I wrote these songs over 20 years ago and forgot about them.
Lock down rekindled my interest and I am on fire to write again.
It's the world within the world
Where they're "happily" content
They're living what is meant
To be a life
It's their world within this world
Where they're sadly hell-bent
On paying up the rent
By work and strive
But open up your eyes
And see a little further
The chance that you've been given
Is a little more worth than
Accepting what you have
Your values make me laugh
Get up and look
And seek and find a life
It's a limited possession
No time for deep depression
Look to the stars of heaven
To remind you
There's no time to wipe and dust
The business going bust
The shares going down
The shopping in the town
The tie that isn't straight
The bus that's always late
The colour of his shoes
The lousy weather blues
Wake up, get up and get a life
Settled down and so secure
Don't you ever wish for more
Something tells me you're unsure
Of your feelings
It's the said thing to be done
There's no time for having fun
Life's a game with an aim
Not believing
We've opened up our eyes
I can see to tomorrow
It's the same as today
Fine though hollow
It's not our place to question
Our purpose and our quest on
This earth on which we'll all
soon be leaving
But it's a limited possession
To hell with deep depression
Look to the stars of heaven
To remind you
There's no need to learn the psalm
To set that clock alarm
To answer yes or no
To ask how far to go
To pass your mathematics
To clean your automatics
To get yourself respected
To do what you're expected
Wake up, get up and get a life
This Life I feel I've lived before
This life I feel I've lived before
Do you feel it now?
And can you take it anymore
This time I feel like climbing
This time I feel my timing's timed
(So no-one will find me
I've left the world behind me)
This time I seek my conscience
This time I have my chance to find
(How much I have given
Could I be forgiven?)
In my mind I see ahead
In my mind the words I've said before
(Are the thoughts that haunt me
The thoughts the world has taught me)
In my mind I feel insecure
In my mind I feel there has to be more
(More for me to be
For me to believe)
And when my light is fading low
And when my life begins to slow
That'll be the night I'll get to know
Of what it's like, what it's like to go
Of what it's like, what it's like to go
Is it a sin to live in a world
Where hate and harm are so absurd
That you hide and find a special place
To sit in calm and contemplate
In the still of the night
In the midst of the city
Beckons the light
For the girl with no pity
Why should she worry
There's nothing to fear
The call's so enticing
For once in her life
A voice is inviting her
The choice must be right
There's nothing to lose
All is now gone
No-one will listen
To a desolate one
We'll never know
If you were there
Would you have cared
Would you have dared
To interfere
We'll never know
We'll never know
We'll never know
The silence is beautiful
There's a warm summer breeze
The birds sing so softly
In the fresh blossomed trees
There's no need to worry
There's no need to worry
Why do you worry?
She's free
It's the world within the world
Where they're "happily" content
They're living what is meant
To be a life
It's their world within this world
Where they're sadly hell-bent
On paying up the rent
By work and strive
But open up your eyes
And see a little further
The chance that you've been given
Is a little more worth than
Accepting what you have
Your values make me laugh
Get up and look
And seek and find a life
It's a limited possession
No time for deep depression
Look to the stars of heaven
To remind you
There's no time to wipe and dust
The business going bust
The shares going down
The shopping in the town
The tie that isn't straight
The bus that's always late
The colour of his shoes
The lousy weather blues
Wake up, get up and get a life
Settled down and so secure
Don't you ever wish for more
Something tells me you're unsure
Of your feelings
It's the said thing to be done
There's no time for having fun
Life's a game with an aim
Not believing
We've opened up our eyes
I can see to tomorrow
It's the same as today
Fine though hollow
It's not our place to question
Our purpose and our quest on
This earth on which we'll all
soon be leaving
But it's a limited possession
To hell with deep depression
Look to the stars of heaven
To remind you
There's no need to learn the psalm
To set that clock alarm
To answer yes or no
To ask how far to go
To pass your mathematics
To clean your automatics
To get yourself respected
To do what you're expected
Wake up, get up and get a life
This Life I feel I've lived before
This life I feel I've lived before
Do you feel it now?
And can you take it anymore
This time I feel like climbing
This time I feel my timing's timed
(So no-one will find me
I've left the world behind me)
This time I seek my conscience
This time I have my chance to find
(How much I have given
Could I be forgiven?)
