They say rock and roll is an early grave
But it’s still ‘en trend’
What an outrage!
What else do you play on a long freeway?
La La La La La La La La ?
La No way!
M.P.H
One hundred burning through
Cover off babe
Rocking it with you
They say rock and roll is an early grave
M.P.H
What an outrage!
You hear it in the motor
You hear it in the air
You hear it in a storm
When no other music’s there
You see it in the eyes
Of the babe next to you
M.P.H
One hundred burning through.
Oh daddy, what have I done?
Send me a ticket
And bring me on home.
…
D' you remember
That monster you said
Got something wrong
Inside his head?
…
He's laid me low
On the roadside
If it wasn't for you
I may well have died.
…
Oh daddy, what have I done
Send me a ticket
And bring me on home
…
CHORUS
And the wind cries Mary
All the way home
And the wind cries Mary
As the world turns to stone.
And the street she once lived
Wasn't the same.
And daddy said 'hey'
And left her alone.
That girl o'er there, she's distant
A pained look on her skin,
Those piercing eyes are wounded,
Don't know how to let you in.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
…
She was out all the time,
Friends flocked to her door,
Parties and pubs and oh so much more.
Now she sits all alone,
Unable to talk
Seeing something unseen,
In her personal war.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
...
BRIDGE
If you'd known her before, she was colour,
fire and bubbles: a rebel,
But chancing with time on a cold, frosty night
She made a pact with the devil.
…
That girl o'er there, she is wounded,
Scars cover her body and face,
But the one's that she feels the deepest,
Are the one's that cannot be placed.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
She was out living life
And living it large
Smoking and drinking,
And following her heart.
Now her head is all broken,
Her life torn apart,
By the choices she made,
When she made loss an art.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
...
BRIDGE
If you'd known her before, she was colour,
fire and bubbles: a rebel,
But chancing with time on a cold, frosty night
She made a pact with the devil.
...
Now she's let the pain define her,
It's become just who she is,
The fire has burnt out, the colour is gone,
The bubbles have lost their fizz.
They say rock and roll is an early grave
But it’s still ‘en trend’
What an outrage!
What else do you play on a long freeway?
La La La La La La La La ?
La No way!
M.P.H
One hundred burning through
Cover off babe
Rocking it with you
They say rock and roll is an early grave
M.P.H
What an outrage!
You hear it in the motor
You hear it in the air
You hear it in a storm
When no other music’s there
You see it in the eyes
Of the babe next to you
M.P.H
One hundred burning through.
Oh daddy, what have I done?
Send me a ticket
And bring me on home.
…
D' you remember
That monster you said
Got something wrong
Inside his head?
…
He's laid me low
On the roadside
If it wasn't for you
I may well have died.
…
Oh daddy, what have I done
Send me a ticket
And bring me on home
…
CHORUS
And the wind cries Mary
All the way home
And the wind cries Mary
As the world turns to stone.
And the street she once lived
Wasn't the same.
And daddy said 'hey'
And left her alone.
That girl o'er there, she's distant
A pained look on her skin,
Those piercing eyes are wounded,
Don't know how to let you in.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
…
She was out all the time,
Friends flocked to her door,
Parties and pubs and oh so much more.
Now she sits all alone,
Unable to talk
Seeing something unseen,
In her personal war.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
...
BRIDGE
If you'd known her before, she was colour,
fire and bubbles: a rebel,
But chancing with time on a cold, frosty night
She made a pact with the devil.
…
That girl o'er there, she is wounded,
Scars cover her body and face,
But the one's that she feels the deepest,
Are the one's that cannot be placed.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
She was out living life
And living it large
Smoking and drinking,
And following her heart.
Now her head is all broken,
Her life torn apart,
By the choices she made,
When she made loss an art.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
...
BRIDGE
If you'd known her before, she was colour,
fire and bubbles: a rebel,
But chancing with time on a cold, frosty night
She made a pact with the devil.
...
Now she's let the pain define her,
It's become just who she is,
The fire has burnt out, the colour is gone,
The bubbles have lost their fizz.
Tell me I’m your Peggy Gordon
Your Mendocino girl,
Show me I’m the only one
Your lonesome whippoorwhirl
CHORUS
Do I make you yearn, n make y’ cry
Of your love for me would you testify?
