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Those Low Down Bottle Blues
Those Low Down Bottle Blues
The day the clock struck thirteen
We took it as a sign
That the world might be in peril
So we all broke out the wine
But it probably was nothing
Just a poor miscounted chime
An end to our sobriety
And not the end of time
The night the stars rearranged themselves
In a moonlit sky
We all dived for the whisky bottle
And some of...
Friday 22nd May 2020 3:09 pm
There Are No Bad Ships Or Winds, There Are Bad Captains
There Are No Bad Ships Or Winds, There Are Bad Captains
I would promise you the heavens
If it would get you off my back
Thinks the over-inflated spokesman
As he’s questioned by a hack
You can have your masks on Monday
And your gowns this time next week
Although the plane’s still on the runway
Says a whistle-blowing leak
We’ll have PPE and tests aplenty
And i...
Wednesday 22nd April 2020 3:07 pm
Girl With Tear
Girl With Tear
She was having one of those bad hair days
The crystal blue eyed girl
The perfect lashes
The cultured brow
Outside the sky was the colour of slate
But the diagonal screen kept the night away
All she wanted was some square jawed Joe
To trample into her simple temple
All she ever got was schmucks
Them’s the breaks Daddy-o
Her face like some sunburn...
Monday 22nd April 2019 11:44 pm
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