive of your gaoler’s key
In happy servitude I’d be.
There’s a small boy sitting all alone somewhere
Staring into space
He can’t understand what you’re doing to his world
But he wants you to go away

There’s a young girl lying in a field somewhere
In her eyes a look of dismay
She’s got a child and another one due
But their daddy died today

Look around yourself
See what you have done

Take a little time out
Open your eyes for me
There ain’t much left of your little world
But it doesn’t have to be
We can change, we can change
Let me show you how
Let a little love into your little world
But for **** sake do it now!

There’s a young man dying in road somewhere
For a cause he don’t believe
His wife and child cry blameless tears
But who’s gonna see him bleed.


Look around yourself
See what you have done

Take a little time out
Open your eyes for me
There ain’t much left of your little world
But it doesn’t have to be
We can change, we can change
Let me show you how
Let a little love into your little world
But for **** sake do it now!

There’s an old man sitting at a desk somewhere
In his hands the fate of the world
He can’t even bend to tie his shoes
But millions obey his word


Look around yourself
See what you’ve become

Take a little time out
Open your eyes for me
There ain’t much left of your little world
But it doesn’t have to be
We can change, we can change
Let me show you how
Let a little love into your little world
But for **** sake do it now!
Let a little love into your little world
But for **** sake do it now!
Let a little love into your little world
But for your sake
Do it now!
It's easier if I don't see u. 
We're better off this way 
I don't want to watch u cry
Or hear what you might say
Let me gather up my things
And I'll be on my way
Cos I know that I was wrong
But I won't let you know
I'd rather break your heart again
And watch me as I go
If I swallowed my pride 
You would let me back inside
But I'll just leave your key
And let you fall into the deepest sea.
You’ve always been so close
Always a call or ride away
But now I cannot reach you
And I wait for your return.

You’ve always been so close
Always been within my grasp
But now you lay by far off shores
And I wait for your return

I wait for your return
Like a refugee waits on kind shelter
I wait for your return
Like a drowning man
Reaching out his hand
And praying for your touch
I know it won’t be long,
But it’s tearing me apart
And I struggle thru every day
And night brings helpless tears
And I wait for your return.
With nothing left to say
I must walk away
But every step I take
It cuts like a knife
I’ll never hear my name
On your lips again
I’m not forever in your heart

And tho i tried so hard to keep you close to me
I couldn’t make you stay
You just wouldn’t fall
So I must start again in the morning rain
But I’ll keep you safe in my heart

You were the one
Who made me feel
Like every dream I’d ever had
Was surely coming true
But every day
You backed away
Till my arms just couldn’t reach you

But I recall a time
With your hand in mine
And your eyes like wine
Went straight to my head
Trembling close to you
My shirt covered you
As I clung to you
In an unmade bed

But now the city lights
And the carefree nights
They have taken you
And made you their own
And I must watch you dance
To another’s tune
But I’ll keep you safe in my heart

You were the one
Who made me feel
Like every dream I’d ever had
Was surely coming true
But every day
You backed away
Till my arms just couldn’t reach you


With nothing left to say
I must walk away
But every step I take
It cuts like a knife
I’ll never hear my name
On your lips again
I’m not forever in your heart

And on that day of days
When I am asked to say
What was the role you played
And what was her part
I’ll close my eyes and know
I didn’t let you go
I always kept you
Safe in my heart.
My love I’ve kept you
Safe in my heart
'She made me smile'

She's back from somewhere
I ain't gonna ask the place
Cos it's non of my beeswax
It ain't left no marks on her sweet face

It's like time stood still from the day we met
She's older, wiser maybe and yet
Tho I know I've ripped the heart right out of me and carved these lines for all to see
She can still see the soul in me
That I haven't had chance to get to yet.

