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2 BELOW 0 (REMASTERED) (2023)

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THE LOVE THAT I GOT (REMASTERED)

I’m swaying
You’re weighing
But I cannot stop
The love that I got

I’m fraying
You’re praying
But I cannot block
The love that I got

It doesn’t matter all the things you do
Irrelevant whom you try to fool
Academic how you seek to trick
Ineffective needles which you prick

It’s the rock I’m rolling
Lone path I’ll be cajoling
Baggage now I’ll be stowing
That’s just yeah how it’s going

I’m knocking
You’re balking
But I cannot lock
The love that I got
I’m talking
You’re walking
But I cannot dock
The love that I got

It doesn’t matter all the games you play
Inconsequential much of what you say
Amateur ploys you seek to feign
Immaterial objects which you gain

You’re sending
I’m bending
And all that you let
Is what you shall get
You’re mending
I’m trending
And all that you set
Is what you shall get

It doesn’t matter whose toes you may step
Unconcerned with what odds may be bet
Unimportant of the lines you blur
Indifferent to the false leads which you spur

But I cannot dock
The love that I got
But I cannot lock
The love that I got
But I cannot block
The love that I got
But I cannot stop

HIG & JIG (REMASTERED)

Caught you sittin’ by the stand
Feet were sinkin’ in quicksand
Said come quickly
Lend a hand

Take 2 steps forward
Slide to the right
Turn hip shake it
Hold it tight
Retrack back jack it
Rotate it nice
Hig and jig it
With all your might

Free wheelin’
Feelin’ surreal &
How I’m movin’
Oh so good yeah
Dream weaving
Got me believin’
Groovin’ like
I know I should

Lend me your ear
Feelin’ low
Think I lost
My mojo
Said relax Mac
Forget the score

Had this feeling
In my bones
It abandoned
Left my home
Wish I could get
Back and roam

Build it up tear it down slightly stirred & shaken round
Amplify in sound surround turn it up let it compound
Elevate let it resound replay it to a full rebound
Escalate gaining ground toe to toe and pound for pound

Take it high and bring it low blur the lines and let it flow
Watch it go have it unfold just hang it loose and make it roll
Serve it hot or dish it cold shoot the mark hit the goal
Play the half and take it whole in this moment fully enrolled

So now get movin’
Groovin’ right
Bust it loose yeah
Hold it tight
Ain’t much for muscle
I can fight
The love that I got

WIGGLE (REMASTERED)

Cause I really wanna know
If or not it’s time to go
I just wanna make it flow
Get it lined up in a row
Cause I really wanna see
If or not it is for me
Set the lock & turn the key
Start the countdown now on three

Come here and shake it
Really want to take it
Can’t seem to fake it
Would be a shame to waste it
Turn it & baste it
Really want to taste it
Lick it & paste it
Really want to make it

Come and embrace it
Get the nerves to face it
Frame and encase it
Just don’t go debase it
Sketch freehand trace it
Mind you don’t erase it
Get on and chase it
Just don’t go misplace it

Feels like the world is spinning around
As though my feet aren’t touching the ground
Watching the colours explode into sound
Second hand is coming unwound

Feels like my mind explodes into space
Accelerate at a slow-motion pace
Sketch a fine line without any trace
Everything just falls into place

Go and ignite it
Strike a match to light it
Come uninvited
You’re really gonna like it
Proceed despite it
Grin then bear & bite it
Wrong and then right it
You just got to fight it

Come in and sample
The supplies are ample
Roll out the gamble
Shake your sweet bojangles
Tempt it & dangle
Get on up and scramble
Ain’t gonna ramble
This is my preamble

DUST IT OFF (REMASTERED)

My heart it breaks
Body aches for you
My spirit shakes
Mind awakes it’s true

Don’t know if you do
But I felt such a fool
Pick me up dust me off
Make me feel brand new

My heart relays
Everyday to you
Don’t delay
Can’t withhold the truth

Message on its way
With words that can’t convey
Feel for you do you feel for me
Perhaps the same way

My tears won’t dry
Eyes don’t lie to you
Lost soul it cries
Hope it sighs it’s true

Don’t know if I’m wrong
The words to this song
Shoot the moon go for broke
Finish the leg strong

My mind implores
Heart adores it’s true
Can’t ignore
Knock on the door from you

Anecdotally it’s true
Categorically it’s you
No surprise where truth belies
How it comes to pool

Love don’t erode
Hope don’t corrode for you
Feelings explode
Don’t implode it’s true
My dream it plies
Time it flies with you
Crystallize
In your eyes it’s true

CHASE THE SUN RISIN' (REMASTERED)

Said I’m moving on
Just a singin’ my song
Can’t be staying long
Must be rollin’ along
Yes I’m groovin’ on
Ride from dusk until dawn
To where my spirit is drawn
Taillights fade and then gone

Gonna head for the hills
Beyond the horizon
Gonna make like the moon
Chase the sun risin’

Yeah man so I was just heading down that dusty road
Minding my own, window down
When a flash of light caught my eye in the rear-view mirror
& then you burst forth

Turned a blind eye to all my good deeds
Went AWOL in my hour of need
Reaped what was sewn & replenished with weeds
Washed your hands as you wished me Godspeed

Lent a deaf ear to all of my pleas
Hid the antidote for my disease
Body blow brought me down to my knees
Turned & smiled while I slowly bleed

Looks like things are clearing up ahead
With nothing left behind
Maybe time to ease off on the gas for a bit
Push the seat back

WE'RE THRU (REMASTERED)

When I’m riding alone & I’m thinking of you
& I wonder aloud about what I should do
But I’m not really sure ‘cause I don’t have the time
Got no sense, wits, yeah now rhythm or rhyme

Thought I was wise
Now I feel like a fool
Figured all was aligned
It’s all askew
Need a séance
Foresee the news

Wonder how I could be so blind
Replay the tape quick please press rewind

Ain’t stoppin’ at the exit door for you
Not coppin’ yeah to all the things you do
Ain’t poppin’ tales straight outta the blue
Not droppin’ yeah now what I know is true

Ain’t crawlin’ on my hands and knees to you
Not fallin’ for the same old tricks you do
Ain’t ballin’ as I head out for the blue
Not stalling here’s a newsflash now we’re through

When I’m lying awake & I’m drinking ‘bout us
Endlessly pondering about what was the fuss
But I don’t really know ‘cause I don’t really care
Had enough of two-faced truth double dares

Thought it was cool
Now I feel like a klutz
Thought I had was all-clear
Now I’m down on my luck
Wish I knew now
What I didn’t know then

Hit the brakes stop cold in my tracks
Shiftin’ the gears reverse double back

Board up the doors & lock all the gates
Hands to yourself now don’t tempt fate

POW (REMASTERED)

Stuck in a rut
No ifs ands or buts
Down in a glut
Seems I lost my strut
Struck in the gut
Not quite sure by what
Lifeline is cut
Exit way is shut

Then you come in the doorway bay
Turn around I say hey hey hey
Imply that you’d like to stay
Think it could be my lucky day yay yay

Mired in a drought
Without any doubt
Holler and shout
Got nothing to tout
Lost on a rout
With nothing to flout
Stuck on the outs
Seems I lost my clout

Then you call on the telephone
Address me in a certain tone
Inquire if I’m home alone
Determine if I might be prone oh yeah

I want it now
You need it how
I like it wow
You got it pow

Stuck in a ditch
Without any hitch
Locked in a pitch
Without any switch
Seeking a niche
Not quite sure of which
I got an itch
Makes me wanna twitch

Got the warning you’d drop on by
Think I knew the reason why
Shrug my shoulders turn and sigh
Truth I told was all a lie I said

Down in a muck
Like a sitting duck
Wheels spin & stuck
Trend I’d like to buck
Progress is struck
Things have run amok
Wish I could chuck
Get back to good luck