In my mind I see ahead
In my mind the words I've said before
(Are the thoughts that haunt me
The thoughts the world has taught me)
In my mind I feel insecure
In my mind I feel there has to be more
(More for me to be
For me to believe)
And when my light is fading low
And when my life begins to slow
That'll be the night I'll get to know
Of what it's like, what it's like to go
Of what it's like, what it's like to go
Is it a sin to live in a world
Where hate and harm are so absurd
That you hide and find a special place
To sit in calm and contemplate
In the still of the night
In the midst of the city
Beckons the light
For the girl with no pity
Why should she worry
There's nothing to fear
The call's so enticing
For once in her life
A voice is inviting her
The choice must be right
There's nothing to lose
All is now gone
No-one will listen
To a desolate one
We'll never know
If you were there
Would you have cared
Would you have dared
To interfere
We'll never know
We'll never know
We'll never know
The silence is beautiful
There's a warm summer breeze
The birds sing so softly
In the fresh blossomed trees
There's no need to worry
There's no need to worry
Why do you worry?
She's free
To have my means I have to toil
I'd sooner have no life at all
I work to have a life of ease
To calm my soul with spiritual peace
Who am I fooling?
I sit within my own existence
Watching worlds at a distance
What torture now do I pass through
To see the things only I seem to do?
Discarding life's necessities
Imagining clouds of complexities
Descending and ending our imminent birth
Defying our learning of the sad solemn dirge
I'm no sycophantic or dire romantic
Just a little hyper-ecstatic
Depressive, impressive, a little obsessive
A lunatic and a manic-erratic
Murder and thuggery happen in front of me
Lying, deceiving are all I'm perceiving
I try to hide behind my mind
I've given up hope on all mankind
Now as I close to a bitter end
No more I'll try to comprehend
Why I was born into this world
My thoughts are thought
My hearings heard
My talking's talked
My sights are seen
To those who care
My life has been
I don't know what to do today
I've woken up 42 and hey
I don't know whether to laugh or cry
I guess I'm lucky I'm still alive
I don't know what to do anymore
My physical health has become unsure
Kick off my boots, put on my slippers,
Take it slowly, protect the old ticker
Happy being young, healthy and strong
Sad being old, but not for long
I know what I'll do today
I'll run and dance and roll in the hay
I'll leap and shout, skip about
Scream and sing and care about nowt
Go to the disco and have a good bop
Set my reminder for "Top Of The Pops"
Out with the old, in with the new
Stay as I am, what's 42?
Mr Egotistical
Thought it quite hysterical
To see a man down on his luck
So hypocritical
Was Mr Egotistical
His principles had run amok
Oh Mr. Ego
I'll not go where he goes
Oh Mr. Ego
Is blowing his trumpet again
He doesn't shock the logical
Mr. Egotistical
Whose head is about to explode
So very critical
Is Mr. Egotistical's
Condition, he should be told
I find it laughable
I laugh myself to sleep
How someone so predictable
Digs himself in so deep
It's mental more than physical
For Mr. Egotistical
So high in the clouds all alone
One has to be practical
Sincerely, purely factual
And help Mr. Ego home
It's happened once
It'll happen again
It's the same old theme
From the start to the end
Nothing changes
We're in a world of fools
Get it into your head
All the things that I've said
Get it into your mind
It's good to be kind
Nothing changes
We're in a world of fools
Keep your chin up high
Don't lose the desire for learning
Keep a reach for the sky
As the flame in your mind keeps burning
The world keeps turning
Get it into your dreams
Where everything seems
To make more sense
Of this whole nonsense
Nothing changes
We're in a world of fools
When all your hopes are taken
Your life is put on hold
Your body's slowly breaking
The words you speak so cold
You desperately wonder
Where is your peace of mind?
The sound of silent thunder
Is all that's left behind
Alone and stoned
Where did it all go so wrong?
An illusion of eternity
Bestowed with false sincerity
Whispers by and leaves behind
An air of pure serenity
Then the spirit's broken
Torn by fears unknown
Hollow tones are spoken
Hopes having flown
You desperately wonder
What's left of your time?
Soul and body asunder
What was your callous crime?
Alone and stoned
Where did it all go so wrong?