She could save me with a word if she had a mind to
She could turn it all around If her heart was set on me
I dare not ask
Or even pray.
All I know Is that today

She made me smile  
She made me smile
She made me  smile.
She’s back from somewhere
I ain’t gonna ask the place
Cos it’s non of my beeswax
It ain’t left no marks on her sweet face

It’s like time stood still from the day we last met
She’s older and wiser maybe and yet
Tho I know I’ve ripped the heart right out of me
And carved these lines for all to see
She can still see the soul in me
That I haven’t had chance to get to yet
She could save me if she had a mind to
She could turn it all around if her heart was set in me
I dare not ask
Or even
Pray
All I know
Is that today
She made me smile
'
She's back from somewhere
I ain't gonna ask the place
Cos it's non of my beeswax 
It ain't left no marks on her sweet face
It's like time stood still from the day we met
She's older, wiser maybe and yet
Tho I know I've ripped the heart right out of me and carved these lines for all to see
She can still see the soul in me
That I haven't had chance to get to yet.
She could save me with a word if she had a mind to 
She could turn it all around If her heart was set on me
I dare not ask
Or even pray.
All I know Is that today 
She made me smile
She made me smile 
She made me smile.
‘Sitting on a shooting star as it dies away.
The passion was  too hot, could help but burn it out.
Left cold and alone
And there’s nothing I can say
Gotta face the emptiness ahead
And make it thru the day’

She’s all that I desire
All I’ll ever need
But I held her tighter than I should
If there’s a way back
Lord won’t you show me how
Cos I’ve killed our love
And killed myself
What’s left for me now

If she reached out her heart and let me in
I’d show her who I am
A scared and lonely, frightened boy
Just trying to be a man

All I have, she’s given me
My soul she saved, enlightened me.
The heart I thought was lost for good
She somehow brought to life
She’s loved me more than I deserved
Pulled me out of night.
Springtime often turns up late
If she ever comes at all
Sometimes she warms the autumn chill
As leaves begin to fall

Her new embrace will take the place
Of summers spent in vain
And bring to life an ancient heart
And kiss away the pain

So lay awhile and let me see
What springtime has in store for me.

This autumn soul was weary
When you first embraced his arm
Too many summers burnt away
Had left life without charm

You looked on him with tenderness
In innocence and grace
And taught him things so long forgot
And hurt you have replaced

So lay awhile and you will see
Our season’s love was meant to be

And as the years go by
And other seasons die
This love we found will always be
It will not falter  

When winters cooling hand is near
And warmth is hard to find
I’ll turn to you, a summer new
And leave the world behind

So lay awhile and hold me near
And cast away your doubt and fear


And as the years go by
And other seasons die
This love we found will always be
It will not falter
Alone at the bar
As I finished the show
I caught his eye and he nodded
‘Hello’
I watched as he drained the last slug from his glass
Ordered another, and muttered
‘Hey Lord, kiss my ***!’

He wasn’t a drunkard or some down and out
Just a good guy who needed to let the pain out
So I packed my guitar
And pulled up a stool
His tears filled his shot glass
Then he said ‘I can see you’re no fool’
But I lost her today
I watched her slip away,  
I cried as she tried, but she couldn’t hang on.
Then she closed her eyes,
And I had to say goodbye
There should be some other way
But I’m too alone and he cried

‘Lord,take me instead
or take me too
There’s nothing much that I ever ask of you
But I’m down on my knees
It’s all  I can do
So take me instead
Or take me too

I don’t believe in a
Higher plan
There’s nobody up there
God’s just a man
And I’m sorry to burden you
But I lost my girl today
And you’ve got a kind face
Then I cried when he told me
Just what he’d said

‘Lord,take me instead
or take me too
There’s nothing much that I ever ask of you
But I’m down on my knees
It’s all  I can do
So take me instead
Or take me too
Take me instead
Or take me too
Technology's great, and I use it everyday
But I still like to compose my prose
The old fashioned way
A piece of paper, my heart, pen and ink
Cos tho paper may burn. it'll never crash
No matter what the folk at apple might make you ........... Oh ****!
It's not an act
It's organic
I'm not trying to make you love me
I don't give a flying ****
I'll do this somewhere else
Or I'll do it for myself
Don't kid yourself
You give a ****
Your *** is on a shelf
******* if you hate me now
it's cool for you if you should care
But I'll still sing to empty chairs and tables
If no ones sitting there.
'And now. nothing. 
Silence born of bitterness.
Heart beating pointlessly 
Just to keep a man alive.
Mind whirling, straining at the leash
Fingers drumming,
Aching for release
Void and null
An ex kind of life.
Staring at a future
That's balanced on the edge of a knife'
I've let it happen
I chose the path
I'll call the tune
In the aftermath
I can't deny
This love that she brings
I'll just write the music 
To the song she sings
Ain't gonna write another sad song
Cos I'm safe in her arms
Where I belong
I'm not gonna pick another pen up and cry
Cos she's become my reason,that's the reason why
I ain't gonna write another sad, sad song
She smiles and I am lost inside her eyes and her heart
If she cried I'd feel like I was slowly falling apart
Every day she's new and I just can't get enough
I'm wrapped around her, I have found the different love
I ain't gonna write another sad song
Cos I'm safe in her arms,
Where I belong
I'm not gonna pick another pen up and cry
Cos she's become my reason,that's the reason why
I ain't gonna write another sad, sad song.
And if it takes my life 
I'll give my life
And gladly lay down arms for her
cos she's my knife 
She cuts thru all the sadness 
And makes me live
This different love, this deeper love
And the past she forgives.
She lives by the seaside
It’s good for her smile
She swims in the ocean
And walks for a mile.