Do I make you wanna jump from the Tallahatchie Bridge
Cos you’re too blue to fly.
Will they carry you away when you stop loving me,
Cos I feel the same way too?
In the early morning rain, I only want your love,
Do you feel the same way too?
Fight for me like I’m Lucille,
Your Gypsy Davy girl,
I’ll have you damned, I’m sure you know
Your hypnotist collector.
Take me like I’m your Knoxville girl
Your girl on the half shell, no less
If you thought of me as your Suzanne,
Then to me would you confess?
CHORUS
Would you mourn my loss like the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Do your words blow away when I’m gone?
Do I help you make it through the night?
Oh just tell me I’m ‘that’ one
CHORUS
Oh say that I’m your wicked Felina
My beauty’s beyond compare
That I’m your hundred thousand reasons
For only ME it is that you care
Tell me that I can never leave
Never leave like mama Alice
That just like Delia you'll end my life
If I make you sad and callous
CHORUS
Do I make you yearn, n make y’ cry
Of your love for me would you testify?
Do I make you wanna jump from the Tallahatchie Bridge
Cos you’re too blue to fly.
Will they carry you away when you stop loving me,
Cos I feel the same way too?
In the early morning rain, I only want your love,
Do you feel the same way too?
She fled and ran until she tripped,
On the roots of his family tree,
He caught her in his arms so strong,
She fell in his pools of green.
She spilled aged whisky down her cheeks,
He wiped those tears away,
Squeezed milk from ‘thin her virgin breasts,
And ‘pon the soil they lay.
Her heart got trapped 'thin his tattoo,
A blue tear drop below his eye,
But then he blew that heart away,
Like smoke from a hot peat fire.
She’s walked the road alone e’er since,
The ghost of his child in her arms,
A burning taste scorched on her lips,
And a lonely distant stare.
CHORUS
Oh Why won’t you touch me?
Oh What have I done?
Does my body repulse you?
My skin hold no fun?
VERSE
You react when I touch you
But you will not touch me.
My caress does it feel good
Does it make you feel free?
CHORUS
So Why won’t you touch me
Caress my soft skin
Am I too fat, too chubby?
Or is it something within?
CHORUS
When I touch you -are you elsewhere?
Are you not here with me?
Is my touch someone else’s
Is it me you don’t see?
CHORUS
I would just like your hands
To float over my hips
To move over my body
To kiss my sweet lips.
CHORUS
Is my body a shipwreck?
Does it just make you heave?
Do my soft ample breasts
Make you just want to leave?
CHORUS
Once you did tell me
As we pressed flesh to flesh
That it was all in those moments
That I made you feel best.
CHORUS
But now you don’t want me
I don’t turn you on.
My curves all forgotten
Your desire it has gone.
They say rock and roll is an early grave
But it’s still ‘en trend’
What an outrage!
What else do you play on a long freeway?
La La La La La La La La ?
La No way!
M.P.H
One hundred burning through
Cover off babe
Rocking it with you
They say rock and roll is an early grave
M.P.H
What an outrage!
You hear it in the motor
You hear it in the air
You hear it in a storm
When no other music’s there
You see it in the eyes
Of the babe next to you
M.P.H
One hundred burning through.
Oh daddy, what have I done?
Send me a ticket
And bring me on home.
…
D' you remember
That monster you said
Got something wrong
Inside his head?
…
He's laid me low
On the roadside
If it wasn't for you
I may well have died.
…
Oh daddy, what have I done
Send me a ticket
And bring me on home
…
CHORUS
And the wind cries Mary
All the way home
And the wind cries Mary
As the world turns to stone.
And the street she once lived
Wasn't the same.
And daddy said 'hey'
And left her alone.
That girl o'er there, she's distant
A pained look on her skin,
Those piercing eyes are wounded,
Don't know how to let you in.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
…
She was out all the time,
Friends flocked to her door,
Parties and pubs and oh so much more.
Now she sits all alone,
Unable to talk
Seeing something unseen,
In her personal war.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
...
BRIDGE
If you'd known her before, she was colour,
fire and bubbles: a rebel,
But chancing with time on a cold, frosty night
She made a pact with the devil.