It's the world within the world
Where they're "happily" content
They're living what is meant
To be a life
It's their world within this world
Where they're sadly hell-bent
On paying up the rent
By work and strive
But open up your eyes
And see a little further
The chance that you've been given
Is a little more worth than
Accepting what you have
Your values make me laugh
Get up and look
And seek and find a life
It's a limited possession
No time for deep depression
Look to the stars of heaven
To remind you
There's no time to wipe and dust
The business going bust
The shares going down
The shopping in the town
The tie that isn't straight
The bus that's always late
The colour of his shoes
The lousy weather blues
Wake up, get up and get a life
Settled down and so secure
Don't you ever wish for more
Something tells me you're unsure
Of your feelings
It's the said thing to be done
There's no time for having fun
Life's a game with an aim
Not believing
We've opened up our eyes
I can see to tomorrow
It's the same as today
Fine though hollow
It's not our place to question
Our purpose and our quest on
This earth on which we'll all
soon be leaving
But it's a limited possession
To hell with deep depression
Look to the stars of heaven
To remind you
There's no need to learn the psalm
To set that clock alarm
To answer yes or no
To ask how far to go
To pass your mathematics
To clean your automatics
To get yourself respected
To do what you're expected
Wake up, get up and get a life
This Life I feel I've lived before
This life I feel I've lived before
Do you feel it now?
And can you take it anymore
This time I feel like climbing
This time I feel my timing's timed
(So no-one will find me
I've left the world behind me)
This time I seek my conscience
This time I have my chance to find
(How much I have given
Could I be forgiven?)
In my mind I see ahead
In my mind the words I've said before
(Are the thoughts that haunt me
The thoughts the world has taught me)
In my mind I feel insecure
In my mind I feel there has to be more
(More for me to be
For me to believe)
And when my light is fading low
And when my life begins to slow
That'll be the night I'll get to know
Of what it's like, what it's like to go
Of what it's like, what it's like to go
Is it a sin to live in a world
Where hate and harm are so absurd
That you hide and find a special place
To sit in calm and contemplate
In the still of the night
In the midst of the city
Beckons the light
For the girl with no pity
Why should she worry
There's nothing to fear
The call's so enticing
For once in her life
A voice is inviting her
The choice must be right
There's nothing to lose
All is now gone
No-one will listen
To a desolate one
We'll never know
If you were there
Would you have cared
Would you have dared
To interfere
We'll never know
We'll never know
We'll never know
The silence is beautiful
There's a warm summer breeze
The birds sing so softly
In the fresh blossomed trees
There's no need to worry
There's no need to worry
Why do you worry?
She's free
To have my means I have to toil
I'd sooner have no life at all
I work to have a life of ease
To calm my soul with spiritual peace
Who am I fooling?
I sit within my own existence
Watching worlds at a distance
What torture now do I pass through
To see the things only I seem to do?
Discarding life's necessities
Imagining clouds of complexities
Descending and ending our imminent birth
Defying our learning of the sad solemn dirge
I'm no sycophantic or dire romantic
Just a little hyper-ecstatic
Depressive, impressive, a little obsessive
A lunatic and a manic-erratic
Murder and thuggery happen in front of me
Lying, deceiving are all I'm perceiving
I try to hide behind my mind
I've given up hope on all mankind
Now as I close to a bitter end
No more I'll try to comprehend
Why I was born into this world
My thoughts are thought
My hearings heard
My talking's talked
My sights are seen
To those who care
My life has been
I don't know what to do today
I've woken up 42 and hey
I don't know whether to laugh or cry
I guess I'm lucky I'm still alive
I don't know what to do anymore
My physical health has become unsure
Kick off my boots, put on my slippers,
Take it slowly, protect the old ticker
Happy being young, healthy and strong
Sad being old, but not for long
I know what I'll do today
I'll run and dance and roll in the hay
I'll leap and shout, skip about
Scream and sing and care about nowt
Go to the disco and have a good bop
Set my reminder for "Top Of The Pops"
Out with the old, in with the new
Stay as I am, what's 42?
Mr Egotistical
Thought it quite hysterical
To see a man down on his luck
So hypocritical
Was Mr Egotistical
His principles had run amok
Oh Mr. Ego
I'll not go where he goes
Oh Mr. Ego
Is blowing his trumpet again
He doesn't shock the logical
Mr. Egotistical
Whose head is about to explode
So very critical
Is Mr. Egotistical's
Condition, he should be told
I find it laughable
I laugh myself to sleep
How someone so predictable
Digs himself in so deep
It's mental more than physical
For Mr. Egotistical
So high in the clouds all alone
One has to be practical
Sincerely, purely factual
And help Mr. Ego home
I wrote these songs over 20 years ago and forgot about them.
Lock down rekindled my interest and I am on fire to write again.