Stop the world I want to get off For I hear my father in my cough My life was carved in words now worn On the altar stone when I was born Stop the world enough’s enough Of collecting all this material stuff That builds around me like a tomb And turns the sunlight into… Know More

This morning I woke up in my secret lover’s bedI woke up in a cold sweat in my lover’s bedI‘d just had a nightmare that filled me full of dread I was dead in a coffin made from the willow treeI was dead in a coffin made from the willow treeAnd my eyes were open… Know More

She works as a hotel cleaning maidFor a nasty boss who’s rich and meanThe pay just covers living costs With a bit left over for her laptop screen Her day is harsh and tediousBut every night she feasts her eyesOn games where she can be the oneTo take out all the evil guys She dons a… Know More

Governments come and governments go Jumped up puppets in a show National boundaries soft as chalk Sovereignty is empty talk There are those beyond the public gaze Who know no laws and shape our days We think we are autonomous No-one else is quite like us But we’re controlled by unseen forces And follow pre-determined… Know More

There is nothing here left of you To show that you once passed through Nothing to show we shared time No evidence of a crime No prints where your hands used to touch No smudges on the rims of cups No texts on my mobile phone No photo I might want to own You’re a… Know More

I am a cold unfeeling phanton Existing with no flesh and bone I’ve lost my friends and all my family A just reward for what I’ve done I was a family man of virtue Until one day I strayed alone And met the Devil at the crossroads From that day my seeds were sown “Just… Know More

Mother and daughter went into the shop The girl wanted pizza and a bottle of pop The counter boy gave her the coke and the grub In a plastic bottle and a plastic tub Shop pop grub tub shop pop swag bag   Daughter and mother went dancing along Drinking and chewing and humming a… Know More

Like a bright shooting starYou shone from afarYou colour my nightIn Black and WhiteYour face does not lieThere is truth in your eyes Marlene Marlene Marlene O A century agoSaw Blue Angel on showThough our times are apartYou captured my heartBut time cannot hide What I feel here inside Marlene Marlene Marlene O I sit… Know More

All you men now heed my warning       Of what will bring you pain                     And the demon who will mete out justice   Well Lilith is her name   Yes Lilith Lilith Lilith is her name You think that Eve was the earliest woman From Adam’s rib… Know More

I’m old my son so what have I learned? Now my race is run and my candle is burned My eyes don’t see what they once did And my ears don’t hear what I am bid And sometimes my ears don’t hear what I am bid Oh the women I’ve known who made my heart… Know More