Then you burst ‘neath the full moonlight
Mood is set the timing’s right
Sparkling under the twilight night
Ignition on as we take flight come on

I want it now
You need it how
I like it wow
You got it pow
You want it now
I need it how
You like it wow
I got it pow

WHAT I WANT (REMASTERED)

Dusk was fast approaching
As I paced back and forth
Bead of sweat traced my brow
Had no place to go
But I had to get from where I was
Wasn’t wanted there no more
So I grabbed a white shirt and pair of black slacks
Slipped out back
Night was peaceful
Had no fixed address no one looking for me
The path was clear
So I took it

Run and kickin’
From where I was before
Clock is ticking
Searchin’ for the exit door
Fingers pickin’
Master key on the floor
Nothing clickin’
The sweat drippin’ through my pores
Pulse is racin’
Searching for a second way
Fingers tracin’
Gather up my dossier
Heartbeat chasin’
Panoramic quick survey
Body bracin’
Leap of faith from the fray

The moon began to rise along that eastern ridge
Arcing slowly across the sky
Lookin’ down at me
For I was soul bare with a ragged stare
Weathered skin and a little thin
But I was still moving
Passed the cacti which stood like sentinels
Saluting my passage
Stoic silent
I just kept on thinking reminiscing reflecting
Thought of you from time to time
Did you feel it

So I looked up ahead and thought to double back
Maybe change tack
But kept on track
For I was a solo hobo with no loco moto
But that was fine by me
This moment anyway
And as the day began to break
A picture of your face shone across my mind
Warmed me to my soul
And I felt a lifetime pass in one nighttime
With answers to questions I didn’t have
So I journeyed on

OVERDRIVE (REMASTERED)

I’ve been prodded & been poked
Pushed & pulled & then provoked
Hounded each and everyday
Seemingly each & everyway

Been dismissed without respite
Skipped the bark received the bite
Kicked & trashed upon the floor
Full onslaught my body bore

Had all memory erased
Skip the plot cut to the chase
Sensing the walls are closing in
Seeking an exit way again

Idly dismissed without a case
Thrown out while standing safe on base
Judge smiled so condescendingly
This time there won’t be no jury

Empty pockets naked mast
Endless sea shapeless & vast
Bait my feeble line & cast
Stretch it out to make it last

But I’m digging in my heels
Fighting for what I know is real
If you’d care to throw it down
Be forewarned I’m duty bound

Note that my eyes are curtain veiled
Peek behind them if you dare
Fire brimstone nostril flare
If looks could kill then see my glare

PAY DIRT (REMASTERED)

Stay back
Don’t crack
Unsure when I’ll be back
Turn round
Stand down
Shut it don’t make a sound
Relay
Convey
There’s no time to delay
Fan out
Reroute
Don’t let the word get out

Go track it
That sound
Slow hack it
Expound
Go jack it
Surround
Mack tack it
Impound

Lay low
Go slow
On your mark get set go
Head down
Look round
Keep it within the bounds

Relate
Conflate
No time to debate
Ignite
Take fight
Keep clear out of sight

All I wanted in this spinning big wide world was you
Then you turned proclaimed we’re thru
The situation comes unglued
Don’t know what’s hearsay or true
Thinking all the things you said
Echoing within my head
I’m left hanging by a thread
As the light quick changes to red

Close in
Begin
No sign where you have been
Fan out
Reroute
Inquire what it’s about
Engage
Upstage
Let’s turn the final page
Prevail
All hail
Assess and re-gauge

Locate it
Amend
Placate it
Ascend
Relate it
Extend
Rotate it
Transcend

I want it now
You need it how
Please hear my vow
I plea to thou
Standing my ground
Let me expound
Going full round

Confusion
Contusion
Conniption
Conviction
Persuasion
Evasion
Disruption
Eruption

Assess
Redress
Don’t fold under duress
Adapt
Retract
Step back quick-check the facts
Acquire
Desire
Keep stoking the fire
Avert
Desert
Dig deep ‘til hit pay dirt

BUST LOOSE (REMASTERED)

So I wake up in a dream
It seems just all so serene
Don’t know quite what to believe
Card I saw tucked up your sleeve

But I see a light down the way
Beckoning & calling my name
Implores me to take the next step
No matter of the odds which are bet

So I step on out the door
Look up & then down my floor
Hall light short circuits inside
It sparks flickers flames then dies

Feel primed and ready to score
Pour it on & give it some more
Riding the pendulum swing
To the clasp I desperately cling

As you call I’m pulling away
Expired meter voiding my stay
Penalty fine I can’t afford to pay
I’ve got nothing to say

Bust loose
Breaking headlong into the wind
Lit fuse
Propelling me further away again
No use
Going where there’s no return to send
Hit cruise
Waiting way past beyond the bend

So I walk on down the road
Shall pay when I hit the toll
Grey clouds clustering ahead
Obscure the path I once tread

But I feel the wheel start to turn
Correcting redirecting my burn
Feeling the envelope spring
No telling of the launch it may bring

But I see it coming around
Make up ground without any sound
Feeling the sweat start to bead
Tells me of the sign I should heed

Take a look & please read the sign
Clock’s ticking you are out of time
Clear intrusion way over the line
I politely decline

SYNERGY (REMASTERED)

Late one night
I was walking alone
No streetlights
Trying to make my home
Then you came in my mind
Stumbled to the beat
Vibe tripline
I’m left feelin’ the heat

Like a moth to a flame
Flicker to your light
As a boy with no shame
Fighting the good fight

Pull my chain
Don’t refrain
Please sustain
My need

I want you
You want me
One and one
Pure synergy
I lost you
You found me
What we’ve got
Sweet harmony

Early one morn
Tossing in my sleep
Clouded sunrise
Light beginning to creep
Entered in my dream
Like the twilight zone
Didn’t wanna escape
Pleasure thunderdome

Like a pig to a trough
Hunger for the feast
Flick the switch to the off
Beauty and the beast

Bustin’ loose
No excuse
Sign the truce
I plead

Left astray
In the fray
Run away
Godspeed

ARCADE (2023)

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HOLD THE LINE

Got my fingers taped
Across my shoulders
Your full weight is draped
Around my neck

With a jacket flung
On a boulder
All our hopes are hung
By a thread

There you come
Dig in your heels
There’s no turning back
On the run
Closing in
Press on full attack
Halfway done
Holding firm
Cut back all the slack
Feeling stung
Shake it off
Break it off

Breath illuminates
Night grows colder
Shadows they retrace
My footsteps

Match extinguishes
Watch it smolder
Strike another spark
Light again

There you stand
Hold the line
There’s no backing out
Flames are fanned
Eye to eye
Slowly turnabout
Underhand
Check your gut
No time to lose doubt
Punches land
Shrug it off
Slug it off

Final hope escapes
In the twilight
Two feet nimbly traipse
On a beam

Triggering a switch
Caught in crossfire
Future move is stitched
In a dream

There you plot
Tangled in
Sordid web you’ve spun
Pick your spots
Double-check
Watch it come undone
Take your shots
Pinpoint them
There ain’t no rerun
Sold and bought
Brush it off
Turn it off

STAGE RIGHT

Feel on the outs
Deep in a drought
Feeling self-doubt
Losing my clout
Sensing a rout
Nothing to tout
Try to shout out
What it’s all about

On with my day
Go home or stay
Hold it at bay
Brush it away
Come what may
Bend it and sway
No time to play
Outcome I weigh

May think I’m beaten
Fully retreating
The moment’s fleeting
And worth repeating
Poor heart is seizing
Yet still believing
Drive is not easing
Aim to be pleasing

Lost in a haze
Thirty-nine days
Full mudslide pave
Attempting to stave
No time to shave
Try to behave
My word engraved
Onus I waive

Feel insecure
Please reassure
I can endure
Try to procure
A tad demure
Provocateur
Cast out the lure
Camouflaged cure