She’s into her jazz and
Tequila and lime
She talks like a lady
She could have been mine

But, she’s got her thing
And I’ve got the other
So we sit and we chat just like
Sister and brother
And deep in her eyes there’s a fire
And I’ve got my stuff
But she’s got a small place
So we, sit and we chat
And I think about about her face
And deep in her eyes, there’s a fire

She’s not big on romance
It just leaves her cold
She’s been hurt too often
Or so I’ve been told.

But she’s witty and pleasant
And when she comes around
The boys all flock round her
To take her to town

And she’s got her life
And I’ve got mine
A few years between us but ‘hey, that’s just time’
And deep in her eyes there’s a fire
I’ve got the road and she’s got the sea
And we’ve traveled our paths but separately
And deep in her eyes there’s a fire

Then one day I noticed
A tear in her eye
She said she was leaving
I didn’t ask why.

I knew something drive her
I thought it was me
Then I saw a small letter
She’s left carefully
It said ‘Darling I love you, and that’s why I’m gone.
It’s taken me over  
And I can’t go on.
You see, you are the fire in my eyes’

I cried for a long time
Once more the fool
It was right there before me
And I know that you say that,
I should have chased her
And begged her to stay
I know the reason
That she went away.
Deep in her eyes there’s a fire
Deep in her eyes there’s a fire.
ire In Her Eyes
She lives by the seaside
It’s good for her smile
She swims in the ocean
And walks for a mile.

She’s into her jazz and
Tequila and lime
She talks like a lady
She could ya e been mine

But, she’s got her thing
And I’ve got the other
So we sit and we chat just like
Sister and brother
And deep in her eyes there’s a fire
And I’ve got my stuff
But she’s got a small place
So we, sit and we chat
And I think about about her face
And deep in her eyes, there’s a fire

She’s not big on romance
It just leaves her cold
She’s been hurt too often
Or so I’ve been told.

But she’s witty and pleasant
And when she comes around
The boys all flock round her
To take her to town

And she’s got her life
And I’ve got mine
A few years between us but ‘hey, that’s just time’
And deep in her eyes there’s a fire
I’ve got the road and she’s got the sea
And we’ve traveled our paths but separately
And deep in her eyes there’s a fire

Then one day I noticed
A tear in her eye
She said she was leaving
I didn’t ask why.

I knew something drive her
I thought it was me
Then I saw a small letter
She’s left carefully
It said ‘Darling I love you, and that’s why I’m gone.
It’s taken me over  
And I can’t go on.
You see, you are the fire in my eyes’

