out of sight
ain't so out of mind
when troubles brew
when all the world's a bind

well I guess you could say
that I miss the music
now the dollar's a collar I wear
taking me round town

sat outside in the summer sun
the map was drawn
and the bed was made
and I looked at all

regarding most, I'm gone past caring
it used to bother me
I tried to care I guess
but I couldn't figure out

I knew when first I saw
she was the one for you
sitting there in the local
and in her eyes I knew

so here I go again
singing the same old tune
no closer to the moon
feeling I have spoken

there is no right way
when you are down and out
take this the right way
don't take a highway

you skelter past the shelter
where I sleep with rights denied
I know that you are stuck like glue
to strolling sunny sides

doubtless with the right intentions
things turn out alright
for the most part
but how much do we hang our hats

it's all in rhythm now
first memories to latest footsteps
journeys not yet taken
began long ago

my money comes my money goes
round and round the clock we go
but things have shifted in my manner
frustrations don't upset my candour

I've no wish to reminisce
on roads I walked before we kissed
my middle name was loneliness
but my oh my that kiss was bliss

so that's it then
she'll go her way
and I'll go mine
her coffee still warm

Lord, I have enough imagination
to last me many lifetimes
fill me instead with your love
so that by a change in me

life has changed
I've been estranged
from trivial pursuit
it's goodbye now

when I'm alone and with my thoughts
I think of one mistake I ought
to not have made but yet I made
that puts the rest into the shade

sometimes I have wondered
what is she doing
buying this and that
do we really need two garden gnomes

another summer's nearly finished
what's been is gone yet won't diminish
as old familiar school approaches
a highway set in stone encroaches

you may talk
and all your words
may run around my head
you're lined in chalk

it's like waking up to a blue sky
these minor victories that sustain me
a kind word that reassures
or the outstretched arm

one up one up on the neighbours
one up one up on a foe
one up one up on the competition
‘til above drags you way down below

one goes one way
one another
when turnings come
tearing brothers

I cried when I was small
lucky there were people
who stood and stand by me

Covid-19 doesn't affect me
my work is mainly laptop
I can do a bit at home

what I wouldn't do
to hear your voice again
to listen to you rant
about what living sends

Poker Stars
you drive fast cars
from dirty jars of money
Mr Green

I'll let it slide but not for you
I have better things to do
than cause a row on big or small
tall enough our little wall

give me a gun and call me a soldier
the enemy circles our people
here is your gun you're one of us soldier
you'll do now whatever is needed

all alone in this cold world
where the air is free
but what good is breathing
when you work for a roof

take me down the road we used to go
when it didn't matter
what road we chose to go
living night by night

here comes a song
here comes a tune
one that reminds me
of starstruck in June

it's not what you think
it's not what you know
it's not what you win
it's not what's on show

you take me to the end
of every mile I'm crawling
you show me where the light is
when I feel shadows stalking

what's done is done, can't go back
Wall Street calling in a jack
of trades a plenty come on kings
trust me master I will sing

I couldn't find the perfect song
to say just what I mean
so I took lyrics floating
and dreamt a lonely dream

What day did you have?
Were you warm?
Have shelter?
Enough food?

sometimes the grass is greener
on the other side of town
July looks so much sweeter
than the May road I am down

I love you cos you make the rain fall softer
with you the night is always full of stars
you push me on that one step further
and pull me from the brink a step too far

if night should fall on you
and we must carry on
I shall only speak of love

the ordinary man
has a job a Ford and bills
brings the kids to football
drinks Guinness just to chill

how quickly I forget
the things I get away with
my promises get swept
‘til one more bug comes stay with

alarm bell rings
coffee dreams of better things
than a never-empty quiver
and ever-moving targets

Jesus, come quickly
there is no other prayer left in me
neither for the poor
nor those who tend to the poor

did you see that sunset?
yes I saw that sunset
didn't do a single thing for me

Jesus said to turn the other
Jesus said on taking a lover
there can be no divorce
and Jesus is right of course

an old man stands still
as soldiers protect his fields
knowing they are sons

and if it all goes south
I know I'll still have you
you are my mouth to mouth
no artist ever drew

they say you write your own disaster
well sunshine I got news
odds are someone somewhere will go faster
or you’ll just wear out your shoes

I know who I am
I know what I'm not
so better be sure
when taking a shot

when all the world was tripping
I was in my room
writing songs for no one
hoping you would show up soon

I always dream of something more
than what I had the day before
it's not that I don't have enough
before you go and call my bluff

all I wanted
was a little of what
I should not have
so I had a little