reluctant fairy

In another place and time
Trapped inside a children's rhyme
A reluctant fairy dared
To dream a dream
To the children
She was sweet and nice
Played her part
And payed her price
Spreading fairy dust 
Where there was need

Hiding little sweet dreams
Under pillows as they
Prepare to sleep

Starring in a fairytale
Didn't quiet cut it
It would seem

Her Father he did rule the land
The fairy folk at his command
He could stop the rivers 
Make mountains weep
His life was long
His magic strong
Taught her every 
Right from wrong
His only child
He schooled 
To be the queen

She stayed inside
The perfect rhyme
But her heart 
Didn't fit inside
A fairy's

She dreamed that there
Would come a time
When she could be
What she wanted
To be

She said

I want to be a flapper girl
Bob my hair and swing my pearls
Put a little rouge upon my knees
I want to wear a Coco dress
Have kohl rimmed eyes
And bee stung lips
And drink my liquor
From a speakeasy

I want to be the cat's pyjamas
The cats meow
Or even the bees kness

I've had it with this fairy gig
The nicey nice
And always trying to please

I want to be a flapper girl
Bob my hair and swing my pearls
Put a little rouge upon my knees
I want to wear a Coco dress
Have kohl rimmed eyes
And bee stung lips
And drink my liquor
Straight in a 
Speakeasy
 
 


the reluctant fairy

the times of our life

Yesterday's papers
Stacked up in piles
Dust from a decade
Covers a life
Photographs
Of a husband
And a wife
Smiling faces
The blush
Of a bride

There's no room for space
And no space
For no more
A lifetime of memories
Momentos galore
Just enough room
For a path
On the floor
For a man
And his dog
Have each other
Don't need no more

These are the times
Of our lives she said
He hears her words 
In his head
These are the times
Of our lives

She may be 
in heaven
She may be 
in hell
She died 
In the winter
Almost took him
As well
And all 
She collected
He just
Cannot dispose
But he won't
Buy a paper
She's kept thousands
Thousands of those

I'll be right there
By your side 
She said
Wherever 
You may go
I'll be right there
By your side

By your side

By your side




the times of our life

uncle john (50/90 2013)

Come to the edge
Of the water she said
She held his hand
And lifted her head
To the sky

The moon cut a diamond
into her eye
And bathed her skin
In marble light

He's gone she said
And never coming back
He's left us
Both behind

And I fear for us
In this wicked world
It's not the place
For you and I

Come to the edge
Of the water
She said
As a star
fell down
From the sky

Here we will sleep
By the ocean deep
And drift out
On the tide

Is that what you meant
By a beautiful death?
Said the boy
While his Mother cried

For that's what you said
In the note that I read
The one you
Left behind

Come to the edge
Of the water she said
As a cloud
Hid the moon
From the sky

I'm only a boy
But I'll soon
Be a man
And I love you
With all of my life

I'll make you strong
I'll do all that I can
Keep you safe inside
And you won't cry

You won't cry

But the deed
Had been done
In the chocolate
So warm
As sleep
Took a hold
Of their eyes

When the sun
Came up
The boy sat up
And saw her
There by his side
His Mother had gone
With the tide at dawn
And left her
Body behind

Come to the edge
Of the water
She said
As a star
fell down
From the sky

Here we will sleep
By the ocean deep
And drift out
On the tide 

come to the edge

For wee John bless his heart and Aunty Isabel.

the boy with the silver hair

corners

I saw a young man
Crying on a corner
I said hey man
Are you alright?
He said no Sir
I just can't make it
I just can't make it
Through this life

Sir, I have travelled
And stood on every corner
Asking questions
Of people passing by
But I'm still searching
I guess I'm broken
I've lost everything
And it tears me up inside

I said I don't know man
I wish I had the answer
I've been battered
And washed up and survived
Just to be picked up
And tossed again all over
But I tell you son
I'm glad that I'm alive

This is a short life
I tell you that it's worth it
It's but a fragment
In the passing of time
It's filled with corners
There for the turning
We make the turning
And we leave our past behind

corners FAWM 2014

i can't help but associate the character in this song with the plight of the 45 who held their head up high and wore their heart on their sleeve.

sun's shining in my brain

On The Line

This song is part of the July Jam, DD writes a "vannila" track and members of the Songwriters Annonymous Forum chop it, fill it and generally get creative on it's ass.
Cracking track DD I had lot's of fun.

