Turn The Page

You chose with age
To speak with a prima ballerina's rage
And speak of all the kingdoms
That would swoop down
Stick around
Then proceed to ignore you

No flash pot pan, guitar man
Or resurrected Apollo myth
To seal your fate
Feed your plate
And just plain worship and adore you
But the pills you swill
Bring you no thrill
So travel lightly on the wing this time
Leaving all your baggage behind

As you wander through your vagabond stage
And find yourself shovelling shit
With a rusty jack-handle queen of a broken spade
You must not be afraid
You must turn the page

You wore your goddess down
In jaundiced disarray
Your halo fell into decay
Swiped by those you loved
But could not hold in sway behind you
And then the dry spell leaves
At a low shutter speed
Long enough for you to see
That you create your own reality
And that the wait alone will not enshrine you
And the war that you swore
Would pour through your door
To come to your rescue this time
Is all in your mind

Now as you wander through your vagabond stage
And you find yourself shovelling shit
With a rusty jack-handle queen of a broken spade
And you find yourself kicking dirt around
With your Paris green pumps
Of pentacles and precious jade
You must not be afraid
You must turn the page

You dreamt a world of things
Like you were a duchess born
Or Coretta Scott King
And the queen does not invite you over for a tea at her gaff
In Scotland
Or in Buckingham's back-yard

Now I'm sure 'Van the Man' of whom I'm a fan
Can surely understand
As he said "It is not why, it just is."
So therefore you need not remain scarred
And in time you'll find
That your salvation is mine
As you travel lightly on the wing this time
Leaving all your baggage behind

Now as you wander through your vagabond stage
And you find yourself shovelling shit
With a rusty jack-handle queen of a broken spade
And you find yourself kicking dirt around
With your Paris green pumps
Of pentacles and precious jade
Pulling the roots from your hair
Dyed from a bottle
You saw in a windows with
An 'Everything must go!!' sale sign
Prominently displayed

And yet waiting for your dancing
On the edge of a precipice heart to sing
Those serenading soul songs
That fulfillingness and consciousness brings
Releasing you from your captive cage
Replacing love for all your rage
Turning your hope on a rope's magic pope kaleidoscope
Into a rabbit's foot parade
You must not be afraid
(Eyes forward babe)
You must turn the page

One thing is sure
And that is change
When the water's rising
You can't remain
Move to dry land
Move to dry land
You've got to move on

Wet Your Lips

Wet your lips
And let's fall in love
You are beautiful to me
Wet your lips and let's do a thing
With a view to make your spirit sing
I have come to be your man
In a strange and hostile land
So wet your lips
And let's fall in love
And stay with me

Wet your lips
And let's fall in love
You are blood and wine to me
Wet you lips
And let's do a turn
With a view to make your body burn
I'll rebuild the scenery
Into garden greenery
So wet your lips
And let's fall in love
And stay with me

Wet your lips
And let's fall in love
You're the molecular soul of me
Wet your lips
And let's dip your wings
Into shapes of many things
I have come to bring new life
And to help you squeeze it from your slice
So wet your lips
And let's fall in love
And stay with me

I will feed you like a bird
From the mouth of my dying words
So wet your lips
And let's fall in love

Wet your lips
And let's fall in love
Wet your lips
And let's fall in love
Stay.....

Girl you take me higher
Yeah you take me deeper
Girl you take me higher

Penelope Please

I'm seventeen and under the illusion
A girl like you could end my confusion
Penelope please
Penelope please

My jeans are not
Big enough to hold me
So come on girl
Don't you try and scold me
Penelope please
Penelope please

You will still be home in time
To watch the 'Pops' featuring Chrissie Hynde

I know you see me as an aggravation
I dream of you in full moon frustration
Penelope please
Penelope please

Don't make me wait
But answer with affection
So come on girl
Look in my direction
Penelope please
Penelope please

You will still be home in time
To watch the 'Pops' featuring Chrissie Hynde

I know you view me as a major horror
But come on babe
Don't say sayonara
Penelope please
Penelope please

My head is hard
So girl I will continue
To plead and beg
Baby till I win you
Penelope please
Penelope please

You will still be home in time
To watch the 'Pops' featuring Chrissie Hynde

At twenty-one I came to this conclusion
I married her
But still I'm in confusion

Penelope please
("Come on babe")
("No!")
Penelope please
("No!")
Penelope please
("Look you're going to wake up the baby!!!")
Penelope please
("No!!!") Waaaaaaah!!!!...

