Judy Collins - Send in the Clowns

Judy Collins - Send in the Clowns

Judy Collins Old Pa's Poetry Corner PILS Wednesday Club

OLD PA'S WEDNESDAY CLUB

DREICH

'I thought that you'd want what I want'

 

JUDY COLLINS - Send in the Clowns

HOUDINI'S PUNCH

Red telephone boxes
smelt of piss 
i never saw it comming 
Houdini's Punch

my mind was numb

a marching zombie
owned by the night

the hail, the sleet

the maggot wind

the dreich

 Houdini's punch

garrotting my guts
 twisting, strangling
 tighter and tighter

the bile rising
i needed to vomit
i wanted to scream!
howl!

but nothing came out

i arrived
 at i don't know where

 or how i got there
i did 'nt care 

i had lost the night
i had lost my love

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The Beatles - I'm so Tired/Happiness is a Warm Gun

The Beatles - I'm so Tired/Happiness is a Warm Gun

Bob Dylan Old Pa's Poetry Corner PILS The Beatles

SHE HAD A BIRDS NEST IN HER HAIR

 THE BEATLES - I' so Tired (1968)

 

The Birds Nest

I walked into the pub
i had not seen her for years
there was that familiar feeling
deep in my guts
she could still bring it out
she still had that power
we briefly kissed

she removed her dark glasses
her eyes were bruised
her lips were swollen
she look tired almost beat
there was no sparkle in her eyes

he was abusing her
he was beating her
how could anyone
harm my fragile angel
that bastard should hang
he should be fed to isis

she begged me to stay
she could not be alone
she held me tight
the whole night
as if  I were her life she was holding

i put her on a plane the next day
she needed her home
her kin
time to rest
she needed time to recover

a few weeks later she called
she had two tickets for our idol
he was playing Earls Court

i still had her copy of Blonde on Blonde
i never returned in the sixties
when she was a child
and i was just a child
when we loved like the wind
like flowers in the wind

we went to see our idol
she had regained her joy

she looked so beautiful

i could not take my eyes away from her
her smile lit up the Court

she had a birds nest in her hair 

 

THE BEATLES - Happiness is a Warm Gun (1968)

All you Dylan Fans out there of course will pick up the reference.Well?

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Stuart A. Staples - Goodbye to Old Friends

Stuart A. Staples - Goodbye to Old Friends

Old Pa's Poetry Corner PILS Stuart A Staples

OLD PA'S WEDNESDAY CLUB

THE PRISON

A SINGLE TEAR

 

STUART A. STAPLES -  Goodbye to Old Friends (2006)

THE PRISON

She held my arm tightly
with both her hands
her face was pale
with a hint of pink on her cheeks
a single tear trickled down
she was usually so strong
always in control
i gently pulled away
she released her grip
i turned around
there was no pleasure
in my control
no pleasure at all
i did not look behind
i kept on walking 
there was no magnetic pull
dragging me back
nothing
i was free
free from the prison
 that was her

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Richard Harris - A Tramp Shining/Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces

Richard Harris - A Tramp Shining/Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces

Jessica Lange Old Pa's Poetry Corner Patsy Cline PILS Richard Harris Wednesday Club

Old Pa's Wednesday Club

...Everybody's got to learn sometime!

A down guy

RICHARD HARRIS - A Tramp Shining

  Destruction 2

The phone rang
it was her
she wanted to meet
my heart
my chest
went into explosion mode
i had difficulty to balance
it had been 6 months
since she walked away
6 months
 since the destruction

'she wanted me back!
did she want me back?'
 
'A tramp shining' came into my mind'
to think i used to be in control 
and used to run the show

'she wants me back
i want her back'

the day arrived

i was trembling with excitement
she looked even better
than the golden image
 she looked beautiful
the smile
the cynism
that is why I loved her 

everything I said was like a movie
my confidence was back
that old swagger was there


 'Oh! its great to keep in touch,
it is so good that we can still be friends,
 have you got a new girlfriend?
i have met someone
his name is Angelo
he's comes from Italy'
 
i crumbled
and i fell to pieces   

 

PATSY CLINE - I Fall to Pieces

If you get the chance to watch the Patsy Cline story it is a great watch. It is called 'Sweet Dreams' and stars Jessica Lange.

For Destruction 1 

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Richard Harris - A Tramp Shining/Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces

Richard Harris - A Tramp Shining/Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces

Jessica Lange Old Pa's Poetry Corner Patsy Cline PILS Richard Harris Wednesday Club

Old Pa's Wednesday Club

...Everybody's got to learn sometime!

A down guy

RICHARD HARRIS - A Tramp Shining

  Destruction 2

The phone rang
it was her
she wanted to meet
my heart
my chest
went into explosion mode
i had difficulty to balance
it had been 6 months
since she walked away
6 months
 since the destruction

'she wanted me back!
did she want me back?'
 
'A tramp shining' came into my mind'
to think i used to be in control 
and used to run the show

'she wants me back
i want her back'

the day arrived

i was trembling with excitement
she looked even better
than the golden image
 she looked beautiful
the smile
the cynism
that is why I loved her 

everything I said was like a movie
my confidence was back
that old swagger was there


 'Oh! its great to keep in touch,
it is so good that we can still be friends,
 have you got a new girlfriend?
i have met someone
his name is Angelo
he's comes from Italy'
 
i crumbled
and i fell to pieces   

 

PATSY CLINE - I Fall to Pieces

If you get the chance to watch the Patsy Cline story it is a great watch. It is called 'Sweet Dreams' and stars Jessica Lange.

For Destruction 1 

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WEDNESDAY CLUB - David Ackles - The Road to Cairo

WEDNESDAY CLUB - David Ackles - The Road to Cairo

Brian Auger David Ackles Julie Driscol Old Pa's Poetry Corner PILS Wednesday Club

MIDWEEK CRISIS you have lost your way, come to WEDNESDAY CLUB we have David Ackles and he will show you the Road to Cairo

DAVID ACKLES - The Road to Cairo(1968)

An American Goth

The Road from East Kilbride

It was my first time in London

She had moved there

I had some interviews for jobs planned

So I could join her

There were decisions to make

I worked with the Tax Office in Scotland at the time.

(I was more a Robin Hood figure than that prat John Osbourne)

We went to Leicester Square

I was impressed with all the lights

The buzz

There was this Bar

I recall it had a large cowboy stood outside

The music was loud

The music was great

It was my type of music

This song stood out

I did not know who it was by

The words the Road to Cairo

Rang around my head

We stayed in the Bar

For a long long time

For the music and the drinking

For more music and more drinking

I just had to find my way

I had to find a way to Cairo

I immediately bought David Ackles albums 'David Akcles' and 'American Gothic' both are brilliant. His music is so underrated. The 'Road to Cairo' later took on another significance. My wife was born in Egypt and lived in Cairo for many years.  Although the song is about the American version of Cairo.

Julie Driscol and Brian Auger also did a pretty good version of the song.

For more Wednesday Club Journeys

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