It's a great forum visit or maybe evn join:

http://www.dragondreams.org.uk/SAforum 

under city lights with dragon dreams (collabs)

the ace of spads (50/90 demo) (home brew)

50/90 2024 Song 1

A Moment

Morning she said
Who are you
I don't know you
Were you in my bed
Id like to get to know who
Gave you the key 
To be here with me
I live alone

Sorry he said
Im just a guy who
Loves you to death
I care for your every need
Every desire
You know I keep a fire 
Burning for you

Sorry my dear 
We've had a moment
Sorry my dear
It's only a moment
It'll all become clear
Just in a moment

But when did you move in
Do you pay rent 
And do you cook in my kitchen
Tell me we're really not sharing a loo
What am I to do
Have you moved in

Sorry my dear
We're having a moment
It'll all become clear
Just in a moment

Sorry my dear

a moment

Pastor Fred

Fredo married Calda

words, only words

In The New Town

She has two dogs and a cat
In an old Georgian flat
In the New Town

See's her daughter once a week
Every Tuesday they would meet
In The New Town

You can smell the brass
As you're walking round 
The New Town

She wears a pink twin set and pearls
That he bought when she was a girl
In the fun times

Drives a big old four by four
That she parks at the front door
Of an old guy

He is not impressed
He curses her all the time
But he does quiet like her breasts
That shouldn't change a sound mind

So they fought like dog and cat
She spills oil and he does that 
All of the time

He's so crushingly polite
Despite his size and all his might
She did make him cry

She found it all so sad
Though she had to laugh at the time
He got himself so mad
The neighbours thought he would die

They had a moment in the past
That they knew just wouldn't last
It was the sunshine

Just an itch she had to scratch
He thought it so much more than that
Did the old guy

She did make him cry
And it wasn't for the last time
All his wells ran dry for that moment in the sunshine

For that moment in the sunshine

You can smell the brass
As your walking round the New Town
People polish brass
That's what they do in the New Town

That's what they do in the New Town

The New Town

In the New Town

Truth And A Lie

Truth and a Lie
Sat eye to eye
Waiting on the
Other to blink
Truth said the Lie
Is it true 
That you die
Just a little
When you tell a fib

Lie said the Truth
Where is the proof
That our soul
Is unblemished
And clean
This fib 
That would bend
The world to it's end
Makes a mark
On a soul 
As a sin

All we have is the word

All we have is the word
Use it or abuse it 

All we have is the word


Truth And A Lie

It's A Pretty Fine Day

It's a pretty fine day
To walk with you
That's a pretty fine dress
You're wearing too
And I'm loving the heels
I see how it feels
To be pretty like you

Me I'm just a guy
Who's best described
As punching way 
Above my weight 

I'm the guy 
Who hangs around
With people who
Don't even know 
My name

Just the same

It's a pretty fine day
The sky is blue
You holding my arm
An I'm ten foot two

I know how it feels
When love is real
And I'm next to you

 

PRETTY

Don't Need Words

When your heart 
Beats like a Sparrows
Or a mouse
You've cupped
In your hands
And the love 
You made
Is forever
Time tested 
Still it stands

When she's 
Lying there
Beside you
And nowhere 
She'd rather be
Still she 
Calls you
Sweet Heart
When you know
You're no honey

When you don't need words
And you don't bear gifts
You never talk of love
And you don't make lists

When the time
Thats gone 
Before you
Is more than
You've yet to see
You're growing old 
Together
And you weather
Gracefully

She the sun
Shines through 
Your window
And she's lying
In your arms
When there's nothing
But the moment
Just the moment
That you share

When you don't need words
And you don't bear gifts
You never talk of love
And you don't make lists

When you don't need words
And you don't bear gifts
You never talk of love
And you don't make lists

Don't make lists
No don't make lists
Don't make lists

Don't Need Words

This Colonial Life

Father he said
I saw a miracle
Though I confess
I was drunk
At the time
I know I'm a mess
And this thing's
A ritual
But I swear to God
I saw it
With my own eyes

Drunk as I was
When the vision
Took over
A simple white cross
On a big blue sky
I lived a day
When freedom won over
The heart's and minds
In this colonial life 

A simple white cross
On a big blue sky
I lived a day
When freedom won over
The heart's and mind's
In this colonial life

The heart's and mind's
In this colonial life

This Colonial Life

Hold Sally's Hand

Short trousers
And scabby knees
Knitted jumper
Hair as you please
Granda's glasses
With elastic band
Skipping down the road
Holding Sally's hand