It’s so compelling
The moment’s telling
There’s no short selling
Last rebel yelling
There’s no concealing
Sly hand you’re dealing
It’s so revealing
The cards you’re stealing

Hear what you’re saying
See the game playing
There’s no conveying
High price they’re paying
Lost path you’re laying
Will lead to straying
Did the surveying
If I may weigh in

As the curtain draws
Take a breath and pause
Hoping for applause
That there’s no faux pas
Stepping on the stage
Turn another page
Hoping to engage
Successfully assuage

Tear the cobwebs
Outta my head
Hung by a thread
I’ve been mislead
Pounds to be shed
Lines I’ve been fed
Innocence pled
Rights have been read

I will not bail
Wall I won’t scale
Cab I won’t hail
Barge will not sail
On a fresh trail
Breathe in exhale
Straddle the rail
To no avail

I am rebelling
We hear you yelling
The storm’s not quelling
There’s just no telling
High point is reeling
Right to the ceiling
Wood joints are squealing
Fresh paint is peeling

Last chance is waning
Mirage is feigning
Grey sky is raining
Blue water staining
Love is ordaining
Hope is sustaining
My will’s retaining
The flood is draining

As the curtain draws
Take a breath and pause
Hoping for applause
That there’s no faux pas
Stepping on the stage
Turn another page
Hoping to engage
Successfully assuage

JETTISON

First you pull me up
Then you knock me down
Shove me to the right
Push me all around

Call me over here
Beckon over there
Hold me underground
Coming up for air

7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Go

Air is thin the moment’s near
Time to blow this atmosphere
Light speed to a new galactic space

Cabin shakes engines roar
Like a prehistoric dinosaur
Jettison don’t leave a trace

First you start me up
Then you shut me down
Pull me to the left
Drag me all around

Beckon over here
Summon over there
Suffocate my flame
Reignite my flare

First you rack me up
Then you take me down
Pocket corner left
Swing me all around

Signal over here
Flag me over there
Lay a hidden trap
I avoid the snare

7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Go

As I go to fill this void
Catastrophic asteroid
Fire up my lone propeller
Supersonic interstellar

Got one shell load and fire
Fierce blowback repels me higher
Gyroscope viral spin
Searching for my solar twin
Oh yeah

First you build me up
Then you slam me down
Shake me all about
Run me over town

Haul me over here
Drop me over there
Discard when you’re through
Like you couldn’t care

7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Go

Air is thin the moment’s near
Time to blow this atmosphere
Light speed to a new galactic space

Cabin shakes engines roar
Like a prehistoric dinosaur
Jettison don’t leave a trace

SWING ON A VINE

At the bus stop
Hop on hop off
One ride a pop
Change lines and swap
Too far to walk
No time to talk
Sights set and locked
Get off next block

It could be the season
That could be the reason

On with my day
Feeling OK
At a café
Take a survey

This could be the feeling
That has left me reeling

Long odds I weigh
Findings convey
There’s no delay
High price to pay

And as I see you walking talking on by
If I said so what it would be a big lie

Feigning concern
Try to discern
Big rapids churn
The tide has turned

As the sun sets down
Leaving this town
As the Earth goes round
Touching high ground
As stars collide
My time I’ll bide
As the black hole draws
Stop hold and pause

Along the line
Swing on a vine
Quarter to nine
Biding my time
Feeling so fine
Hear the bell chime
Locked in a rhyme
Hands off what’s mine

It could be the full moon
Got me going boom-boom

Splash the cologne
Squeeze out the foam
Tonic and comb
Get in the zone

It could be the starlight
Got me feeling so bright

Pick up the phone
There’s no dial tone
Nowhere to roam
The coup has flown

As I see rocking right through your day
Don’t worry about me ‘cause yeah I’ll be OK

Down in a glut
Blew the last putt
Kicked in the gut
You say so what

Crane my neck and look up to heaven
On the sixth stage hoping I make it seven
Got to move on just like Magellan
Where I’ll go there ain’t just ain’t no telling

Check my plate and the rations are meagre
Feeling worn and a tad beleaguered
Save my strength and dig a little deeper
Get the tunes and let’s crank up the Seger

You know what can’t give up got to pour it and fill my cup

If I pass by promise I won’t sneak peek
Knowing your status isn’t something I seek

Feeling so spurned
Bridges are burned
Can’t be returned
Meeting adjourned

As the sun sets down
Leaving this town
As the Earth goes round
Touching high ground
As stars collide
My time I’ll bide
As the black hole draws
Stop hold and pause

RUMBLE

And you know that I just want to rock
All it seems you want to do is talk
It just seems to go on for nonstop
That is why it’s time for me to walk

And you claim you want to take the lead
Please indulge but it’s not what I need
You forewarn it’s better to take heed
I don’t believe that’s what was agreed

How you do
Read the news
Voodoo who
Is it true

Say take my lead but I don’t like to follow
Words that you say they just resonate hollow
Hard to digest I just can’t seem to swallow
Got to move on cause there’s no point to wallow

You say wait a sec but there’s no time to squander
Stop ruminating cause there’s nothing to ponder
Pawn stolen goods but I don’t like to launder
Say that you’re gone but I’m already yonder

So I hear you calling out my name
But by now it sounds just all the same
Situation feeling oh so lame
Must step out I’m so glad that you came

Clock strikes twelve it’s time to take my leave
Navigating as I bob and weave
Caught a sneak peek what was up your sleeve
Busted attempt to thieve and deceive

Have no clue
Got to stew
Right on cue
Kind of knew

Say take my lead but I don’t like to follow
Words that you say they just resonate hollow
Hard to digest I just can’t seem to swallow
Got to move on cause there’s no point to wallow

You say wait a sec but there’s no time to squander
Stop ruminating cause there’s nothing to ponder
Pawn stolen goods but I don’t like to launder
Say that you’re gone but I’m already yonder

Can’t seem to hold at bay
Mind is beginning to stray
Foundation made of clay
On your knees

Say take my lead but I don’t like to follow
Words that you say they just resonate hollow
Hard to digest I just can’t seem to swallow
Got to move on cause there’s no point to wallow

You say wait a sec but there’s no time to squander
Stop ruminating cause there’s nothing to ponder
Pawn stolen goods but I don’t like to launder
Say that you’re gone but I’m already yonder

Why you do me that way
Ends are beginning to splay
Nerves are commencing to fray
Lining’s turning to grey
Stance is starting to sway
Low is where you should lay
There is nothing to say

BON VOYAGE

Yeah I see you coming on
Why you got to come on so strong
You can keep right on going long
Reflect upon what’s right and wrong

Why you got to say all these things
Is that what you really mean
Call a board meeting to convene
Locate my soul and place a lien

Why won’t you fade away
Move along with your day
Time to leave me alone
Get on back to your home

I am standing right here
Won’t be shedding a tear
As I sweep this montage
Best of luck bon voyage

Why not go on your merry way
Not a thing for you here today
There’s no vacancy for a stay
Game is up there’s no one to play

Don’t really think that you’re making sense
Build a wall inside your fence
Spit me out as you dispense
Postulating in the past tense

Why won’t you fade away
Move along with your day
Time to leave me alone
Get on back to your home

I am standing right here
Won’t be shedding a tear
As I sweep this montage
Best of luck bon voyage

There ain’t no need to double back
Get on now and pick up the slack
Everything seems so out of whack
See the facade begin to crack

Why won’t you fade away
Move along with your day
Time to leave me alone
Get on back to your home

I am standing right here
Won’t be shedding a tear
As I sweep this montage
Best of luck bon voyage

SAUNTERING

Hey what you doing
Storm it be brewing
My how you’re stewing
Note it’s accruing
Hey where you moving
Toxic is spewing
Might I be viewing
No

Guess I never forgot about with me and you
Memories stick together just like crazy glue

