Wake me up before you go go to club tropicana

Bad boys and young guns go for it and wham rap together

Everything she wants baby I'm your man

Do it right at the edge of heaven in club fantastic forever

I heard the sad news late on Christmas evening

That George Michael had peacefully passed away

He burst onto the music scene with energy and wham

His creative legacy will last for...

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Here comes Christmas once more and I’m all aglow

It’s definitely my favourite time of year don’t you know

A very welcome break from the daily grind and toil

Time out from the tiresome commute regally royal

Looking forward to warm greetings and smiling faces

Full of frisky friendly festive spirit in all the right places

Santa and red nose Rudolf are zooming across the skies

Mer...

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If you need a dictator I’m your main man

I will serve my people the best that I can

All I ever wanted was to set Cubans free

One of the best friends that I ever had

Che Guevara a soldier and brother in arms

When they executed you hombre I was sad

If you want a revolution go to war with me

I will fight to the bitter end just you see

I’m not afraid of the weak imper...

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The man from U.N.C.L.E. was never too flash

But bad guys they would always firmly bash

An organisation of many upstanding nations

Promoting world peace and good relations

Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo kicked some arse

David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin weren’t no farce

This dynamic duo were always in a great rush

To defeat their arch enemy an outfit called T.H.R.U.S.H.

These...

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Leonard Cohen he has seen been spoken and gone

But his words and legacy will forever live on

On a cold and frosty morning in early November

Look up to lifeless empty sky and always remember

The dark somber lyrics that touched your very soul

In those lonely deserted places where life takes its toll

You question challenge and fight for your fragile existence

But the day will soo...

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Along the narrow winding path I purposefully strode

My footsteps cushioned by the dew laden leaves

Further into the inviting forest I tentatively ventured

My breath stifled by the imposing odor of sweating trees

But upon seeing the bluebells in the breeze dancing

I regained my poise and quickened my pedestrian pace

My mood elevated by the birdsong chorus romancing

It felt as i...

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If only I was a super scary eerie ghost

I long to be a grim gallant ghastly ghoul

Get up to all kinds of mystic mischief

And generally play act the foolish fool

I am surely in a Halloween state of mind

Only allowed out to surprise on October 31

A genuine evil deadly dude one of a kind

Well I’ll be a sinister surly son of a gun

I will scare the pants off you guaranteed

Yo...

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Pete walks and struts boldly down the street

Heads are turned and insults ready to flow

He don’t care what the f---k you think  

Because the burning fuse is ready to blow

Mother was an alcoholic and an inspiration

She knew he would make it dead or alive

A freak unique who had a cosmetic look

An eccentric and one of a kind no jive

Spin Me Round (Like a Record) if y...

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World Mental Health Day - 2016

Some people they couldn’t even care less

Life is so very tough and full of unfairness

Today is the one annual day to raise awareness

Teach understanding tolerance and careness

This day is World Mental Health Day

Remember the date of October 10 okay

Speak up and tell Joe public better risk it

We are not just a statistic that takes the bisc...

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I am an eternal scribe with inspiration in my tank

I paint pictures with words for better or worse

The whole wide world is my canvas blank

A complicated intriguing man of intricate verse

My Celtic heritage for my blarney I have to thank

Mostly I am upbeat but then again terse

We are all in it together no order or rank

Writing is a blessing and sometimes a curse

The pen is m...

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I contemplate in a moody borough of New York

A looming grey sky above gives me the blues

I take a stroll across the imposing Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan is calling my name what’s the news

I stumble blindly down streets with no name

People swarming like ants down the avenues

Time to take a bite out of the big apple

Welcome my friends to the human zoo

October is alive and knock...

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I gaze on the forgotten summer fading into the distant horizon

As my pounding heart and tortured soul turn an artic icy blue

The days are short and the nights are growing ever longer

Planet earth you have got the power – nothing that I can do

How I miss the sensuous soothing heat of the eternal sun

Warm gentle breezes that blew kindly through my hair

Clear blue skies full of dash...

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Born Jerome Silberman June 11 1933

A famous son from the city of Milwaukee

Looking for a life of adventure on the stage

Gene Wilder was the name to set you free

Debuted in Bonnie and Clyde in 67

Leo Bloomed in The Producers in 68

71 Willy Wonka for words we were at a loss

Learnt about sex in 72 as Dr. Doug Ross

As Jim The Waco Kid you lit the fire

In the year o...

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Take a stroll with me along the deserted shore

As the wild waves crash onto the baking sands

Under a welcoming crystal clear blue sky

We meander smiling happily hand in hand

I surrender you got me completely hooked

Just can’t help my emotional self anymore

My happy heart is about to burst with joy

You I just want to cherish worship and adore

Let me cover you with fancy fren...

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She said hello my tough little cockle

I smiled and flexed my bulging mussel

She was a sweet pretty little squid

Looking for a lobster with whom to tussle

I ain’t no shy retiring periwinkle

Sharp and cool as a razor clam I am

As pretty as a Dublin Bay prawn she was

Checking out your delicious scallop yes mam

No point in being a selfish shellfish

Welcome to the wild w...

