(3-line blues)
<intro>
I got the “ain’t no more common sense, ain’t no more common sense” blues.
I got the “ain’t no more, gone forever, no more common sense” blues.
Kids piercin’ tongues are common events;
don’t know what happened to common sense.
High-priced jeans on drugstore rack, blue jeans from some ragman’s sack,
Ripped in the knees, bleached in the back.
Torn jeans and swim suits with holes in the knees.
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These are poems of mine that are available as song lyrics. I have had 49 poems set to music by 30 composers, from swamp blues to opera.
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We Come Together, Holding Hands (I)
by Michael R. Burch
We come together, holding hands,
the children of so many lands;
it’s what the day demands.
......
( Country & Western )
(lyrics)
(Male)
Don’t fall too far if you start to fall for me;
I may not be the guy that you’ll want me to be.
When I settle down, then there’ll be that day
when you can fall for me the rest of the way
(Female)
......
(lyrics)
Silver oyster ladles and gravy boats
Yeah, antiques to please guests in ties and coats
Trappings of wealth - reward for noble things you do
Jobs provided, people healed,
Good books written, treaties sealed
I’ve got the lost elegance gold and silver blues.
Fine linen, crisp and white; place-settings laid out just right.
......
(lyrics)
<Intro>
No way ugly is a person's smile;
Wipes out hostility for a while.
How wond'rous when smiles take place;
miracles unique to the human race.
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(lyrics)
<Intro>
No way ugly is a person's smile;
Wipes out hostility for a while.
How wond'rous when smiles take place;
miracles unique to the human race.
......
(lyrics)
Silver oyster ladles and gravy boats
Yeah, antiques to please guests in ties and coats
Trappings of wealth - reward for noble things you do
Jobs provided, people healed,
Good books written, treaties sealed
I’ve got the lost elegance gold and silver blues.
Fine linen, crisp and white; place-settings laid out just right.
......
(3-line blues)
<intro>
I got the “ain’t no more common sense, ain’t no more common sense” blues.
I got the “ain’t no more, gone forever, no more common sense” blues.
Kids piercin’ tongues are common events;
don’t know what happened to common sense.
High-priced jeans on drugstore rack, blue jeans from some ragman’s sack,
Ripped in the knees, bleached in the back.
Torn jeans and swim suits with holes in the knees.
......
( Country & Western )
(lyrics)
(Male)
Don’t fall too far if you start to fall for me;
I may not be the guy that you’ll want me to be.
When I settle down, then there’ll be that day
when you can fall for me the rest of the way
(Female)
......
These are poems of mine that are available as song lyrics. I have had 49 poems set to music by 30 composers, from swamp blues to opera.
***
We Come Together, Holding Hands (I)
by Michael R. Burch
We come together, holding hands,
the children of so many lands;
it’s what the day demands.
......