Author: paul

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Not Dead Yet Dinner III

“There are places I’ll rememberAll my life, though some have changed.Some forever, not for better;Some have gone and some remain…. read more Not Dead Yet Dinner III

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Blips

“I told my friends that life was sweetI told my friends that life was very sweet… I told my friends… read more Blips

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Life’s Rich Pageant

“Carry each his burden, we are young despite the yearsWe are concern, we are hope despite the timesAll of the… read more Life’s Rich Pageant

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The Joy of Chaos

  “I could leave you, say goodbyeOr I could love you, if I tryAnd I couldAnd left to my own… read more The Joy of Chaos

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Digital Medicine Show

“Covered wagon, Medicine ShowTake you to a place where the healing flows, oh-hoWeak in spirit we got the juiceWon’t save… read more Digital Medicine Show

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Happy Old Fart

“Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?I’m getting old, and I need something to rely onSo, tell me when you’re… read more Happy Old Fart

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Quiet Karma

“Why in the world are we here?Surely not to live in pain and fear?Why on earth are you there?You’re everywhere,… read more Quiet Karma

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Pure Luck

“Because we need each otherWe believe in one anotherI know we’re going to uncoverWhat’s sleepin’ in our soulWhat’s sleepin’ in… read more Pure Luck

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Simple Magic

“In this short Life That only lasts an hour How much – how little – is Within our power.” Emily… read more Simple Magic

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Do You Realise

“And instead of saying all of your goodbyesLet them know you realize that life goes fastIt’s hard to make the… read more Do You Realise

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And A Diamond Day

“Just another life to liveJust a word to sayJust another love to giveAnd a diamond day” Vashti Bunyan Last weekend… read more And A Diamond Day

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Joy

“And all across the world they shout bad words, they shout angry wordsAll across the world they shout out their… read more Joy

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Dreams,Rain, Oasis

“Did you knowI could claim the dreamer from the dream?Make you feelEverything you’ve never even seenYeah, it’s beenA long, a… read more Dreams,Rain, Oasis

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Firsts and Unknown Lasts

“I’m not singing for the futureI’m not dreaming of the pastI’m not talking of the first timesI never think about… read more Firsts and Unknown Lasts

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And That Would Be Cool

 “ I’ve nothing much to offer, Ther’s nothing much to take, I’m an absolute beginner, But I’m absolutely sane, As… read more And That Would Be Cool

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Do You See What I See ?

“I have seen pictures of timeThe frames still in motion I findA grand revolution outlinedHate bound by fear will unwind… read more Do You See What I See ?

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Thanks Moonchild !

“I know who you are, and I’m never wrongI believe you’re nothing if you think that you are someoneJust try… read more Thanks Moonchild !

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Two Guys Called Shane

My friend Shane, and his friend Shane, and their friend Amadine have a podcast called ‘Music & The Mind’ which… read more Two Guys Called Shane

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Our Table

“If I saw you nowCould I look in your eyes?Do you think of meLike I dream of you?Do you wish… read more Our Table

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It’s Always Sunny in Salamanca

“Let us go nowMy darling companionSet out for the distant skiesSee the sunSee it risingSee it risingRising in your eyes”… read more It’s Always Sunny in Salamanca

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Happiness First

“ Just a perfect day ,problems all left aloneWeekenders on our own, it’s such funJust a perfect day, you made… read more Happiness First

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One, Two , Three, Many

“One, two, three, fourTell me that you love me moreSleepless long nightsThat is what my youth was forOld teenage hopes… read more One, Two , Three, Many

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The Day Before

“I want it now, I want it nowNot the promises of what tomorrow bringsI need to live in dreams todayI’m… read more The Day Before

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That’s What The Water Gave Me

“My subconscious and I are back on speaking termsHe is sending me colours and beautiful wordsAnd far, far away are… read more That’s What The Water Gave Me

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Freewheel

“Save me from the movies and someone else’s dreamsWhile angels make their music and give my spirit wingsI just concertina… read more Freewheel

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Howya Horse ?