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What do you know August has arrived?

The sun is hiding and that’s no jive

I am surrounded by clouds and a storm

A wild wind blows that ain’t the norm

On the train contemplating an horizon grey

August when are you going to make my day

Where on earth did the sizzling summer go?

I just can’t take it my mind is going to blow

All I need is a hot shot of vitamin D

A clear blue...

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Stayed up late until the early morning hours

Drinking whisky by the light of the silvery moon

Thinking about the golden times we had

Now I’m surrounded by an eternal gloom

The sun always shone in your smiling eyes

Rain clouds always seemed to pass you by

I used to be on a natural high all day long

Now I sit all alone and wonder why

Played a record to while away the blu...

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For twelve glorious years

You were a member of the family

The highs and lows you were there to see

A constant delight and companion to everybody

The day has come for a last goodbye

All we can do is sit and cry

Unconditional love and affection

Was always yours to give for free

I smile and recall the joy on the face of thee

When you frolicked as a puppy by the sea

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On a Bastille Day evening 2016

Carnage was cruelly committed

On a scale never before seen

Along the Promenade des Anglais

Celebrations of freedom and liberation

Turned into a bloodbath by evil unforeseen

Families torn apart and children slaughtered

In the name of a warped Islamic dream

A nation once again is in mourning

Our solidarity and support must be seen

Sing pro...

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Jumped on the tourist bus this grey Dublin morning

As a gentle refreshing misty rain was falling

It took me on a journey to a cemetery named Glasnevin

On arrival I could hear my brother in law calling

It was just like a voice from heaven above

Here I stand respectfully by his peaceful grave

The grand old times they came flooding back

He always said “we are not here for a long ...

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He is a real live diamond geezer

Who goes by the name of Ebenezer

He was on an Italian trip to Pisa

Where he met a beautiful girl called Liza

She was as crunchy as a malteser

Sat there drinking a Bacardi breezer

He really wants to please her

But she is a great big teaser

Every single time he sees her

He goes very week at the kneesa

She is definitely no mother teresa

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Hello grandad it’s nice to meet you for the first time

Thank you for being patient with my mum and dad

I have travelled for 9 months to reach my destination

Here I am on planet earth and it's not so bad

On the morn of 24th June 2016 at the hour of 4:50

I made my dramatic entrance into a world brand new

All dazed confused and sleepy is just how I feel

The clock is ticking and...

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On the south shore of Blackpool all was pretty quiet

Just what you would expect in the middle of the night

It was 5 in the morning and I was still in nod city

When I heard a sound that made me feel kind of gritty

A piercing cry and a shriek that woke me with a start

Now I’m wide awake listening to my beating heart

Something is going on in the streets outside

There are flocks o...

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The eternal sun is shining brightly

Not a cloud to be seen in the sky

I am sat licking a cool ice cream

Remembering days long gone by

Children frolic on the shimmering shore

Sandcastles stand proud and tall

Deck chairs full of happy families galore

On a golden sandy beach one and all

It brings back distant forgotten memories 

And rekindles the boy deep inside me

The j...

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I just heard the news from Minnesota

Location Paisley Park on this Thursday

Early on the morning of April 21 2016

Prince Rogers Nelson passed away

I guess it’s a Sign ‘O’ the Times

When you wear a Raspberry Beret

Delirious you just got to Letitgo

Let’s Go Crazy in America okay

I wish you could Take Me With You

Cause Money Doesn’t Matter 2 Night

When U Got the Look of ...

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Good Friday cross to bear

Why did you crucify me ?

Here comes the resurrection

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I am a Celt through and through

And my blood flows crimson green

The Emerald Isle is my ancestral home

A never ending beautiful distant dream

A vagabond of the western world

London Irish is my state of mind

I am a writer and a fighter

A rebel and take life as I find

I am a drinker and a thinker

And I love the music and craic

Gaze deep into my smiling eyes

Luck is o...

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The world is a merry go round

A roller coaster on rocky ground

The day is coming for a new born celebration

An explosion of love and good vibrations

A child of mine has lit the flame

Her life will never again be the same

Hey up grandad what’s the story?

Hold your head high and bathe in the glory

A miracle has occurred haven’t you heard

Confirmed conception that’s the wor...

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I was blinded by the glorious light

My world was surely out of sight

Have no more strength left to fight

Wide  awake in the dead of the night

Screaming in the silence out loud

Entombed in a corpse like shroud

Just want to make you happy and proud

Join you on your heavenly cloud

Together we will watch the sunrise

You are a guardian angel in disguise

Let me dive swim an...

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January  10 2016 changes unforeseen

The thin white duke has gone and been

The jean genie had sound and vision

All the young dudes jump they say

Oh you pretty things loving the alien

We could be heroes and diamond dogs

Let's dance to modern love with a china girl

A drive in Saturday for a life on Mars

Ziggy stardust and the spiders playing mean guitars

Boys keep swinging ...

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