As I’m moving sauntering
Everything just falls right apart
Once was grooving now faltering
As I fumble to ignite the weary start
Sidestepping blows and peppering
Like spotlights just watching your eyes dart
Sheltering and shepherding
Draw the wagons around my worn and teary heart

Hey there you go
Just like in a dream
What do you know
Not quite all as it seems
Why do you stow
Might you share sparingly
What you propose
Is simply not for me

Hey where you going
Floodgates they open
Minds they are blowing
Feelings are flowing
Just can’t be stowing
Resentment is growing
Crosswinds are blowing
Go

Suddenly emerge from the deep recesses of my mind
Resurfacing at the most inconvenient of times
Makes no sense trivial rhythm which I try to rhyme
Drift lost and hopeless without my sole partner in crime

As I’m moving sauntering
Everything just falls right apart
Once was grooving now faltering
As I fumble to ignite the weary start
Sidestepping blows and peppering
Like spotlights just watching your eyes dart
Sheltering and shepherding
Draw the wagons around my worn and teary heart

Hey what you do
Don’t think that it’s free
One of the few
As far as I can see
Out of the blue
Try hard to take the lead
What’s old is new
Is all I do concede

As I’m moving sauntering
Everything just falls right apart
Once was grooving now faltering
As I fumble to ignite the weary start
Sidestepping blows and peppering
Like spotlights just watching your eyes dart
Sheltering and shepherding
Draw the wagons around my worn and teary heart

Suppose I’ll head out on my own
That I will
Go and dig up a new bone
Then I’ll chill
Guess I’ll blaze out in the dust
Cause it’s time
Peel off all the hanging rust
Make it mine

Wander down the shady lane
Watch me now
Discard all of the old pain
Show me how
Seek shelter beneath the rain
Make it shine
Hop on the next passing train
Feel the rhyme

SHRUG

Saw you
What could you do
Caught me
Could you believe

Stop pause
Hold for applause
Naïve
Taking my leave

Surreal
Feeling congeals
Raw deal
Serve up the meal

Jibber jabber fibber flabber
Comes out garbled all the toxic you spew
Jimmer jammer simmer stammer
Need a translation just don’t know what to do

As true love erodes
Heart damn near implodes
Shrug it right off of you
As the sparkle rusts
Boom has gone to bust
Shrug it right off of me

Spot me
So easily
Catch you
Turning the screw

Change plans
On deck all hands
Bereft
Exit stage left

Primetime
Get back in line
Secede
Dependently

Mumbo jumbo gusto gumbo
Becomes infected all the things that you touch
Jingle jangle wringle wrangle
Need an injection I have got a head rush

As true love erodes
Heart damn near implodes
Shrug it right off of you
As the sparkle rusts
Boom has gone to bust
Shrug it right off of me

RICOCHET

Yes I read you don’t want me here no more
That you’ve arrived to even up the score
Strap on my boots do up the laces tight
Adjust my headband get set do it right

Then launch a protest to the referee
Transform a skirmish into a melee
Go throw a tantrum draw a yellow card
Convert what’s easy into something hard

Yes I heard you can’t bear to hear my name
That you will forfeit throw away the game
Yes I read you may simply go retire
Must stoke the embers reignite the fire

Been told to stay leave well enough alone
Then draw the shades hermit within my home
Been forewarned to just let sleeping dogs lie
Fasten the leash tip toe back wave bye-bye

But maybe all the stupid things you do
Will boomerang and slingshot back to you
And all the shade yeah which you toss about
Will ricochet and mire you in doubt

Gonna make a safe retreat
Ten thousand miles away from here
Come and jump in the backseat
Grab the wheel and make it veer

Press the lever down
Feel the road as it unfolds
Wheels go round and round
Cutting through a new threshold

Stars in the foreground
Spectacle full manifold
Destination bound
Forever young and never old

Feel the moonbeam crest
Spotlight bright within the sky
Shines down on your breast
Extracts my breath making me sigh

Lunar solar quest
Twist and turn up the hi-fi
Lay my soul to rest
Backseat astral vision lie

Yes I’m told that you woke within a dream
And all is not what once upon it seemed
Then as you go to give your head a shake
Draw a deep breath then do a double-take

Go full ninja to not disturb your zen
Then hold my breath ‘til I am blue again
Trigger defcon keep radar sweeping clear
Maintain safe distance won’t ever get near

But maybe all the stupid things you do
Will boomerang and slingshot back to you
And all the shade yeah which you toss about
Will ricochet and mire you in doubt

ARRIVAL TIME

And as I push off for distant shores
Full of hope and folklore
Hit the lights sweep the floor
Grab the key lock the door

Don’t know where it’ll lead or baby what I’ll find
Of the answer I’ll get to the call inside
Radar sweeps the horizon no arrival time
Every step that I take got you on my mind

Know that all that I say babe is dear and true
Of the love and the faith which I have for you
Hang on tight to the road that you’re riding down
Smooth out all of the bumps and keep your journey sound

And as I break through another wall
Three feet thick ten feet tall
Brace myself for the fall
Momentum doesn’t stall

Don’t know where it’ll lead or baby what I’ll find
Of the answer I’ll get to the call inside
Radar sweeps the horizon no arrival time
Every step that I take got you on my mind

Thinking back reflecting all that we’ve been through
Of the false promises and prophecies of doom
Played like a catch-22 mixed with some déjà vu
More than I ever could possibly construe

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ZULU

Slow eye caught you walking
Fast one watched you talking
Card will soon be clocking
Ship just won’t be docking

Felt you reach and grabbing
Flailing & backstabbing
Feel the jibber jabber
Hear the blibber-blabber

Blatantly campaigning
Wining so disdaining
Moon it is a waning
Gravity is straining
Will not ever waver
Don’t do me no favour

Oh I lose my head & I don’t know what to do
Quickly spin around but I just don’t have a clue
Try to stick together but it all comes unglued
Flag a cab at midnight but I don’t speak Zulu

Chops they maybe licking
My the clock is ticking
Second hand is sticking
First one does the picking

Now I feel the tousle
Bumped & a tad jostled
Outcome so colossal
Once before was docile

How it’s getting frantic
All your silly antics
Ominous gigantic
Fully sycophantic
Got me second guessing
Soon I’ll be confessing

Oh I lose my head & I don’t know what to do
Quickly spin around but I just don’t have a clue
Try to stick together but it all comes unglued
Flag a cab at midnight but I don’t speak Zulu

It’s coming round
Don’t make a sound
Soon climbing up
Time to rebut
Making the rounds
Go pound for pound
Smooth going down
Slip underground

Slowly am backtracking
Speedily unpacking
Clothes they’ve been ransacking
Plans we’ll be hijacking

Waves are getting hectic
Overboard the skeptic
Lightning is kinetic
Energy eclectic

Feel the razzle dazzle
Frizzle a tad frazzled
Let me stroke the gavel
Mosey in the saddle
Won’t nobody listen
Moment freshly glistens

Oh I lose my head & I don’t know what to do
Quickly spin around but I just don’t have a clue
Try to stick together but it all comes unglued
Flag a cab at midnight but I don’t speak Zulu

PARADOXICAL RECOIL

I can’t wait to see you
Think about it all day
Goes around in my head
Six second delay

But as I take the last bend
See that you’re predisposed
Sends me over the edge
How I misdiagnosed

Hey what do you want from me
Think again cause it’s not for free
Why is it that you just can’t see
How that it has got to be oh yeah

Cause you’re making my blood boil
Put a deep crease in my foil
Paradoxical recoil
Makes me burn the midnight oil
Yes you’re making my heartache
Wanna give your head a shake
Calling it one big mistake

Wanna know if it’s real or fake
Wanna know should I gas or brake
Wanna know if it’s give or take
Won’t you tell me for goodness sake come on

Slip it into reverse
Back it straight outta here
As I review the account
See the story’s two tier

Check the blind spot again
Hope to get some relief
As I fixate my gaze
Reconfirms my beliefs

