I’m sending out a Mayday, I’ve got those rainy May Day travellin’ blues.

Jumped in my car, turned the ignition key, 
Waiting for a connection but my engine disagreed,
I’ve got those May Day,
Those Rainy May Day travellin’ blues,
No matter how hard I try,
I just can’t get to where I’m going to.

So i pulled my bike out of the hedge, 
Put my pump on the frame, 
Foot on the peddle and I snap the chain.
I’ve got those May Day, those rainy May Day travellin' blues.
No matter how hard I try,
I just can’t get to where I'm going to.

Thought I'd take a bus, 
Thought I'd take a train.
Know that I would take anything never to feel this way again. 
I’ve got those May Day, those rainy May Day travellin' blues.
No matter how hard I try,
I just can’t get to where I'm going to.

I probably should have stayed at home today, 
And let those raindrops have their way.
When the sun comes out,
that’s when I'll come back out to play.
And I’ll be on the move, I’ll be on the move;  
I’ll be on the move again.

So now I’m on the tube, 
and I'm rocking from side to side;
I get this terrifying feeling,
we’re going to take off and fly.
I’ve got those May Day, those rainy May Day travellin' blues.
No matter how hard I try I just can’t get to where I'm going to.

I probably should have stayed at home today, 
And let those raindrops have their way.
When the sun comes out,
that’s when I'll come back out to play.
And I’ll be on the move, yes I’ll be on the move;  
I’ll be on the move again.

So now I’m on the platform. 
I hear Dick singin' a song; 
I’m just starting to smile,
When I realise my bags are gone.
I’ve got those May Day, those rainy May Day travellin' blues.
No matter how hard I try I just can’t get to.... where I'm going to.

So I’m sending out a Mayday, I’ve got those rainy May Day travellin’ blues.

Rainy May Day Travellin' Blues
12/7/22
© Max Warner

Rainy May Day Travellin' Blues

I turn off the motorway,
And the sunshine fills my eyes.
And the road begins to narrow down,
I’m heading towards you.

To fill up my heart with love,
To fill up my heart with your love.
To fill up my heart with love.

Now I find myself lost for words,
And know what I do will make no difference.
And memories will play their cheating hands,
On the cards that we were dealt.

So I fill up my heart with love,
I fill up my heart with your love.
I fill up my heart with love,

I feel so lucky that I found you here,
know we had our moments, 
all those bitter sweet souvenirs.

I head up the motorway,
Clock the white house by the tracks.
Left at the crossroads by the chestnut tree,
I’m always coming back.

To fill up my heart with love,
To fill up my heart with your love,
To fill up my heart with love.

I fill up my heart with love,
I fill up my heart with your love.

Fill Up My Heart
29/7/22
© Max Warner

Fill Up My Heart

Looking around I know I can see,
A beautiful place for you and me;
But sweet nothings we've got to say,
Or sweet nothing will come our way.

Nothing is easier than loving you, 
Nothing is quite so simple to do;
But a space opens up in between,
In fall words that we say but don’t mean.

We can be in love, as we imagined.
We can find ourselves right here and right away.
We can share the magic,
If we can just say these.

Sweet nothings, 
Whisper sweet nothings.

Nothing is easier than loving you, 
Nothing is quite so simple to do;
But a space opens up in between,
In fall words that we say but don’t mean.

We can be in love as we imagined.
We can find ourselves right here and right away.
We can share the magic.

We can make it happen,
It’s happening today,
Open up our hearts and say.

Sweet nothings,
Whisper sweet nothings.

We can be in love, as we imagined.
We can find ourselves right here and right away.
We can share the magic,
If we can just say these.

Sweet nothings, 
Whisper sweet nothings
Or nothing will come our way.....

Sweet Nothings
4/9/22
© Max Warner

Sweet Nothings

Light slides in through the morning breeze,
Flickers on the fading leaves,
Summer still reigns.
But abdication is getting close,
Though the mellowing rays will not,
Give up the ghost.

Calmer, 
Feverless days,
What a perfect time.
Cooler,
No double edged sword.
What a perfect time:
September.

There is still warmth in your gaze, 
As you start to slip away,
Fruitful kind, generous.
I lie down and I wish that you could stay with us,
No expectations,
As we start to go round again.

Calmer, 
Feverless days,
What a perfect time.
Cooler,
No double edged sword,
What a perfect time:
September.

Feels like the world is on my side, 
My head is clear, everything's alright,
It's my time.

Calmer,
Feverless days,
What a perfect time:
September.
Cooler,
No double edged sword,
What a perfect time:
September.

September
13/9/22
© Max Warner

September

I took a gamble with fate,
We should have headed south, not north now it’s too late;
My headstrong certainty left no room for doubt,
Now I’m in far too deep and I can’t see the way out.

I’ve been caught on the wrong side,
The wrong side of you;
I’ve been caught on the wrong side.
I’ve been caught on the wrong side, 
the wrong side of you;
I’ve been caught on the wrong side.

Now my position is getting squeezed,
It’s all a blur, can’t see the wood from the trees;
To win you over was the risk that I took,
I placed my stack of chips without a second look.

Chorus

And there’s nothing I can do or say, 
except cut my losses, hope I can live to love another day.
My heart is pounding, hope my heart is strong; 
Just get me out of here, I give in, so long.

It seemed so promising at the start,
Then I fell in love with you and that was not so smart.
But I’ll live and as long as I learnt,
It doesn’t matter if every now and then I get completely burnt.