Neon Messiah

She never wanted to be my neon messiah
She never wanted to be my neon messiah

I saw the blood dripping from your caring hands
I prayed it wasn't more blood
Than your month could stand
I didn't hear you say
Kick my pedestal away

She never wanted to be my neon messiah
She never wanted to be my neon messiah

I saw you suffocating in a wordless pain
A whore/Madonna martyr is all that remains
If Oedipus could rise
He'd probably try me on for size

She never wanted to be my neon messiah
She never wanted to be my neon messiah

Roll over tell Stravinsky
She lost herself to please me
I can't handle intelligent women
They're far too deep to swim in

She never wanted to be my neon messiah
She never wanted to be my neon messiah

Delicate

Delicate like rain
Delicate like snow
Delicate like birds
Delicate just so
Delicate like air
Delicate like breeze
Delicate like you and me

A delicate advance
A delicate retreat
Delicately planned
Delicate like peace
Delicate like a touch
That's delicately brief
Delicate like you and me

Delicate like trinkets on her bracelet
(Like trinkets on her bracelet)
Delicate like a bracelet on your arm
(Like a bracelet on your arm)
Delicate like sweet arms around me
(Your sweet arms around me)
Delicate like me on top of you

Delicate like words
Delicate how time
So delicately runs
Then delicately dies
Delicate how eyes
So delicately breathe
Delicate like you my dear
Delicate like me my love
Delicate like you and
Delicate like me and
Delicate like
Delicate like you and me

Baby Let Me Share My Love

Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love

My best lines
Working on her, working on her overtime
Working on her, working on her clever mind
Working on her, working on her sleek lines
She's sure fine
As fine as Whitney Houston in the daytime
Working on her, working on her big time
Looking at her, looking at her waistline

Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love

My last dime
Working on her, working on her phone line
Working on her, working with the best wine
Working on her, trying to help her unwind
She's so fine
As fine as Cleopatra in her black prime
I think about her so much people, I'm a go blind
Working on her, looking at her waistline

Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love
Baby let me share my love

Jesus/Allah/Krishna/Buddha loves you

So not this time but next time
I'll be kicking out a poet's rhyme
Picking on her, picking on her grapevine
Working on her, looking at her waistline
She's real fine
As fine as Nefertitti in her black prime
Working on her, working on her bed time
Working on her, working on her
Working on her, working on her
Baby let me share my love

Do You Love Me Like You Say?

Now do you love me like you say you do baby?
(Do you love me like you say you do?)

Listen baby, until I find the river
I won't be satisfied with who I am
In my Monasteryo your love ran hot or cold
Symphony or damn
I wanna be careful not to lose by laughter
What I've gained by tears
So here's a question baby
You answer I most need to hear

Now do you love me like you say you do baby?
(Do you love me like you say you do?)

I give my best to the best of your breed
Take my heart pretty baby
I believe that I have all that I need
I exist for you wholly in this hour
As the leaves exist
Surely for the sake of the flower

Now do you love me like you say you do baby?
(Do you love me like you say you do?)

It seems that you have all these emotional dragons
That you must slay
I believe your daddy didn't treat you right
So it seems now TTD must pay
The troubles advance while the sorrows retreat
Yet whichever road you travel baby
I genuinely wish you godspeed
But before you go answer my question

Now do you love me like you say you do baby?
(Do you love me like you say you do?)

She Kissed Me

She is negative as can be
And she's weak emotionally
But she kissed me
And she put it there
She's got a chip on her shoulderblade
And her attitude makes me afraid
But she kissed me
And she put it there

She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
When I'm bare
She kisses me there

When she bets
She'd never hedge
She likes walking on the razor's edge
But she kissed me
And she put it there
She likes rap and metal really loud
And she makes her other home girls proud
But she kissed me
And she put it there

She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
When I'm bare
She kisses me there

She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
She kissed me there
The way no other girl has kissed me there
When I'm bare
She kisses me there

She's as simple as a girl can be
Yet she has a cool complexity
But she kissed me
And she put it there
When she met me I was still a boy
Now I'm an older woman's toy
Because she kissed me
And she put it there

Welcome To My Monasteryo

Welcome To My Monasteryo

It's Been Said

It's been said be a poet better
Sealed with a smile and perfumed letter
It's been said by the painter's colours more brightly
It's been said but here it goes again, I love you

It's been said that your eyes are amazing
And that they tell a deeper secret
Than your body wishes to hold
And that your quiet tears will be heard as gentle whispers
It's been said but here it goes again, I love you

It's been said by far too many drifters
That perhaps your eyes had seen fall short the glory of
It's been said from the soil of a prophet's graveyard
It's been said by the light of your mirror's vanity
It's been said but here it goes again, I love you

(Please believe me that I love you)

Take this you beautiful distraction
I love you