Hey what do you want to do
Apparently you just have no clue
Pressure mounts to blow my cool
But I ain’t gonna play the fool oh no

Cause you’re making my blood boil
Put a deep crease in my foil
Paradoxical recoil
Makes me burn the midnight oil
Yes you’re making my heartache
Wanna give your head a shake
Calling it one big mistake

Wanna know if it’s real or fake
Wanna know should I gas or brake
Wanna know if it’s give or take
Won’t you tell me for goodness sake come on

Then you come by and flash a sign
Expecting me to toe the line
I’m not part of some grand design
Invitation I must decline right now

Won’t you come out & play
They’ll be a high place to pay
Let the chips fall where they may
Note that you’re starting to fray

Best that you get on your way
There just ain’t no need to stay
Watching you fading away
Nothing to say

SHIMMY

Get up let’s strut
Down the avenue
Open then shut
Bust it out on cue
Rout deep then cut
Third & twenty-two
Must trust your gut
Move

Profile then style
Round the boulevard
Flash it & smile
Take it to the yard
Tune in fine dial
Don’t let up your guard
Turnstile exile
Fly

Sometimes the rain it just keeps a pouring on down
Patiently wait for a break to boomerang around
Some days simply feels like the sky won’t turn from dark grey
Hold fast to your breath here comes a tsunami sun ray

Like the way that you move
Appreciate how you groove
Just how you shimmy your hips
Sly way you’re licking your lips

Manner you’re tossing your hair
Particular certain flair
Just how you’re shaking your butt
Dragging me outta my rut

Catwalk then talk
Sweetly head to toe
Heart-block gridlock
Gotta make it flow
Nighthawk moonwalk
Like nobody knows
Knick knock tick tock
Go

Quick dance then trance
To the discotheque
First glance last chance
Beautiful shipwreck
Freelance romance
Call all hands on deck
Advance enhance
Sail

Sinking deep into a blanketed black hole
Signal light flashed there’d be little chance for my soul
Kept on searching ‘til I discovered a trapdoor
Jet packing light speed four on the floor

Like the way that you move
Appreciate how you groove
Just how you shimmy your hips
Sly way you’re licking your lips

Manner you’re tossing your hair
Particular certain flair
Just how you’re shaking your butt
Dragging me outta my rut

Feels like my time finally come around
Worth it glad things didn’t come unbound
Guess from now on I will be staying
Got no desire to go straying

Seems like the sun’s finally out to shine
In day’s past there’s no way one could surmise
Taste the sweet breeze that finally blows
Signals the direction I want to flow

UNDERGROUND

Look in my rear view
What do I see
Ghost from the past yeah
Coming at me
Watch it get closer
Making up ground
So I take cover
Without any sound

Fork in the road yeah
Lies up just ahead
Hoping the right side’s
Alive and not dead
Drop it in 5th gear
Stick shift in hand
RPMs spiking
To meet the demand

I’m counting down
Coming inbound
Stay underground
Don’t make a sound

Duck in the corner
Hide until dawn
Kill switch the engine
Keep a light on
Lay out the camo
Cover your tracks
Radio silent
Then double back

I’m counting down
Coming inbound
Stay underground
Don’t make a sound

Knew that the moment would come
When all would be firmly undone
Ball has been set into play
Get ready to jump in the fray
Ending to all of the fun
Colours are starting to run
Positions are settling in
Battle’s about to begin

Sun it is rising
New day awaits
Don’t let your guard down
Defend the gates
Unsure where I’m going
Know where I’ve been
Should I get lucky
Won’t see me again

I’m counting down
Coming inbound
Stay underground
Don’t make a sound

SUPER STORM

Hi there what is your name
Never want to be who’s to blame
Hey now what’s up with you
Don’t want to play nobody’s fool

Never wanted anyone else
Wish you all the best in good health
Loved you above everything else
Wish you much success and great wealth

So now what is your game
Things don’t really seem that unchanged
Hey now what is the score
Are you gonna dish out some more

Never liked the cards I was dealt
Imagine just how I might have felt
Tried to make it clearly spelt out
Never took a shot below belt

You said hey take a pill Bill and try to relax
Why not stop and chill Phil and check all of facts
I can’t stop to spend time and try to discern
Each and every one of your petty concerns

Lord I’m spinning round like a hurricane
Coming on and driving the howling rain
Yes I’m thundering strong like a superstorm
Winding up and striking in lightning form

Hey there why leave so soon
Sun has yet to lasso the moon
So put back on your gloves
Did not intend for push come to shove

Bring it down one more notch
Don’t shipwreck hard on whiskey and rocks
Hey let’s lower the mast
Reel in the long line you have cast

Never want to be put on spot
Really quite content with my lot
Got no need to take the last shot
Some may like it hot but I not

You said why don’t you move along on your merry way
Don’t think to stop to bother us with all that you say
I got no time to reassess and take a detour
With some petty petition which you aim to procure

Lord I’m spinning round like a hurricane
Coming on and driving the howling rain
Yes I’m thundering strong like a superstorm
Winding up and striking in lightning form

DOMINOS

Moving and grooving on with my day
When a riptide came & swept it all away
Taking me right out far past the ridge
To that spot right under the bridge

& as the safety line snapped
I hung on firm to my map
As my feet got ensnared
This losing streak I pared
As the earth’s mantle did crack
I held on firm to the facts
As the winds whipped & lashed
I stayed on true to my pact
Do you remember me
Discarded half-heartedly

Freezing and wheezing deep in the night
When a thick fog obstructed my sight
Lost my direction compass it was broke
Started a fire rain smothered the smoke

& as the drawbridge did sway
I held on true to my way
Standing firm in the gale
Didn’t abort or bail
Though the current did churn
Magnetic pulse I did spurn
Walking the path alone
‘Til I get back to my home

Yeah man they jumped ship & bailed
Turned hip & hightailed
Left us scattered and strewn
Deserted on high shore full marooned

I caught you looking back
Keep moving on
Ensure avoid the cracks
Keep fooling

Sidestepping & shuffling along the block
When a detour rerouted my walk
Took a sharp left down the wrong road
When I got took for more than what was owed

But I’ve recovered dusted myself off
Licked my wounds crawled out of the trough
Seeking some wisdom called up my sage
Said hold the phone let me check the wage

Feels like I’m turning the page
All seems to fall into place
Clock’s tick-tocking on time
Dominos fall into line
Feels I’m in sync with the vibe
Its rhythm I’m gonna ride
Cards seem to all align
Dealer pays out every time

4 TO THE FLOOR

You say you want me
But I am not wanting
You say you need me
But I am not needy
You say that I’m taking
But I am not greedy
Say it’s unfolding
It’s over believe me

You say I’m washed up
But I am still lending
I’ve fallen on hard times
But I am still spending
You say that I’ve sold out
But I am still vending
Say I’m withholding
But I’m not pretending

Are you at home maybe thinking about me
Wondering aloud about what could’ve been
Or was I a blip upon your radar screen
Wipe the slate clean

Lord I’m getting in and I’m lockin’ the door
Kickstart the engine four to the floor
Lay down some rubber peel to the core
Watch me score

You say you’ll hold me
But I am beholden
You say I’m cautious
But I feel emboldened
Say that I’m guilty
There’s nothing I’ve stolen
You say I’m tarnished
But I’m shining golden

You say I’m uncaring
But I am still tending
You say I’m wounded
My fences are mending
You say that I’ve broken
But I am still bending
You say I’ve fallen
But I am ascending

Look straight ahead and I won’t double back
Engine is tuned without any slack
Separate the fiction apart from the facts
Stay on track

Are you at work maybe reminiscing
Pondering about what you couldn’t foresee
Or was I a footnote in some magazine
A page rarely seen

You say I’m mistaken
But I’m comprehending
You say I’ll be fine
You’re so condescending
You say that i am lost
My status is pending
You say I’ve withheld
The message I’m sending