I cried for a long time
Once more the fool
It was right there before me
And I know that you say that,
I should have chased her
And begged her to stay
I know the reason
That she went away.
Deep in her eyes there’s a fire
Deep in her eyes there’s a fire.
My future's there
Shining in your eyes
Looking back at me
You took me by surprise
I've held u in my heart 
Since the night you touched my hand
I've watched you walk away and leave
But now in front of me you stand
You know I'm yours
Whatever comes
Every piece of me defined by you
Nothing to take your hand from mine
The tears are gone, replaced by smiles
And a soul that's one ,can't be split in two.
It started long ago
And waited for its chance
This love we've kept, 
hidden,
frightened,
and out of sight
It's time to let it dance
There’s a loneliness that’s born of a crowd.
There’s a silent whisper
That screams right out loud
There’s a smile
That makes your soul sing
There’s a kiss in the dark
That makes sense of everything.
When the hurt that feels like it’s been sent the grief
Staring down the harshest of truths 
Trying not to blink
The thought of your leaving has been tearing my heart
So I've been trying my hardest not to think
So will you be the one who'll put me on my knees?
Or will you bring me to my feet?
Am I gonna spend another night crying, begging please?
Will i once more taste defeat?
Or are we gonna take this thing
And turn it into love?
You know how much I care
And i believe you love me too
But I'm plagued by doubt
Cos it's happened before
I just couldn't take it if it came from you
So tell me again 
That we're gonna be fine
Kiss away my fear
Tell me again 
As I pour you some wine
And I open the last can of beer.
It was the night of the blood moon
Faces all looked skyward
Nothing after this night 
would ever be the same
It was the night of the blood moon
Heartache was the byword
Loving after this night
Would never feel the same
She'd split and left him broken,
Bleeding on the floor
He'd begged for mercy time again
begged until his throat was sore. 
It was the night of the blood moon
Cold and crisp and clear
Like the 13th bottle of cheap tasteless 
**** 
That they try to pass as beer.
It was the night of the blood moon
He's howling for her now
But she don't care
She's made her plan 
His love won't touch her anyhow.
I'm the one before 'the one'
The guy they **** before they meet with luck
I teach them to come 
Cos they couldn't before
Many had tried and failed
They'd ******* in every position,
Of their own volition 
But hadn't been able to get off
Then I turn up
And they're squirting like a drain
Life before me must have been such a frustrating pain.
I'm the one before 'the one'
The guy they try out for size
More than Meets the eyes
I'll teach them of the bard and dickens
I'll show them culture to make their pulses quicken
Give them the dark side and tie them down
Then show my nice side, soft as an eiderdown
I'm the one before 'the one'
Destined to be alone 
Watching old loves get wed
And wondering if this one might stay awhile longer before she leaves my bed.
You’ve been there, forever
Waiting for my heart
To finish old agendas
To not be torn apart

You’ve been there forever
Watching over me
Seeing all I’ve been thru
Until your love could set me free

You’ve been there forever
Smiling secretly
Holding back from touching me
Until I found my own release

You’ve been there forever
Pulling me from the abyss
Pushing my heart gently
Till softly came your kiss

You’ve been there forever
I see so clearly now
That my mistakes have led me here
To what I always knew somehow

That in your arms, I’ll die alone
In you’re smile, I’ve found a home
To your heart,I will atone
The peace you gave, will leave me never
The love you gave, I’ll always treasure
For you’ve been there forever
And ever. And ever.
In the  shadow of the street lamps she waits
For passers by, with time to spare
She gives her all outside the gates
A small chandelle in cold despair

2. Her sweet maquereaux is all she has
He looks out for her, it’s him she’ll serve
The nights are cold, but his bed is warm.
It’s all a waif like her deserves

(Chorus)
But when she sings
Monmartrè stands so tall
But cries the tears of one who knows.
That voice so strong
can heal them all
No sorrow or injustice
Can shame La vie en Rose

3. A voice so forged in fire it lights your way
She sings the songs your heart remembers well
Of gypsies and chevaliers,de la lune
Of beatings that in horror she must tell

(Chorus)
But when she sings
Monmartrè stands so tall
But cries the tears of one who knows.
That voice so strong
can heal them all
No sorrow or injustice
Can shame La vie en Rose

(Bridge)
But late at night
The past creeps in
And begs her to come home
The needle tells her ‘Drift away’
And lovers leave her once again alone  

‘Guitar solo’

4. The starving days and nights
She will recall
And love she gave without regret
Then Paris opened up and gave its all
But those Pigallè nights she can’t forget


(Chorus)
But when she sings
Monmatrè stands so tall
But cries the tears of one who knows.
That voice so strong
can heal us all
No sorrow or injustice
Can shame La vie en Rose

‘But where are you
My little one?’
She writes and reads and steals
My heart bursts balloon like
My head reels
Perfect eyes cast downward towards page and screen
Lips mouth unknown words
As unknown as a name
As a kiss
As a life past or yet to come.
This is your room
Even tho you can’t be here
This is your room

I sit in your chair
I wear your dressing gown
I shower every morning
And at night I lay me down
On your bed

This is your room
Even tho you can’t be here.
This is your room.

