BEASTS

I know I’ve been the slave of Lust,

It‘s pleasures lifted me on high,

It gave me joys beyond compare,

Denial just the pointless lie.

Of Gluttony I had my fill,

Expense accounts first saw to that,

I raped the menus, drank the wine,

And misted mellow chewed the fat.

And what of Greed, amassing wealth,

Was that so bad to want for more,

So in old ...

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There will be a time for the silence,

To be heard again after the call,

To be heard with the final trumpet,

To be sanctified after the fall.

When the gates of the chantry are opened,

As the souls of the faithful gain grace,

What then will be left but the silence,

Or what should be left in its place.

When the tolling of bells ends the...

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Net Worth.

I used to skip, I used to run,

I sought all pleasures neath the sun,

I walked on water, slew the beast,

Was first and foremost at the feast.

The coins I spent each bore my crown,

I stormed the walls and broke them down,

I raised my army for the fight,

And everything I did was right.

The wine I drank was mellow sweet,

Proud virgins falling at ...

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Robbing Dylan

Come gather round people wherever you roam,

And admit that your hips and your buttocks have grown,

And accept we could lose at least two or three stone

Just think of the money we’re saving,

So we’d better start slimming not stand there and moan,

For the times they are a changing.

Come restaurant critics who prophesy with your pen,

Your mouths are wid...

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Swallows on Whitestone Hills

I was high on the hills over Settle,

The day that the swallows returned,

            The haze on the whitestone shimmered,

            And the sun in the heavens burned.

            The bleating of lambs was a chorus,

            To the new summer song on the air,

             For god was at ease in his glory,

            And I was a s...

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Traffic Lights

At sixteen years I bought myself the finest birthday prize,

I bought a motorcycle and despite my mothers cries,

I set out to the open roads spurred on by youth and zest,

Through summers never ending it was better than the best.

God knows I took my chances though the roads were traffic free,

In nineteen sixty life was rich the world was just for me,

Pet...

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 OFF

Its New Years Day, I’m resolute,

This year I’ll give my greed the boot,

This year I’ll be a better man,

At least I’m thinking that’s the plan.

All worldly pleasure I’ll abjure,

And morally I'll be so pure,

I’ll pay my taxes with a smile,

I’ll even go that extra mile.

Then what-ho neighbour how are you,

And is there something I can do,

In need o...

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