You say I’m unguarded
But I’m good and ready
Say I’m unstable
I’m solid and steady
You say I sing one tune
But I’ve got a medley
Say I’m unexpressive
I’ve said it already

Am I a bug splat upon your windshield
Minor distraction lost in the breeze
Inconsequential irrelevantly seen
Press on full steam
And I’m left thinking it could the day
When we cross paths on our merry way
I might smile but I’ve nothing to say
Be it as it may

STRIDE

Stand on hallowed ground
I’m not stepping down
See you circling round
Scavenge what I found

Holding firm my place
Don’t plan to retrace
There’s no about face
Primed to give it chase

Then the lights go out
World is filled with doubt
As the room spins round
Voices make no sound

Then the picture fades
Play the ace of spades
An impounding rout
Ending to this bout

Where you going
Why you showing

Then it see-saws
Joker laughs he-haw
Hand is misplaced
Dealer loses face

How you doing
What’s accruing

The room goes dark
Situation stark
As I embark
Out upon a lark

Decoding all the rules
Impersonating a fool
Deciphering all the clues

Crawling on my knees
Back to your side
Beggin’ baby please
Let me turn the tide
Maybe we could ease
Let the current ride
Sense it in the breeze
Take it all in stride

Planted firm my feet
No plans to retreat
At a dead-end street
In the rain and sleet

I maintain my stance
Frozen in a trance
Sneak-peeking a glance
Staring down your lance

Tying one on
Going going gone
Riding dusk ‘til dawn
Routing deep and long

Knock upon your door
Crawl along the floor
Hungry for a score
Desperate for some more

Why you stalling
What you hauling

Sleep in my car
Journeyed now so far
Full out of gas
Could not make it last

Why you swaying
Who you paying

Look at the stars
Gazing back afar
Do you surmise
Watching our sunrise

I think of you
Remember me
Reflect upon
What could’ve been

Decoding all the rules
Impersonating a fool
Deciphering all the clues

Crawling on my knees
Back to your side
Beggin’ baby please
Let me turn the tide
Maybe we could ease
Let the current ride
Sense it in the breeze
Take it all in stride

ACQUIESCING

Said that you don’t know me
Claim that it won’t flow free
Not quite sure just how long
Can’t say we’ll hold out strong

Don’t know where I’m going
Simply no way knowing
Horizon clouds are growing
Ominous wind blowing

Suddenly see you backtrack out the exit door
As I commence to begin mopping up the floor
Reconnaissance survey for a little more
Vain attempt to equalize the final score

Think I’m gonna go
Run far away
Hightail it mach speed
To a new day
Decide to go crack
A fresh start
Realize it is best
To stay apart

Feel exasperated
Don’t feel it’s related
Charity donated
Goodwill confiscated

Picture clarifying
Moment overriding
Potential outlying
No point in denying

As I see you orbiting all around
Shout out loud crowd’s absorbing all the sound
See the binding beginning to come unwound
Tiptoeing trapeze gravitating out of bounds

See the sand sinking in the hourglass
Time passing know that this moment won’t last
Sun setting time to call off final bets
Just hang on it’s as good as it will get

Feels so condescending
No sense recommending
Caution overspending
Still not comprehending

‘Tis a trifle mellow
Can’t muzzle this fellow
Holler & then bellow
Changing green to yellow

Know what you want
Just haven’t got
Note how you sought

Is it for naught
Connect the dots
Time’s up you’re caught

Thing is convalescing
No sense acquiescing
Partners coalescing
Intentions professing
Problem is not solving
Open door revolving
Facts I find appalling
Hands and knees I’m crawling

Riding off into the sunset
Gonna lay down a brand new bet
Repossessing I won’t let
Cards are dealt dinner table’s set

5 FOOT 2

5 foot 2
Blue hair black eyes
Camouflaged
Covert disguise

On your trail
Kill the motor
Not too loud
Double rotor

Full pursuit
Don’t blow cover
Maintain your space
Stay back and hover

Quick get down
Keep under radar
Don’t lose the mark
Within the bazaar

Coming for you
See you soon
Bidding adieu
Just past noon

Racing to ruin
Remnants strewn
Path which you hewn
Change the tune

And as the day begins to brighten
Saw the wall and read the writing
There’s no point in being frightened
Desolation’s uninviting

Keep your cool
Maintain composure
Slow your pulse
Relax your shoulders

Steady your hand
Don’t trip the wire
Clock ticks down
In the quagmire

Push comes to shove
Trouble courting
On your scent
Times reporting

Cop a shot
Mission aborted
Stepping back
HQ reported

Coming for you
See you soon
Bidding adieu
Just past noon

Racing to ruin
Remnants strewn
Path which you hewn
Change the tune

And as the day begins to brighten
Saw the wall and read the writing
There’s no point in being frightened
Desolation’s uninviting

As the shadows start to lighten
Had enough of my heart blighted
Believe you may just had a sighting
Isolation was uniting

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SPACE SURF NAVIGATE

I’m marching back
To get to you
And I won’t stop
Until we’re through
Double step
In overtime
Won’t break my pace
Breeching the line

I see a roadblock detour dead end up ahead
Say it’s the wrong way toll bay light changing to red

Pressing on
Big engine smiles
Day turns to dusk
Clocking the miles
Lock in the cruise
Full overdrive
Radio up
Feeling alive

As I see the tiny stars splintered across the desert sky
Jump the gaping drawbridge sailing like a bird could fly
Suspended high in midair pausing just to think of you
Beauty of the moment resonates its lovely tune

Space surf navigate far-flung across the starry Milky Way
Hop upon a lightning moonbeam ride it where you stay
Zip along flash streaming at a light speed galactic clip
Lock in your coordinates to rendezvous this trip

Hidden speed trap
Cops on my tail
Turnpike revs spike
Don’t wanna fail
Riding the edge
Redlining fire
Pressing G-force
Lighting my tires

It looks like gridlock blown shocks engine’s gonna blow
Think I’ve got brake fail high tail I don’t wanna slow

Body spins out
Flying around
Wheels lose their tread
Leaving the ground
Soaring sky high
Into the air
Looking around
Slow motion stare

BECKON COMMAND

Looking at you
Cooking for two
Fixing the stew
Stirring the brew

Come walk with me
Chit chat at 3
Down by the quay
Gaze at the sea

Going my way
Please don’t delay
Did I convey
Depart today

Daylight full moon
Taking off soon
Push off high noon
Don’t change the tune

Retreat or go
Stay put or heave-ho
Cause the call’s in the palm of your hand
Sit tight or bail
Call it heads or tails
Demarcate a line in the sand

Go left or right
Sit down or take flight
Demonstrate just where you stand
Make the first move
Or stay home and groove
We’re awaiting your beckon command

Set on my heels
Behind the wheel
Sealing the deal
Faking it real

Taken aback
Defend attack
Run with the pack
Pick up the slack

Pushed it too far
Lower the bar
Three under par
Au revoir

Gut wrench my hands
Vow to disband
Heed the command
Was the demand

Lay down your sword
Resign the board
Survey the ward
Tally the score

Roll call the names
Ledger all claims
Level the frame
Checkmate the game

Wipe clean the slate
Package the freight
Lock up the gate
Don’t take the bait

All clear to fly
Into the sky
So dry your eye
So long good-bye

MY SPIRIT RIDES

I said I’m coming home
Why don’t you get off my back Jack
Can’t you see I’m alone
Why not cut me some slack Mac

Think we need time to roam
Why don’t you take a big pill Bill
For there’s nothing to atone
Hold up don’t go for the kill Phil

Sometimes folks yeah they like to ride
Upon your back with each and every stride
As the waves yeah race against the tide
Upon their surface my spirit rides

I said I’m making my way
Why don’t you stay in your lane Jane
It’s good to keep your qualms at bay
How about stop yanking on my chain Lane

