Hi everyone.
This was written last summer for a collaboration but never used. Dug it out of the bin last month & hope somebody digs it.
@pompeyjazz kindly donned his kaftan, placed some lysergic acid into his Ribena & gave it a full 1960`s treatment. Big thanks to him as always for making it listenable.
Feedback, good, bad or indifferent as always much appreciated.
Much love & Happy Easter.
Chris.
The Birds Keep Singing
What did you do this summer?
I got smashed on Beaujolais.
You could have seen me suffer.. but you were far away.
I lie here contemplating in our once perfect home.
Now all the walls need painting & the gardens overgrown.
I´ve got my headphones on in bed but that birds still singing in my head.
I know I´ve had my chances. I`m overwhelmed with guilt.
While searching for Atlantis I`m drowning in the silt
And now my phones stopped ringing its peaceful finally
But those bloody birds keep singing & they´re singing just for me.
And when their loved ones fly away, they still keep singing..that bird keeps singing every day.
How can I live today when there`s no tomorrow?
She left me for another man, part of natures masterplan.
How can they sing today when there`s no tomorrow?
Take your songs & disappear. Wake me up when winters here.
You start a conversation with some young handsome man
Its been no consolation to be your back up plan.
The time will pass & surely we`ll meet (though God knows when).
You`re on a different journey and I`m on the beer again.
I`m trying to forget what she did last summer
(She left me for another man, part of natures masterplan)
Why do they have to sing like they did last summer?
Take your songs & disappear
Wake me up when winters here
Take your songs & disappear. Wake me up when winters here.
Part of natures master plan..Karmas screwed me up again.
Ladybird & bumblebee. Piss off home don`t bother me.
While witnessing my final fall the birds keep singing through it all.
Spread you wings & disappear. Wake me up when winters here.
Written by C.Underwood. 2020.