really enjoyed this, nice songwriting and performance!

Well I get another message from a 123
Come along and join me in my repartee
Together we can weather all this misery
And keep me sitting like a freak on the top of the tree
It’s a kind invitation but I must be clear 
You’re the problem not the answer in this miserable year 
Your eyes are clouded and full of fear 
So put away the costume have another beer 

Yet another message from a 123
A stark invitation to a dull livestream 
Looking like a deer in the full main beam
In cyberspace everyone can hear you scream 
It’s a kind invitation but I must be clear 
You’re the problem not the answer in this miserable year 
Your eyes are clouded and full of fear 
So put away the costume have another beer

Sign up sign up and receive communication 
Be a good sort join the organisation 
Definitions are open to interpretation 
But you be the crowd and I’ll accept the acclamation
It’s a kind invitation but I must be clear 
You’re the problem not the answer in this miserable year 
Your eyes are clouded and full of fear 
So put away the costume have another beer

Not The Answer

If you so happen to like this, please please give me a like.  

The only thing from the original recording is the vocal, me in 2002.  I've kept the original vocal because I like how I stylised it, though I'm not entirely sure what I was aiming for there, most likely trying to sound like someone - though I can't remember who! 

It's got the benefits of being a voice about 19/20 years younger than the present one!  I'm by no means fallen to pieces, but have a notably different voice at 42 to the one I had at 22! I did try to re record a little piece of the vocal, just a couple of words, won't say which bit, only because it was a lyric I didn't love, but that sadly made the voice difference over 20 years glaringly obvious, because of which I've left the vocal as it was. 

Lyrics

You always tell me that I'm looking fine
I know you know I've got things on my mind
I know I've been lost and, in the freeze,
Been beaten down, the bruises only I can see!

I feel the cold wind cut close to the bone
At times when I feel like I’m on my own
But no, I ‘m still me 
I’m still me!

Just need a little recovery
Try and be the way I used to be
And see the things I used to see
A smile on my face
But smiles can be misplaced
In time, can be erased
But mine will be replaced
Will be replaced!

You exorcize the things that haunt my soul
Can leap through fire when I’m not alone
But no I'm not brave
My life's another slay
Inner punches by my fist alone
Struggles twine themselves around my throat
But no I'm still me
I’m still me!

Just need a little recovery
Try and be the way I used to be
And see the things I used to see
A smile on my face
But smiles can be misplaced
In time, can be erased
But mine will be replaced
Will be replaced!

Sometimes I feel like there’s just no way out
Feel like my body’s knocked into the ground
I know I seem to have lost all control
My frail image might have lost it’s soul

But I know, still, I won’t go! 

Just need a little recovery
Try and be the way I used to be
And see the things I used to see
A smile on my face
But smiles can be misplaced
In time, can be erased
But mine will be replaced
Will be replaced!

Re-uploaded 20/9/23 (that's just for my reference).

Recovery (2002)

From a Poem Written for Elspeth Monroe 1968
On Bandcamp

As She Ran She Began To Fly

Dusk

It Shall Pass i

It Shall Pass (part I)

Green Grass

Yes the green grass is so nice  
A good place to sit once or twice  
Hanging out with your all friends  
A fine place it fills your senses

Chorus
You can walk on it  - It doesn’t mind  
Or you can take a seat  - It’s so well designed
I’m so glad to have this green  
It makes my world look so clean  

A nice look of freshly mown grass  
Smooth and even with a touch of class  
The shade of green is so flawless  
So natural it pulls and calls us  

Bridge
It’s magic – It’s magic
 
Solo

Green grass brings a touch of nature  
When taken care of with labour  
A touch of nature in the sun  
It surely can’t be outdone

You can find Dave Cooper's music here:  https://soundcloud.com/warfydave

Green Grass with David Cooper

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