Chorus

The Wrong Side Of You
30/9/22
© Max Warner

The Wrong Side Of You

(Caught On) The Wrong Side Of You

I take your silver, 
I take your gold,
I take my place and I don’t count what I’ve sold.
Because I’m never going to be
Poor again.

I’ve got a future, 
I’ve got it made, 
I’ve got so many good things,
coming my way.
Because I’m never going to be,
Poor again

Now I remember somebody,
I knew a long time ago,
And how I left them,
Chasing after rainbows.

Now I remember somebody,
I knew a long time ago,
And how I left them,
Chasing after rainbows,
Chasing after rainbows.

I try to pick up the silver, 
I try to pick up the gold; 
try to pick up the pieces,
but I got nothing left to hold.

I guess I’m poor again
I'm just poor again.
I guess I'm,
Back to square one again,
So here's to the
Revolution then
Cos I'm poor again.

I try to pick up the silver, 
I try to pick up the gold,
I try to pick up the pieces,
I got nothing left to hold.....

Poor Again
24/10/22
© Max Warner

Poor Again

Let's go dancing beneath the fairy lights in the park;
We'll go dancing  beneath the fairy lights in the park.

We’ll shimmy to the sounds of the Yuletide season;
Snow on the ground there’s no better reason to go,

Dancing beneath the fairy lights in the park.
Let’s go dancing beneath the fairy lights in the park.

Though it's the coldest time of the year, 
Wrap up, get on down and all your blues will disappear.

And we'll be dancing beneath the fairy lights in the park.

Dancing, Yule be dancing.
Dancing, we'll be dancing.

We’ll slip and slide under the twinkling trees;	
It's so wonderful out here on this Midwinter's eve.

So let's go dancing beneath the fairy lights in the park;
We'll go dancing  beneath the fairy lights in the park.

Let's go dancing, dancing beneath the fairy lights in the park...
Oh what fun it is to dance....

Fairy Lights In The Park
4/11/22
© Max Warner

Fairy Lights In The Park

Things change and I still want you,
Things change and I still need you,
Things change,
Still got to have you by my side.

Things change and I still love you,
Just be floating around,
In a sea of clowns,
If it was not for you.
Things change,
Still got to be there by your side.

Molecules keep on colliding,
Articles of faith,
Our past and our future,
All wrapped up in today.

Things change and I still want you,
Things change and I still need you,
Things change,
Still got to have you by my side.

And they say we’ll stick together,
Even as things drift apart,
Is this what they call a happy ending?
Riding on a falling star.

I’m a little bit unsettled,
I’m a little bit bemused,
By random patterns of behaviour, 
But the love,
Remains for you.
My love remains for you.
Remains for you.
My love remains...

Things change,
Molecules keep on colliding.

Things Change
18/11/22
© Max Warner

Things Change

Another window and another view,
A quiet room where the sun peeps through;
I’ve watched it rise, climb across the sky,
Between the clouds,
And the thoughts of you.

Swirling streets below, 
To dive into; 
Holding on to a place,
Where the skies are always blue.
What have I done?
Look at me run;
Between the circle and the train, 
The river and the rain, 
The coming and the gone;
And the thoughts of you

On my own, 
But I don’t feel alone, 
Our moment may have flown
But what keeps me here
Are the thoughts of you.

Another window and another view.

Another Window
21/11/22
© Max Warner

Another Window

Love is a good car you said;
This is a vehicle; this is a start.
But how can I follow the road, when you’re covering up the signs, 
and hiding what’s on your mind?

Maybe it’s the time of year to think, 
Or should we just follow our own instincts.
We can’t turn back the clock;
No we can’t turn back.

And you want to know if I care; 
you want to know if I dare, let you.

Drive yourself; drive yourself. 
Come on now drive yourself.

I wish I had a sensible feeling, I’m getting so uptight;
An understandable reason, know why I’m so drunk tonight.
Maybe I’ll be picked up down on the dual carriageway;
Hijacked by life and taken on a pleasurable holiday.

And you want to know if I care; 
that we seemed to be going nowhere.

Drive yourself; drive yourself. 
Go on now drive yourself.

Now, I’m pinning up your postcards from all the latest sights;
Keeping still, but I can’t sleep at night.
Life’s a shade confusing, so incomplete;
Think of your foot pressing the metal down on Passion Street
Does it really matter, in time everyone arrives;
Though maybe not all sitting side by side.
When the lights changed, you said: “Should i go or stay?”
Was this love, was this love, was this love,
That’s driven away? 
That’s driven away. 
I drove away.

And you want to know if I cared,
Yes, but your road was always calling you out there.

Drive yourself; drive yourself. 
Come on and drive yourself. 
Love is a good car you said.


Drive Yourself
13/2/2023
© Max Warner

Drive Yourself

Heading south, keeping to the right.
Stars comes out on a quiet summer night.
Small people, sleeping tight.
Horizon starts to shimmer in the warm lunar light.
In our little moving world there's a lot of love to share;
slipping through the landscape, silence in the air;
and a beautiful morning to you,
Moon over Lyon.

Night driving down the route of the sun.
Heaven's satellite, fully turned on.
River sparkles, wide and serene;
sweeping us along to somewhere we've never seen.
In our little moving world, we are travelling so fast,
and it's a phase that I want to last;
so a beautiful morning to you,
Moon over Lyon.

Full moon over Lyon.

In our little moving world, there's a lot of love to share;
and you keep on shining out there.
A beautiful morning to you,
Moon over Lyon.

Full moon over Lyon.

© Max Warner
2021 - Feb 12

Max Warner

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