Walking down the street
Freak everyone you meet
They all turn and stare
As you pull out your hair
Never admit defeat
You’re such a freak
Kissing every stranger
Pretend you’re Lone Ranger
People pass you by
You tear out your eye
You always creak
You’re such a freak
You’ll be there at the end
Freak – you are my friend
Tag: poetry
Yesterday – 10th June 1985
Yesterday my friend hung herself
She wanted the life of someone else
Lost in a world without any hope
She saw the future and couldn’t cope
That was yesterday
She left a note by her bed
Describing the thoughts in her head
‘Mother, everything’s falling apart
Please look on this as a new start”
That was yesterday
Yesterday I thought she was fine
I understood that she wanted time
But today is there any more?
What does the future hold in store?
Peter Shook His Head – 7th June 1985
Is she dead?
Peter shook his head
Just as she wakes
Peter’s head shakes
Millions of miles
Peter’s face smiles
She started to shake and cough
Cos Peter shook his head off
18th Sept 2023 – inspired by The Shock-Headed Peters, though just their name, not their words in particular.
Here He Comes – 16th May 1985
Here he comes
Walking through your door
Here he comes
The man of more
Here he comes
The man of sin
Here he comes
Mr. Out-on-a-limb
Sharp End First – 9th May 1985
Will they teach you how to sell yourself?
Or can you do it anyway?
Will you listen to anything that’s said?
Have you got anything to say?
Questions, questions
What’s it all about?
Is there any answer
To our doubt?
Will you learn to suck up to yourself?
Are you scared of our words?
Can you hear what you are saying?
Is there something to be heard?
Questions, questions
Always in doubt
The meaning of life
What’s it all about?
Can you accept the morals of now?
Can you accept the moment?
Are you spending time wasting away?
Do you remember the time you spent?
15th Sep 2024 – This ended up as a Hate That Smile lyric which can be heard here with my straining 22-year-old voice struggling to find a tune.
New Day Rises – 5th May 1985
Arise
Surprise
Dawn breaks
The earth quakes
Everything alive
To see the new day arrive
Wake up
Get outside
New day rises
It has arrived
Dripfeed – 24th April 1985
Hospitalised
Sanitised
New creed
Dripfeed
Tubes running
Viens pumping
Heart gunning
Eyes jumping
Hospitalised
Decentralised
New breed
Dripfeed
Hospitalised
Paralysed
Drip fed
Half dead
Dead head
In bed
I bleed
Dripfeed
Change For – 23rd April 1985
Change for better
Change for worse
Change for luck
Change for curse
Change for nothing
Change for something to do
Change for me
And I’ll change for you
You Were Dreaming (But It Was A Nightmare) – 13th April 1985
My ideas are running out
I still don’t know what life’s about
They say I’ll find out when I die
That doesn’t stop me wondering why
Help! Help! Help! I need help!
I try to write a song on another theme
It goes wrong, just like a dream
Cos the police are hiding under my cover
If they don’t get me they’ll get another
They’re taking away my packet and bottle
Hands around the throat and starting to throttle
They’ve taken away my sporting thrills
And replaced them with dope and pills
They’ve closed my eyes to the world around
I can’t see my earth from their underground
They’ve closed our eyes to the death around
No one says anything cos we feel safe and sound
Lagoon – 12th April 1985
Goonie goonie
Smackaroonie
I’ll be with you soon
At the bottom of the lagoon
Phoney, phoney
You’re so lonely
You made me swoon
We swim in the lagoon
Honey, honey
Gave me your money
The sun is at noon
Bottom of the lagoon
Phooey, phooey
Don’t get screwy
Under the deep blue moon
Dead at the bottom of the lagoon
18th Sept 2023 – What is it that makes a lagoon seem sinister? I think I equate it somewhat with a swamp. All the lagoons I saw in Australia were spectacularly beautiful.
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