“So forget this cruel worldWhere I belongI’ll just sit and waitAnd sing my songAnd if one day you should see… read more Howya Horse ?

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Where Angels Fear To Treadmill

“Hit me for the dayFor the lightThat you sufferedTo come byTake to my skyNever wantingOnly wonder To live out of… read more Where Angels Fear To Treadmill

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Slow Lovely Vibes

“Across the way moved in a pairWith passion in its primeMaybe they look through to usAnd hope that’s them in… read more Slow Lovely Vibes

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Blessed Are The Weirdos

“Oh, do you want meHow I am?Do you need meOh, where I stand?Let’s go steadyLet’s make a planMarinade on that… read more Blessed Are The Weirdos

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When I Grow Old

“If I could fast-forward, I’d go so farUp to the day we’re reading this in someone’s memoirsThough it’s too soon… read more When I Grow Old

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A Sort Of Homecoming

“Where’s the love song to set us freeToo many people downEverything turning the wrong way round And I don’t know… read more A Sort Of Homecoming

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Perspective

“I find it hard to believe you don’t knowThe beauty you areBut if you don’t, let me be your eyesA… read more Perspective

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Sundried Tomatoes ; How Much Is Enough

“Still your handsAnd still your heartFor still your face comes shining throughAnd all the morning glows anewStill your soulStill your… read more Sundried Tomatoes ; How Much Is Enough

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Butterflies

“When you touch me , yeah,  I feel butterflies (I feel butterflies)I’m gonna love you til the day I die… read more Butterflies

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Nothing Exists Alone

“Take my mindAnd take my painLike an empty bottle takes the rainAnd heal, heal, heal, heal And take my pastAnd… read more Nothing Exists Alone

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Look At Me Now !

Look At Me Now ! “I’m transforming, I’m vibrating, I’m glowingI’m flying, look at me nowI’m flying, look at me… read more Look At Me Now !

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Looking Up

“I like to be in America!Okay by me in America!Everything free in AmericaFor a small fee in America!” Sondheim/Bernstein When… read more Looking Up

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Slightly Blemished

“Such delights wait under your pillowsSoft-sung hymns from under your pillowsA slate wiped clean, a white loss of feelingIf you’re… read more Slightly Blemished

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Tomorrow’s Yesterdays

  “I could follow you to the beginningJust to relive the startAnd maybe then we’ll remember to slow downAnd all… read more Tomorrow’s Yesterdays

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Wracked !

“… You can’t stop these kids from dancin’Why would you want to?Especially when your already gettin’ yours‘Cause if your mind don’t… read more Wracked !

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ALIVE !

“Wanna free my mind, wanna be outsideWanna be alive, pray I wake up again. Oh Home, gotta get back homeHome… read more ALIVE !

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Don’t Blink

“If we stay, all the way whateverIf we’d give enough timeIf we say whatever mean and neverHold it on the… read more Don’t Blink

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Everything Counts

“Where heaven waitsThose golden gatesAnd back againYou take me toAnd lead me throughOblivion This is the morning of our loveIt’s… read more Everything Counts

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Living Well

“Be safe, be true, and I’ll think of you Live well, you reap what you sowThe future is bright if… read more Living Well

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These Shadows

“When the darkness carried away And it so simple how For the morphing down the lane The sky breaking down… read more These Shadows

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Well Done Funky !

“Free in the knowledge that one day this will endFree in the knowledge that everything is changeAnd this was just… read more Well Done Funky !

