Friday, July 29, 2016

Prince, Anna Nicole & the Magician



Like a magician, he's up to his old tricks,
Another show, another fix
His heart's in a box
Bound by a thousand and one locks
His world is whirling and about to tilt
The knives are in all the way to the hilt
He'd let them go but he doesn't know how
If looks could kill, he'd be a ghost by now

From the shadows, he calls out your name
Just one shot and you're back in the game
Your heart's in a box
Bound by a thousand and one locks.
Your world is whirling and about to tilt
The knives are in all the way to the hilt
You'd let them go but you don't know how
If looks could kill, you'd be a ghost by now

Saturday, July 23, 2016

The Mountains Are Blue


I left my heart in the dark
I left my hat there, too
Out here on the edge of the world
The mountains are blue
I left my heart in the dark
I left my body there, too
The earth holds me close
I would sail across the sea


If anyone would take me
I left my heart in the dark
I left my mask there, too

I ride trains at night
Out here on the edge of the world
The mountains are blue
I left my heart in the dark
I left my body there, too

Friday, July 8, 2016

Dallas (A Gunman in the Clouds)





Officers in blue, mourners in black
Where do we go now, is there no way back?
Helicopters hover, there’s a gunman in the clouds
All lives matter, blue or black

Dallas, JFK shot
Officers in blue, mourners in black
Where do we go now, is there no way back?
All lives matter, blue or black
There’s a chokehold on the soul
Too many dead
Too many guns, too much lead
Officers in blue, mourners in black
Where do we go now, is there no way back?
Helicopters hover, there’s a gunman in the clouds
All lives matter, blue or black

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Nocturnal Things (for Elie Weisel)

Words change, killing becomes a choice.
Human limbs, lungs, eyes and brains
are tossed out.
Extermination is possible.
Auschwitz is possible. Gaza is possible.
Syria is possible.

Madmen make wars on the upper deck.
They hide from the sun and cast no shadow.
Corpses no longer feed the earth but poison it
A plague descends.
All is darkness, all is one.
A blackbird floats in a starless sky.

Unidentified flying objects maintain radio silence.
No one speaks, no one breathes.
There is no chatter, there is no pulse.
Words change, killing becomes a choice.
Human limbs, lungs, eyes and brains
are tossed out.