The Chromosome Song

We do not want to know the truth
It’s not much fun to lose ourselves in truth
Who needs instructions from the world outside?
Who needs a map when we’ve got fish to fry?

And there is a history, a history to it
Side by side, with X and Y
There’s blood on our hands but we’ll have to get through it 
Side by side, with X and Y

We do not want the nameless fear
It’s going to get us let’s make one thing clear
Truth is we never meant to sow the seeds
Truth is we never meant to set them free

And there is a history, a history to it
Side by side, with X and Y
There’s blood on our hands but we’ll have to get through it 
Cos we’re on the side of X and Y

So safe inside our halls of power
We’ll fix the system in those final hours
We’ll tell you nothing as we go to ground
Blow up the satellites that track us down

And there is a history, a history to it
Side by side, with X and Y
There’s blood on our hands but we’ll have to get through it 
Cos we’re on the side of X and Y

Written by Geoff Smith

The Chromosome Song

The Great Wheel

Where the Tregeseal flows into the sea
The ghost of the ‘Great Wheel’ shelters in the lee
No distractions here or signal for the phone
The way ahead is clear now I’m on my own

The ancient granite tors that stoop with bended knees
Watch over verdant moors and heather honeybees
Above the kissing gate and weather blasted hedge
A figure tempting fate is dancing on a ledge

So I keep walking, I keep walking
And let the landscape do the talking

Seabirds tame the breeze in fading Cornish light
Whilst diving in to seize their catch before the night
A curve of azure blue stretches far and wide
Beyond a sunset hue and turning of the tide

A visit from the moon with ten more miles to tread
Say hello to the loon she’s playing with my head
Communing with the stones cavorting in the streams
Conversing with the bones of memories and dreams

So I keep walking, I keep walking
And let the landscape do the talking

It’s tricky underfoot the journey’s end is near
This hero is kaput and wishes you were here


(From the river Tregeseal to the mermaid of Zennor and back)
Geoff Smith 20-06-2021

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