Lament

if we continue on this path

we will all die

without ever having lived

better to live

fully alive

one single moment

than to live a long life

half-dead like a zombie

Lament for Lizzy lyrics

Chorus -

Oh Lizzy

must you leave so soon

Oh Lizzy dearest

you've never (even) seen the yellow moon

V1

Oh my love, my love

can't you stay

oh my heart breaks to see you this way

please just another day

V2

I was working down the pit

came home caked in dust

thought you would be fine by now

for in God we had trust

Middle 8 -

The soul it hurts so much

oh hold me dear

I feel my legs give way

our baby's gone my dear

I cannot feel your desperate clutch

I feel my life give way

I feel her life fade away

oh hold me dear, our baby's gone

our darling baby's gone

V3

Oh my dearest

oh my Lizzy, littlest one

please please please don't go

feel the warmth of the midday sun

V4

Everything's dark Lizzy

we, dressed in black, you boxed in white

singing hymns, the priest tries to give hope

but this day is eternal night

Final Chorus

Oh Lizzy dearest

you who never saw the silver moon

Oh Lizzy

must you leave us so soon

Oh Lizzy dearest

miner's girl, mother's grief

Oh Lizzy our Liz

surely life is brief

Oh Lizzy

you had to leave so soon

We hold you in our broken hearts

when we watch the yellow moon

See you in Heaven my girl

see you in Heaven my girl

etc - fade out

Old World

 the world's just the same

as it always was

things dying

things being born

humans thinking they're God's gift

to the universe

 when they're really just another speck

in the long run

there is no long run

no run

no concept of long

in the long run

there just is

and the old world

is born and dies a trillion times

that's the framework

within which

we each must live a sane life

that requires a modicum of effort.

New World

a new world was born today

no life forms

just molten rocks

and spewing lava

and an atmosphere forming

still to settle

what a peaceful place

what a miracle of creativity

Stuck unstuck

Sometimes, like now,

when you're loaded with the cold

and your head doesn't seem to have been put on right

your mind gets stuck in neutral

unable to coherently think about anything

and thus nothing gets done

except the simplest

 of things

like writing a poem

Interruption

 an interruption

I have to attend to

means

this poem

is not the one

I would otherwise have written

Christmas at Union Street lyrics

little footsteps on the stairs

half past six who really cares

stocking in our hands, Santa's been

inside sweets and a tangerine

1960s Christmas time

on Union Street was our home

What's in the big room, we can't wait

getting in a frantic state

mum comes down, or maybe dad

"it's way too early" he's real mad

--

The doors is open, Christmas tree

but we're not looking there

it's the pile of presents round the room

like a massive free toy fair

Chorus

Middle eight - days like these so long ago

ten of us intent on play

how I wish we'd do it again

brothers, sisters, Christmas Day

Verse

Comic annuals, Beano, Dandy

LPs Beatles and The Who

Books on legends, myths, and dragons

Fantastic toys, so much to do

Last Verse

Fifty sixty years ago

Loved ones gone, sadly missed

Memories of golden times

the joy when we were kids

Picasso's dove of peace

I've seen it on a million posters

seen it online on a screen

Would like to see it spread worldwide

its message so serene 

Trigger happy lyrics

the hand moves twitching to the weapon

a nervous fear is in control

he heard a sound, potential danger

gunslingers always on patrol

the fastest gun, caresses holster

always scared it won't be there

an anxious tremor on his fingers

without it he'd be in despair

forgotten how to live the old way

walkin carefree down the street

enjoyin coffee in the sunshine

smilin at everyone you meet

those days are gone now, trigger happy

trigger happy every day

where's the peace of mind you once had

gone to nothin slipped away

the peace of mind we all once had

it's gone to nothin, slipped away

trigger happy slipped away

trigger happy

peace of mind has slipped away

Hidden

you there, crying, lying

in your dark secret grieving space

dust, dirt, decay

wooden resting unresting place

everything around you crumbling away

how I'd love to seep six feet under

and with you, for a time, stay

he kept you in a secure cell

unable to bear your gaunt face

but what I don't know is

did he lock you up for all time all space

until time no longer existed

or did he in the dead of night, go to that place

carefully open the door

and unable to help himself

in that raw zone

dare to remember you

and embrace

ashes to ashes

do we ever live above the surface

or are we fated to ever dwell

in the lairs of those who went before us

lyric Irish Voyage

so who was Daniel Murphy

and why did he come here

experience of famine

or else he felt it near

and why choose the coast of Ayrshire

instead of the USA

and what would be the welcome

when he set foot on the bay

Oh Danny boy

you took a risk, son

asylum seekers drown for less

and a lifetime mining underground

hardly looks now like success

but opportunity and danger

are in the eyes of those who see

and compared to starving back home

looks like success to me

a flood of fearful migrants

crossing choppy seas

leave behind their families

praying on their knees

go back to where you came from

you're not welcome here

drowning or starvation

it's not our problem dear

you're lazy and your stupid

like all your kind o'er there

if you'd only make an effort

you'd make a life so fair

so don't come here wi problems

or fairy tales of woe

ye were smart enough to come here

now be smart enough to go

Oh Danny boy

your risk paid off

the mines of Ayrshire didn't take you 

you died at Kilwinning age 77

and the troubles didn't break you

your grandson who knew you

gave birth to my dear mum

she married another emigre

a wartime Polish one

So here's to Daniel Murphy

and all who reach these shores

let's welcome not reject them

and show them open doors

same old

on social media

same old same old

on the news

same old same old

on the telly

same old same old

in the business world

same old same old

I go outside

everything's new

different

changed

fresh