Time to find a new friend
Think it’s best to stay away Ray
Unlikely seeing you again
It’s ’cause you’re making me grey Faye

I’m warnin’ you once
I’m warnin’ you twice
You do it again
I won’t say it thrice

I’m startin’ at three
I’m passing by two
If I get to one
Don’t know what I’ll do

Yeah so long and adios
Gonna find me a new path now, Jack
Arrivederci au revoir
Well there’s no need to feel badly Brad

Watch me ride in the sunset
Searching try to get some zen yeah Jen
Hideout lay down on the low
RSVP I don’t know when now Gwen

INCOGNITO

So I picked up the morning news
And what I read didn’t connect
Threw it away in disgust
Nothing in there for me

What you want to do
About me and you
About me and you
Where you want to go
Up high down low
Up high down low

Who you gonna play
There is no way
There is no way
How you want to flow
Incognito Incognito

They’re bearing down
Deafening sound
Boots on the ground
Release the hound

Turned on the local 5 o’clock instead
What I saw didn’t resonate
So I pulled that plug
Nothing of value to me

They’re locking in
Light getting dim
Riding the rim
Kick to the shin

NIGHT CRAWLING

Door squeaking
Floor creaking
Blinds tweaking
I’m coming back to you

Truth lying
Hope sighing
Joy crying
To make the feeling true

Pulse seizing
Breath wheezing
Mind freezing
The moment’s never through

Heart priming
I’m climbing

I really want you
It ain’t no fad
I really need you

Second-guessing
Poor first impression
Tad distressing
Full court and pressing

Fever building
Potential gilding
Flower wilting
Axis is tilting

Double daring
True bonds are tearing
Tempers flaring
Patience is wearing

Stolen taken
Stirred well then shaken

Time crawling
Hand scrawling
Car stalling
I’m gunning back to you

Light dodging
Night lodging
Massaging
To make the feeling cool

Hands shaking
Knees quaking
Head faking
Making my way to you

Pulse beating
Retreating

I really want you
It ain’t no fad
I really need you

I really want you
It is so bad
I really need you

Sea sifting
Clouds drifting
Time shifting
I’m running back to you

Heart beating
Love fleeting
Soul cheating
To make the feeling true

Free falling
Stonewalling
Ass hauling
So to get back to you

Heat-seeking
It’s peaking

MONA

Mona Mona Mona Mona
Scold me boldly
Hold me coldly

I could not believe
What she said to me
It was a relief
When she let it be

Heard that knock on my door
Stop drop roll on the floor
Tag up tally the score
Just can’t take anymore

Sound the silent sound alarm
Protect me keep from harm
Spellbound by all your charms
Checkmate fully disarmed

Rhonda Rhonda Rhonda Rhonda
Fond of wanna
Bond love gonna

I could not foresee
What she’d do to me
Was no guarantee
That she’d set it free

I could not pray tell
Which path she’d forsake
I froze in my tracks
When she hit the brakes

I could not predict
What her move would be
It blunted the edge
When she turned to me

IRON-ONS

What do you want
Cause I wanna know
What have you got
Reveal nice and slow

Why do you vaunt
Ain’t no need to show
Quick change the font
Feel it’s growing old

Don’t really know if it is right or wrong
All that concerns me sing my favourite song
Dispatch straight from Lahore to Lebanon
Velvet patch sewn into my iron-ons

What do you state
For I must inquire
Expiry date
Discard on the fire

Come forth placate
Situation dire
Align rotate
Feel I’ve blown my tire

Got me crawling on the dirt upon my hands and knees
Gluttony reformed now all I do is aim to please
Swallow it whole now don’t let gag reflex come to seize
Peel it off slowly know how I like a real good tease

What is it you want from me
What exactly do you need
Where is it you want to go
How am I supposed to know

Why do you call
Vacant no one’s home
Restart the stall
There’s no dial tone

Prepare the fall
Won’t be grabbing hold
Quick stash the haul
Feel it’s time to fold

I don’t really know ‘bout what you think’s an open page
I just know that you want it all for minimum wage
Separate the mission launch prepare for second stage
Seeking refuge midst the burning jets’ unbridled rage

Won’t fall upon my sword
Nor go back on my word
Won’t shortchange the toll
Or renege my soul

HI-DEF STEREO

Saunter down the lane
Thinking of you again
Smile in the pouring rain
I’m feeling better

Remember what you said
Replay it in my head
Contentment fully fed
Remove my fetter

So what you gonna do
Talking to you
Will you give me some time
Hoping for a sign

What move you gonna make
Is it give or take
Been waiting for a while
Walkin’ a country mile

I lay down in my bed
To rest my weary head
and tie up some loose threads
Remove my sweater

Picture scenarios
In hi-def stereo
By Lake Ontario
I write a letter

Then the clouds rolled in offshore
Could not take it anymore
Fled to shelter deep indoors
Lightning struck me to the core

and so I’m rolling on
Moving right or wrong
Holding staying strong
Said I’m going long

Yeah I’m standing tall
Possession of the ball
There ain’t no stop or stall
Going for it all

Miss your big brown eyes
See them in the sunrise
It comes as no surprise
How my heart’s feeling

Then it got ripped and torn
Tossed ashore left forlorn
Striving to be reborn
Despite me reelin’

So there now what is new
How is it that you do
I’m waiting in the queue
With bread and butter

Has it now come to pass
Flown the coup at long last
Lower the sail half-mast
A broken rudder

As the waves come bearing down
Left me standing so dumbfound
Brace myself against the pound
Overboard and washed aground

As the winds come drifting in
Don’t know where I should begin
It is much to my chagrin
Situation that I’m in

LAYING LOW

Coming around my friend
Be seeing you once again
Lurking around the bend
Hitting return to send

Writing me off
As a futile waste of time
Emitting a scoff
Scratch me from your mind

Cross off my name
With an idle flick of wrist
Censure your shame
Shroud it in the mist

Zipping firm all the gaps
Tightening up the straps
Putting it under wraps
Battening down the hatch

It’s how that I like to have it roll
Busting out of here
Don’t come disturb my even flow
Packing up my gear
I’m shy I don’t really like to show
Lone path I bravely steer
Leave me to be I’m laying low
The end has commandeered

Spreading the word
With such ill-advised intent
Speech it is slurred
Translation is bent

Driving the stake
Striking in the final nail
Striving to break
Hear the stanchion wail

Approach the breakpoint
Attempt to shove me
Keep trying to silence
Bound and hush me

Veins are popping
Eyes are frantic
Window is shutting
Nerves pedantic

Teeth are grinding
Animalistic
Instincts are sighing
Mind ballistic

Arms are wresting
Strive to break free
Plot my grand escape
You’ll never catch me

LONG BOMB DEEP CALM

Check my watch time and again
Wondering where is my friend
Second-hand ticks back in time
Navigate this narrow line

As I stumble on a rock and succumb down on bended knee
Feel the weight of the wide world relentlessly weigh down on me
Pressed by gravity facedown upon an alien planet
Resurrect myself once more and activate the after jets

Apollo goes round the moon
Hope that I can see you soon
Emerge scathed from the dark side
Wounded heart and damaged pride

Long bomb deep calm hi mom so long must go solo tears dry bye

Took your spurred stiletto and spiked down upon my baby toe
Eclipsed all the sunlight so that you could make the darkness grow
Twist in your machete heel then strike it with a fancy pose
Damper my horizon hope with a dead dying wilted rose

Flame flickers deep in the night
Stalking shadows strive to fight
Embers start to lose their glow
Minute hand begins to slow

Flow stumbling right back to you
Roll tumbling without a clue
Bumbling don’t know what to do
Slow crumbling coming unglued
Heard that you’ve written me off
From Kennedy to Khrushchev
A million to one long shot

Snip clip a ponytail and then tie in a knot
Ship to a foreign land in which time had forgot
Shakespeare Delorean of what’s been sold and bought
Clean sweep the hubris clear of debris that’s been sought