This is your heart
Even tho you can’t be here
this is your heart

You touch it with your love
I feel your fingertips
I cry cos I’m alone
And long to feel your lips
Touching mine

This is your heart
Even tho you can’t be here
This is your heart

This is your man
Even tho you can’t be here
This is your man

He wonders how you are
And if you think of him
He sits and waits and dreams of you
And keeps his love within

This is your man
Even tho you can’t be here
This is your man

This is your man.
This is your heart.
Here in your room.
'This love that took it's time'
Minutes to hours
to days to years.
Every time I could be with you
You couldn't find a way 
to get to me,
to get your kiss me
to be here
But now here you are
Nestled on my arm
And I am lying
Like I knew I'd be
Within your gentle palm
It's meant for us
So let it live
This love that took it's time
We've opened the bottle,
And let it breath
It's getting better
Just like wine
There'll be those that shake their head
Those that disagree
They'll make you doubt the strength 
Of this
And pull your heart from me
But if they knew just how I feel
In this aching, beating soul of mine
They'd hang their heads and let us fly
Into this love
This love that took it's time.
The shadows of the railing
By the room I played last night.
The whistle of a siren
And the blood of a lost fight.
And the closed sign on the food store
Brokenwss window, crack of light
And the hurt that won't subside
won't u let me look inside?

And the come on look from a burnt out *****
And the words that split my side.
Everything  makes sense somehow
It's all that I expect
The tears I knew I'd always shed
The freight train singing in my head.
The rocks that turned a stranded heart
Into a sunken, flooded wreck.
Yet,
All of this is somewhat new,
Baby I never thought this would come from u,
Ur soul was clean and pure and.....

Jesus Christ am I so lame
That it snuck right up on me?

I who's every move was honed and practised,
1 and 2 and *******  63 !
Oh here's the rub, the wake up call.
I never knew that dame at all,
She let me think she needed love
And I gave my past, and then my love.
And when her need of me was done
And some other shmo became the one
The line was cut, connection frayed
Her single, final, vail displayed,
she naked, danced into the shade
So I could fall, into the sun
Not laughed at,
But........
Tolerated,

tolerated

Tolerated........

By everyone.

Thank you.

I'm here all week.

Try the soup.
The shadows of the railing
By the room I played last night. 
The whistle of a siren
And the blood of a lost fight.
And the closed sign on the food store 
Broken window, crack of light
And the hurt that won't subside
won't u let me look inside?
And the 'do me' look from a burnt out *****
And the words that split my side. 
Everything makes sense somehow
It's all that I expect 
The tears I knew I'd always shed 
The freight train singing in my head.
The rocks that turned a stranded heart 
Into a sunken, flooded wreck. 
Yet,
All of this is somewhat new, 
Baby I never thought this would come from u, 
Ur soul was clean and pure and.....
Jesus Christ am I so lame 
That it snuck right up on me? 
I who's every move was honed and practised, 
1 and 2 and ******* 63 !
Oh here's the rub, the wake up call. 
I never knew that dame at all, 
She let me think she needed love
And I gave up my past, and then my love.
And when her need of me was done
And some other shmoe became the one
The line was cut, connection frayed
Her single, final, veil displayed,
she naked, danced into the shade 
So I could fall, into the sun 
Not laughed at, 
But........ 
Tolerated, 
tolerated
Tolerated........
By everyone.
The shadows of the railing
By the room I played last night. 
The whistle of a siren
And the blood of a lost fight.
And the closed sign on the food store 
Broken window, crack of light
And the hurt that won't subside
won't u let me look inside?
And the 'do me' look from a burnt out *****
And the words that split my side. 
Everything makes sense somehow
It's all that I expect 
The tears I knew I'd always shed 
The freight train singing in my head.
The rocks that turned a stranded heart 
Into a sunken, flooded wreck. 
Yet,
All of this is somewhat new, 
Baby I never thought this would come from u, 
Ur soul was clean and pure and.....
Jesus Christ am I so lame 
That it snuck right up on me? 
I who's every move was honed and practised, 
1 and 2 and ******* 63 !
Oh here's the rub, the wake up call. 
I never knew that dame at all, 
She let me think she needed love
And I gave up my past, and then my love.
And when her need of me was done
And some other shmoe became the one
The line was cut, connection frayed
Her single, final, vail displayed,
she naked, danced into the shade 
So I could fall, into the sun 
Not laughed at, 
But........ 
Tolerated, 
tolerated
Tolerated........
By everyone.
Thank you. 
I'm here all week. 
Try the soup.
So much wisdom,and so much grace
But so much hurt drawn on one small face
So much learnt in too short time
Too little love given that was not mine.
'And in growing up, I began to be more childlike,
Saw things thru more innocent eyes
My earlier cynisism dissolved away
And then love happened,
Much to my surprise'
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