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Circles

“I go round in circlesNot graceful, not like dancersNot neatly, not like compass and pencilMore like a dog on a… read more Circles

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Christmas Days Of Miracle And Ordinary Wonder

“These are the days of miracle and wonderThis is the long distance callThe way the camera follows us in slo-moThe… read more Christmas Days Of Miracle And Ordinary Wonder

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Subject To Change

“And the caravan has all my friendsIt will stay with me until the endGypsy Robin, sweet Emma RoseTell me everything… read more Subject To Change

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Another New Day

“Take from my heart a splinterCarrying wood for the coming winterSpied her in the pileThere all the whileLeave me beguiledPart… read more Another New Day

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Reward

“Bless my cotton socks I’m in the newsThe king sits on his face buttons all askewAll wrapped up the sameAll… read more Reward

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Burning Bridge

“I took time out to write to my old friendI walked across that burning bridgeMailed my letter off to DallasBut… read more Burning Bridge

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Better or Worse

“Where the wave of moonlight glossesThe dim gray sands with light,Far off by furthest RossesWe foot it all the night,Weaving… read more Better or Worse

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Becoming Who You Are

“All I ever wantedAll I ever neededIs here in my armsWords are very unnecessaryThey can only do harm” Martin Gore… read more Becoming Who You Are

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Six Hours And Seventeen Minutes

“I already know that I don’t already knowYou are the sunlightI don’t really care if you don’t understandYou are the… read more Six Hours And Seventeen Minutes

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Don’t look Ethel !

“Let us go now, my one true loveCall the gasman, cut the power outWe can set out, we can set… read more Don’t look Ethel !

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Just To Be So Fine

“He’s just very ridiculedAnd it’s coming from the back row, side row, never-even-tried rowNice man if you knew him wellI… read more Just To Be So Fine

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Team

“We live in cities you’ll never see onscreen Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things Livin’… read more Team

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Spiced Ham

“But every time it rainsYou’re here in my headLike the sun coming outOoh, I just know that something good is… read more Spiced Ham

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I Got Two Ten X 9’s And A Mircophone

“There’s a destination a little up the roadFrom the habitations and the towns we knowA place we saw, the lights… read more I Got Two Ten X 9’s And A Mircophone

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Tennesse Three

“And if you have a minute, why don’t we goTalk about it somewhere only we know?This could be the end… read more Tennesse Three

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You Bring Me Dead Birds

“You do not know me and never willBones you have thrown me and blood I’ve spilledIt will be better, I… read more You Bring Me Dead Birds

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Waggle Dance

“Go to hell and back just to heal my wounds‘Cause it gets like that, wrong side of the moonNo tomb… read more Waggle Dance

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Monday

“I sleep in lateAnother dayOh what a wonderOh what a wasteIt’s a MondayIt’s so mundaneWhat exciting thingsWill happen today?” Courtney… read more Monday

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Better Than That

“Somebody calls you but you cannot hearGet closer to be far awayOnly one look and that’s all that it takesMaybe… read more Better Than That

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A Charmed Life

“Ah, a jumped-up pantry boyWho never knew his placeHe said, “Return the ring”He knows so much about these thingsHe knows… read more A Charmed Life

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Pasta, August 2018 – August 2023

“You could talk about loveYou could talk about the lightYou could talk about the only timeYou ever did things rightYou… read more Pasta, August 2018 – August 2023

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The Long Acre

“Many times I’ve been aloneAnd many times I’ve criedAnyway, you’ll never knowThe many ways I’ve tried And still they lead… read more The Long Acre

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Just For The Fun Of It I was supposed to do great thingsI know the road was longBut I wasn’t… read more

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Wear Your Scars And Your Colours Proud

“Follow me through the darknessWill you, won’t youYou bleed love like I doDon’t you, don’t youBut When it’s too muchYou’d… read more Wear Your Scars And Your Colours Proud

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You Are Here

   “For the way I feel about youParadise not lost, it’s in youOn a permanent basisI apologizeBut I am going… read more You Are Here

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Done Before ?

… I met youBefore the fall of RomeAnd I heard you sayThe past was much more funYou go your wayI’ll go… read more Done Before ?