…
That girl o'er there, she is wounded,
Scars cover her body and face,
But the one's that she feels the deepest,
Are the one's that cannot be placed.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
She was out living life
And living it large
Smoking and drinking,
And following her heart.
Now her head is all broken,
Her life torn apart,
By the choices she made,
When she made loss an art.
...
CHORUS
A million memories lie sunk in her brain,
A thousand hoped dreams ne'er to be thought again,
She's addicted to loss, addicted to pain
Addicted to not knowing who she is e'er again.
...
...
BRIDGE
If you'd known her before, she was colour,
fire and bubbles: a rebel,
But chancing with time on a cold, frosty night
She made a pact with the devil.
...
Now she's let the pain define her,
It's become just who she is,
The fire has burnt out, the colour is gone,
The bubbles have lost their fizz.
Tell me I’m your Peggy Gordon
Your Mendocino girl,
Show me I’m the only one
Your lonesome whippoorwhirl
CHORUS
Do I make you yearn, n make y’ cry
Of your love for me would you testify?
Do I make you wanna jump from the Tallahatchie Bridge
Cos you’re too blue to fly.
Will they carry you away when you stop loving me,
Cos I feel the same way too?
In the early morning rain, I only want your love,
Do you feel the same way too?
Fight for me like I’m Lucille,
Your Gypsy Davy girl,
I’ll have you damned, I’m sure you know
Your hypnotist collector.
Take me like I’m your Knoxville girl
Your girl on the half shell, no less
If you thought of me as your Suzanne,
Then to me would you confess?
CHORUS
Would you mourn my loss like the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Do your words blow away when I’m gone?
Do I help you make it through the night?
Oh just tell me I’m ‘that’ one
CHORUS
Oh say that I’m your wicked Felina
My beauty’s beyond compare
That I’m your hundred thousand reasons
For only ME it is that you care
Tell me that I can never leave
Never leave like mama Alice
That just like Delia you'll end my life
If I make you sad and callous
CHORUS
Do I make you yearn, n make y’ cry
Of your love for me would you testify?
Do I make you wanna jump from the Tallahatchie Bridge
Cos you’re too blue to fly.
Will they carry you away when you stop loving me,
Cos I feel the same way too?
In the early morning rain, I only want your love,
Do you feel the same way too?
She fled and ran until she tripped,
On the roots of his family tree,
He caught her in his arms so strong,
She fell in his pools of green.
She spilled aged whisky down her cheeks,
He wiped those tears away,
Squeezed milk from ‘thin her virgin breasts,
And ‘pon the soil they lay.
Her heart got trapped 'thin his tattoo,
A blue tear drop below his eye,
But then he blew that heart away,
Like smoke from a hot peat fire.
She’s walked the road alone e’er since,
The ghost of his child in her arms,
A burning taste scorched on her lips,
And a lonely distant stare.
CHORUS
Oh Why won’t you touch me?
Oh What have I done?
Does my body repulse you?
My skin hold no fun?
VERSE
You react when I touch you
But you will not touch me.
My caress does it feel good
Does it make you feel free?
CHORUS
So Why won’t you touch me
Caress my soft skin
Am I too fat, too chubby?
Or is it something within?
CHORUS
When I touch you -are you elsewhere?
Are you not here with me?
Is my touch someone else’s
Is it me you don’t see?
CHORUS
I would just like your hands
To float over my hips
To move over my body
To kiss my sweet lips.
CHORUS
Is my body a shipwreck?
Does it just make you heave?
Do my soft ample breasts
Make you just want to leave?
CHORUS
Once you did tell me
As we pressed flesh to flesh
That it was all in those moments
That I made you feel best.
CHORUS
But now you don’t want me
I don’t turn you on.
My curves all forgotten
Your desire it has gone.
Published poets and songwriters J Douglas and G Barnes began their story in the spring of 2006.
Their first book of poetry, Wow: unedited correspondence in verse, was published in 2019 after they took separate journeys for twelve years which eventually brought them back to each other. Follow their story via .instagram.com/bedsitpublishing #jakeandgee
Wow: unedited correspondence in verse spanning twelve years - 2019