Aah Ooh! Hold Sally's hand
Aah Ooh! Hold Sally's hand

Platform boots
And high cut jeans
Posterr girl
From the magazines
She likes T. Rex
And 10cc
Luckily she likes to
Walk with me

Aah Ooh! Hold Sally's hand
Aah Ooh! Hold Sally's hand

In the playground
For all to see
She kisses him
On his sticky cheek
He pray's she's left
Her lipstick there
Makes him feel
Like a millionaire

Aah Ooh! Hold Sally's hand
Aah Ooh! Hold Sally's hand

Hold Sally's Hand

Song 1 in the 2017 February Album Writing Month (FAWM write 14 songs during February)effort. The songs are presented as recorded demo's and may some time in the future be progressed if they stay in my head and I can remember how to play them.

A Place Called Nowhere (FAWM 2017)

Home (FAWM 2017)

Old Man

Old Man
Waiting for his train
Smoking a rollie
Watching true lovers
As they wave
As if they're the only
People in the world
To know of love

He knew it once
A long time ago
When he
Was a young man
It left him
Feeling rather cold
Quiet the experience
It left a stain
Upon his soul
Like the nocotine
In his smoke

Nothing makes sense anymore
Nothing makes sense anymore
No more, no more, no more
No more

Old man he see's
A dog go by
He thinks it's a handbag
It was a wolf
In times gone by
He knows the feeling
It's fashionably dressed
To catch the eye
In a t-shirt and a tie

Nothing makes sense anymore
Nothing makes sense anymore
No more, no more, no more
No more

No more

Old Man (FAWM 2018)

Part of the 50/90 effort

Tales from the life of Danny and Jeannie

More tales:

https://soundcloud.com/gerrybhoy/her-ma-met-a-man-fawm-2012

https://soundcloud.com/gerrybhoy/danny-and-jeannie



wee thorny rose

Ah! Jeannie
Open up the door
Open up
And let me in
Ah swear
Ah huvny been
Where ye
Think Ah've been

Ah walked past
Every bookies
Roon Toll
Tae Saracen
An Ah bought ye
Flooers an a
Wee half bottle
A gin

I met yer Da
At the Moss Hoose
He was waiting
Fur yer Ma
He'll tell ye
Ah wis sober
Ah wis clean

Then Ah met
Auld Wullie
Wi an extra
Ticket tae
Celtic Park
So Ah had tae
Go an see the
Bhoys in green

Jeannie
It's no fair
Jeannie
I know yer there
Ah! Jeannie
Let me in
Ah know ye care

Jeannie
It's no fair
Jeannie
I know yer there
Jeannie
Let me in
Ah know ye care

I know
That it wis
Wednesday
When I left
To buy the loaf
It's a wee bit
Squashed
But Am sure
It'll make
Good toast

Don't start
Swinging punches
Ye've already
Broke ma nose
Jeannie
Open the door
Ma wee thorny rose
Oh! Jeannie
Open the door
Ma wee thorny rose

Jeannie
It's no fair
Jeannie
I know yer there
Jeannie
Let me in
Ah know ye care


wee thorny rose (50/90 2012)

More from Danny and Jeannie with additional lyrics from Bernie Taupin and Elton John

The story so far:

https://soundcloud.com/gerrybhoy/danny-and-jeannie

https://soundcloud.com/gerrybhoy/her-ma-met-a-man-fawm-2012

http://soundcloud.com/gerrybhoy/wee-thorny-rose

https://soundcloud.com/gerrybhoy/more-than-you-can-lose-50-90



these heels are killin me

Hame
She said
These heels
Are killin me
I canny walk
Barefeet
Let's get a taxi
I won't take
Another step
Doon this road
Tae ye find me
A cabbie
Tae take me hame

Danny
Danny
Danny
Danny

I know
I'm drunk
An you're
Rarely sober
Somethin
Tells me
These days
Are over
I canny tell
The future
But Ah can
Tell ye this
There's somethin
Inside me
An I know
Who's it is

Danny
Danny
Danny
Danny

How de ye
Feel aboot
Being a Da
If we stayed sober
We'd be a good
Ma and a Da

Danny?
Danny?
Danny?
Danny?

It scares me
Tae death
But it will
Be a good laugh
Ah canny wait
Tae see ye
Change a shitey
Wee arse

Danny
Are ye happy?
Danny
Ah'm so happy
Danny
Are ye happy?

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
She sings it
Over and over
Again

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
She sings it
Tae him
Over and over
Again

Are ye happy?
Danny
Ah'm so happy
Danny
Ah'm so happy
Danny


gerrybhoy

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