Once Again I Think Of You

We play with phones
So nothing's new
We play with smiles
Which shine straight through

We catch the breeze
As days undo
We catch the light
Which illuminates we two

We drink our gin
Of Sapphire Blue
We drink our coffee
Served by the stylish crew

We write our words
With nothing to say
We write our words
From the human zoo

They complete the crossword
Together and true
They complete the crossword
And once again I think of you

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Some Say She Was Always Thus

You're looking round for someone new
It's for your love for the soul of blue
She’s looking good in shiny shoes
She is your soul her name is you

She never wavers and some say she was always thus
Right from the start on the dimly lit downtown bus
Sodium lights tracking her back to the smoke
The helicopter blades became the flashing joke

She never settled however well you played
Her field was wide open for the sharpest blade
With the morning dew to the evening light
A fractious footstep commenced her flight

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As The Tempest True

We're looking round for somewhere new
It's for our love our love of blue
We stand side by side as the tempest true
We are in our soul our name is you

We stand side by side as the breeze blows through
We stand side by side looking good in shiny shoes
We stand side by side as the tempest true

He stands six feet tall she stands five feet seven
With the helicopter blade as the flashing sight
She stands five feet seven he stands six feet tall
With the sharpest blade to commence the flight

We are in your soul our name is you
We are in your soul your love of blue
We stand side by side as the tempest true

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Shout Out For The Joy Of Love

Lift up your head damn you man
Smell the sea
Feel the sand between your toes
Breathe in the air
Shout out for the joy of love

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Not That I Want More Religion

Sat in the cafe I felt good, in my old black linen jacket, in my brand new striped cotton scarf

Something of a bohemian I thought to myself, I sure could take to this daytime coffee-shop society

Yet my home town has nothing so, how can I say, nothing so inspiring nor of such an intellectual bent as where I sit at in this present moment

Where Spanish Christians talk on their mobile phones, about how to encourage more youngsters to take up their religion

Not that I want more religion, I just use it as an example of what kind of people could be attracted to in a town with a university

A growing town with a history of wealth and social justice and royal patronage

Should I move here, or should I move my false pretences is the very next question which I ask myself

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