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Messy In Heaven

  He says, “no more, ” now he says, “no less”And the people wanna know where he goes nextMind of… read more Messy In Heaven

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Camino de Bond

  “You know with love comes strange currenciesAnd here is my appealI need a chance, a second chance, a third… read more Camino de Bond

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Launch , Cruise , Encounter………

And it sounds like all our livesAnd it sounds like all our livesAnd it sounds like all our livesAnd it… read more Launch , Cruise , Encounter………

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Tadgh’s Cap

“Don’t wait oh, go tell her nowDon’t wait aroundI said don’t wait oh, go tell her nowDon’t wait aroundOr you… read more Tadgh’s Cap

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Fragments

Fragments “This is my churchThis is where I heal my hurtsIt’s in the world I’ve becomeContained in the humBetween voice… read more Fragments

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Once Ordinary…

 “Here she comes againStanding by my side, breathing on my skinShe’s a breath of lifeI’ve nothing left to hideMy arms… read more Once Ordinary…

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Shining Light

“Roman candles that burn in the nightYeah, you are a shining lightYou lit a torch in the infiniteYeah, you are… read more Shining Light

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Thanks For Taking The Time

“Just turn on with me, and you’re not aloneLet’s turn on and be not aloneGimme your hands, ’cause you’re wonderfulGimme… read more Thanks For Taking The Time

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Once Upon A Story

“Is it the time, is it the time to be okay?‘Cause I’m thinking that it should be the timeIs it… read more Once Upon A Story

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Well, How Did We Get Here ?

“And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shackAnd you may find yourself in another part of the worldAnd… read more Well, How Did We Get Here ?

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Unsaid

“I already know that I don’t already knowYou are the sunlightI don’t really care if you don’t understandYou are the… read more Unsaid

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In Awe Of Mná

“Your color’s fading‘Cause I kept you waitingIt’s a wild wild worldAnd you’re a wild wild girl Our sun’s still shiningBut… read more In Awe Of Mná

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It’s All Ologies Now

“So I got olderAnd I learned to relax, and I learned to soften, and that dance got easierIt is this… read more It’s All Ologies Now

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Say Yes

Say Yes “But when I (When I), I’d let go (I’d let go)My struggling form (My struggling form)My willing soul… read more Say Yes

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Odd Banana

“Tra, la, la, la-la, la, laTra, la, la, la-la, la, la Tra, la, la, la-la, la, laTra, la, la, la-la,… read more Odd Banana

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Daily Wonders

“I don’t mindAs long as there’s a bed beneath the stars that shineI’ll be fineIf you give me a minuteA… read more Daily Wonders

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Second Draft

“And I am doing nothing wrong riding in your car,your radio playing – we sing up to the eighth floorof… read more Second Draft

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And Then There’s…

“I want my love, my joy, my laugh, my smile, my needsNot in the star signsOr the palm that she… read more And Then There’s…

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Random Monaghan

“Still I think I’m doing fineWouldn’t it be a lovely headline?“Life is Beautiful” on the New York Times” Rufus Wainwright… read more Random Monaghan

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Not A Film Club

“Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrowWho else is gonna bring you a bottle of rainThere he goes… read more Not A Film Club

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Here’s The Thing

“Your windowsillIs momentarily filled with sunAnd it’s these small thrillsThat get me through the day until the next one And… read more Here’s The Thing

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All You Good Good People

“All you good good people, listen to meYou’re just about done with the way that you feel‘Cause nothing rings home… read more All You Good Good People

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Looking At The Same Star

“We’re riding in a strange carWe’re followin’ a strange starWe’re climbing on the strangest ladderThat was ever there to climb… read more Looking At The Same Star

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Everybody Needs You

“The taste of Love,The more you get, the more you want,And all because,The only reason is just because.It all makes… read more Everybody Needs You

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Equilibrium

“My subconscious and I are back on speaking termsHe is sending me colours and beautiful wordsAnd far, far away are… read more Equilibrium

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Happy Christmas 22

“I’ll protect you from the hooded clawKeep the vampires from your doorWhen the chips are down I’ll be aroundWith my… read more Happy Christmas 22

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Thank You 22

“I’ve been thinking too much butKeep it on the hush, no one need to know, just usThat’s really all it… read more Thank You 22

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Inside Track

“I thank you for the shadowsIt takes two or three to make companyI thank you for the lightning that shoots… read more Inside Track