Thinking about you
Dreaming a lot too
Picturing your face
Contour I ghost trace
Rewinding your touch
Missing it so much
Recall the laughter
Hope ever after

Soul feels lost on down the road
Doesn’t know which way to go
Feeling stretched out wearing thin
Must regroup pull in again

Flow stumbling right back to you
Roll tumbling without a clue
Bumbling don’t know what to do
Slow crumbling coming unglued
Heard that you’ve written me off
From Kennedy to Khrushchev
A million to one long shot

As I laid it out pure bare and gave it all I simply had
Never ever occurred to me that it was a passing fad
As you took your talon hands and tore apart my bleeding heart
Segregate the pieces so that we would always be apart

Tsunami feeling came with a sudden rush
Buckled my knees hard and a making me blush
Some folks may claim that it’s a trifle bit lush
Compactor settings locked to crinkle and crush

Next was the salute when you proclaimed shotgun
Paint-chipped the finish as I strove to outrun
Seeking a cheap thrill said you did it for fun
Unfurl the white flag cause I’m one and then done

Making me sad vibrato
Dragging me bad the grotto
Breaking my soul like Pluto
Moving like gold black judo

Feel the sun popping up
Might replenish my cup
Light step skipping a beat
Recharged feeling so neat
Might reenter the vibe
This flow want to imbibe
Carefree riding the wave
Cresting into my cave

Cinema (2021)

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A NIGHTMARE

Late in the evening
When I last talked to you
Angry words were spoken
Before the night was through

Didn’t know how it started
Thought that it might end
I don’t want to lose you now
You my closest you my closest friend

Do I dream
Wish I could switch scenes
To make-believe
A nightmare
Please wake me
Eyes open or closed
It’s reality

Will you still talk to me
Like you used to do
Would you still walk with me
Change past to new

Could you still hold me
In nights of cold
Might you still love me
As in days of as in days of old

Tonight the moon is blue
Senses long to touch & hold you
Tonight under the starless sky
Fear the worst above it we can rise

Tonight the breeze is warm
Warns me of a sudden storm
Tonight under clouds of grey
We can retrieve hold for a new day

It was dawn in the morning
When I called out your name
Hoping you would reply
There was no use to blame

Don’t know where it’s headed
Know of its past
Signing off right now
Hoping this can last

Mississippi Love Song

Steaming past the buoys in Illinois
Big wheel churns my spirit toys
Weathered portrait in weary hands
Await at the far end

Cruising by the levy in Tennessee
Anchor drops heart’s heavy
Tarnished chain around my neck
Halfway in this trek

Here’s a Mississippi love song
From me to you
I hope you like it
I really do

Wish the whole world could feel
The peace I do
The river that runs down below
Its calm and even flow

Sifting through the fog in Arkansas
Fifty knots my pulse jogs
Gunny sack by my side
Riding it in stride

Docking along the muddy bank
In a deep sleep my heart sank
Claimed your love had washed away
Let the current take my pain

Here’s a Mississippi love song
From me to you
I hope you like it
I really do

Wish the whole world could feel
The peace I do
The river that runs down below
Its calm and even flow
Minneso to Mexico
Always on the go

Cross Those Hills

He sailed from the Highlands
South to Vera Cruz
Deep in the Brazilian heartland
Man of twenty-two

Up the coastline
North to Montreal
Leather bag upon his frame
Six foot one inch tall

Lived the way I want to
Freely without care
Rode the western railway
Wind rushing though his hair

East to West coast to coast
Where his best plans were laid

Yonder cross those hills
Where the spirit wills
Where I chase my thrills
Yonder cross those

He got some land
Worked it to the bone
Met a true love
There they made a home

Had a family
Three girls and no more
Warm welcome awaited
By his front porch unlocked door

Moved the way I want to
With a subtle grace
Hand extended
Warm smile on his face
Life of peace and joy and love
Is what true freedom seeks

I wonder when we’ll meet again
In a garden that you fondly tend
Share the laughter & smell the cashmere
As you press me tight against my tears

Yonder cross those hills
Where the spirit wills
Where I chase my thrills
Yonder cross those hills

The Poor Storyteller

Met a girl
& took a piece of my heart
Couldn’t touch hers
We were off-balanced from the start

Yet I chased
Was unable to regain
Felt the fear
& realized the pain

Now she’s gone
Gone forever
Now she’s gone
Just a poor storyteller

Page turns on
Now or never
Right or wrong
I’m still a poor storyteller

Met a boy
& took a piece of his heart
Couldn’t touch mine
We were off-set from the start

Yet he reached
& I kept on running away
Caught his tears
The saddest thing I must say

Prologue once upon a time
Fairytale storyline
Plot twists Chapter Ten
Changing a happy end

Protagonistic dream come true
Antagonistic oh so cruel
Half-truths between the lines
Fiction comes alive

Now I’m gone
Gone forever
Now I’m gone
Just a poor storyteller

Chapter One
Now or never
Right or wrong
Still a poor storyteller

Taste the Pain

Feeling up today
Things are finally going my way
Then my hope is lost in vain
Before my very eyes

What does it mean I say
When all you got is swept away
Beneath a cloud of grey
Optimism lies

Brave face I will wear
Deep in this loss its face I’ll stare
But still I quiver sometimes

Can you taste the pain
That pulses my veins
Can you feel the rain
That fills my domain
Grab hold of the reigns
Keep me straight on the lane
Can you feel the pain
Locomotive freight train

Hopes are high tonight
That I will feel your beauty and light
Yet beyond despite
My heart is torn in two

Shot down within your sight
Wounded on this futile plight
Beginning to feel normal and right
To be this blue

My pride is much too high
Beaten down again I’ll rise
But still, I hurt deep inside

I’d like to change this recipe
Palpably bittersweet
Nice to try a fresh venue
Sample from a new menu

Anyways

Saw you walkin’ back the other day
And as I lay back in the tall cool grass
I was thinking I was thinkin’ about you
As clouds rolled on ahead
With these thoughts going in my head

Anyways
& I just had to say
You looked so wonderful to me
I gotta try to believe
Anyways
Cool day in September
Hint of rain mixed in the air
Time to move along from here

Kneelin’ long the worn chalk line
We weren’t winning
Sittin’ on the green hillside
You were grinnin’
Yeah now something that you create
Just by being
Took me far from there

Oh I think of you
Each and every time
Do you know I’m here
And how I feel for you
Be as it may
I’ll keep shufflin’ ‘long anyways

WEED & WHISKY WOMEN

Cigarette & liquor-stained abodes
Has for far too long been my home
Blonds brunettes & ravens & red-heads
Sweet companions of the living dead

In the gutter lane for oh so long
Singing the same sad sorry song
Must admit at times it was fun
Living on the lam & life on the run

‘Cause I’m giving up on weed and whiskey women
They give me nothing but the blues
I try to kick this losing streak I’m winning
Then I say hey man oh what’s the use

Nancy Ruth Sweet Jane and Tess
Dare recall their names hazard to guess
That’s fine I don’t think they knew mine
Blinded by the stars and moonshine

If I seem a tad tattered torn and frayed
Feel free to stare I don’t mind OK
Style’s taken years to develop
Done it all myself with little help

Roll it and have a sip
Kick back and take a nip
Light it & on the rocks
Lay low knock off your socks
Whisky and weedy lass
Stroke me kick my ass
Liquor tobacco girl
Light up my tiny world

Vancity Blues

The rain it pours
Well damn near each and every day
From mid-October
To the month of May
Lord how I long
For you to come my way

Granville Street
Commercial Drive
East Hastings
I wish you’d arrive

& until then
I’ve got those Vancity Blues
If I don’t see you
I just might blow a fuse

The traffic’s bad
The bus is full again
How I’d like
You to be my only friend
The feeling’s true
I can’t pretend

A NIGHTMARE (FULL MOON MIX)