It's in the Nature of Things: A Song lyric

I had a letter from my Ma 

Which said come right away

Your dear grandpa is ninety-four 

And he hasn't long to stay 

So if you want to see him 

Before his great adieu 

Then grab yourself a berth my son 

On the rocky mountain blue.

It's in the nature of things

All creatures die

We're born we love we fight and strive

It's called being alive

It's in the nature of things

We can't stay on

There has to be some Winter dark

Before we are reborn

Well now I found my old grandpa

A rocking  in his chair

He didn't seem at all surprised 

To see me standing there

Laughing merrily he said
You've come to say goodbye
Well youngster I have news for you
I'm feeling very spry

Then grandpa tottered to his feet
And said boy come with me
The exact spot to bury me
I want for you to see
It's where I courted Mary
So many years ago
The very place
Where she said yes
Her lovely face aglow

It's in the nature of things
All creatures die
We're born we love
We fight and strive
It's called being alive
It's in the nature of things
We can't stay on
There has to be some Winter dark
Before we are reborn

Then grandpa lifted some fine soil
And held it in his hand
He said son in the scrap of earth
Are all the years of man
The blood of my grand pappy
And your grand pappy too
Are living in this mite of earth
It's our soil through and through  

Well ever since that talk with him
I aint been scared to die
Although I'm not so sure as him
There is a bye and bye
We buried him that next years fall
Beneath his favourite tree
And on his grave sweet flowers bloom
As purty as can be.

It's in the nature of things
All creatures die
We're born we love we fight and strive
It's called being alive
It's in the nature of things
We can't stay on
There has to be some Winter dark
Before we are reborn.

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The Breath of Life A Song lyric

He left a letter on my pillow

Where he used to lay his head

His wedding ring beside it

With its date when we were wed

He wants me to forgive him

Cos he didn't mean to stray

But he loves this girl so deeply

He must now go away.

He was my world

He was my destiny

He was for me

The breath of life itself

Does he not know

My life has ended now

He was for me 

The breath of life itself

This house we warmed with love once

Is now an empty shell

And walls that echoed laughter

Now mock me in my cell.

He was my world

He was my destiny

He was for me 

The breath of life itself

Does he not know

My life has ended now

He was for me

The breath of life itself

I know he wont forget me

And perhaps she'll treat him wrong

He'll remember then I love him

And come home where he belongs

He was my world

He was my destiny

He was for me

The breath of life itself

Does he not know

My life has ended now

He was for me

The breath of life itself

He was for me 

The breath of life itself. 

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The Street of the Outcasts. A song lyric

I squat in the gutters of London

And beg from the folk passing by

They smile to hide they don't like me

But I'm numb and smoke dims my eyes

The smoke and the strong ale inside me

Help me forget who I am

Just one of the drifters in London

Who sleeps wherever he can

Chorus

I live in the street of the outcasts

I live in this street without hope

I aint got no morals worth counting

And I'd sleep with bag Annie for dope 

I can't read or write or speak proper

But a tramp who has settled near me

He had a fine education

I think he has a degree

But his learnin'  helps him no-how

He still sleeps in shop fronts for free

And he'll argue the toss over ten pence

The price of a warm cup-of- tea

Chorus

Now one day a warm hearted lady

Took me to her fancy pad

She bathed, dressed and fed me

And said I didn't look bad

She promised a new beginning

I'd leave the old life behind

But pretty soon I got restless

And robbed her of all I could find

Now maybe one day you will find me

A holding out my hand

The grin on my face might deceive you

That I'm not one of the dammed

The nights are cold and my bones ache

My chest is wheezy and tight

I'm one of the outcasts of London

Who hasn't the bottle to fight

Chorus 

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Crushed White A song lyric

Where do you come from?
Children of despair
Yesterday with teddy bears
Now tears beyond repair
Ruined little bodies
Drifting through the streets
Eager for the poppy seed
Your overwhelming need

Chorus
Crushed white in the city
Crushed white in the park
Crushed white in the limousine
Cruising after dark
Crushed white in blue shadows
Crushed white in my bed
Crushed white in the gutter
Crushed white lying dead.


Lonely once I loved one
Never knew her name
She robbed me during dream time
She was devoid of shame
Woman with a child's form
Living for today
You'll flower a few brief seasons
And then fade fast away

Chorus

 Used and abused
Children of decay
You once were someone's love child
Who now lives far away
From this city jungle
Where you hunt in packs
Unwashed, uncared and desperate
You sleep in paper sacks

Chorus

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Philip's Army: Chapter Sixteen The Forest is Normal Again

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It is an indisputable, but unknown fact that all the forests in the world are controlled and governed by a witch.  In this story, the reader is introduced to the attractive Evergreen: our very own 'Witch of the Forest'. Evergreen is faced with a problem; her domain is threatened with annihilation because of the action of a dotty squire, who has hired workmen to cut down her forest home.

By means of magic powder, Evergreen influences two children: Philip and Becky. They are the children of the local blacksmith, and recruit the animals who live in the forest into an army; the intention being to stop the destruction of their home.  Can Philip and Becky, with the help of Rabbit, Barn Owl, Fox, Otter, Wild Boar and others, possibly manage this impossible task?

'Philip's Army' is an attempt to educate children of the impending disaster to the environment caused by the money-grabbing, ignorant and insane behaviour of man.

Perhaps our young children may realise the danger and stop, before it's too late, the destruction of our green and beautiful planet.

Chapter One The War Council can be read for free here.


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Philip's Army: Chapter Fifteen The Forest is Saved

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This book is now available to purchase on the Amazon Kindle from multiple countries.
Book Number ASIN: B008R7DD20

It is an indisputable, but unknown fact that all the forests in the world are controlled and governed by a witch.  In this story, the reader is introduced to the attractive Evergreen: our very own 'Witch of the Forest'. Evergreen is faced with a problem; her domain is threatened with annihilation because of the action of a dotty squire, who has hired workmen to cut down her forest home.

By means of magic powder, Evergreen influences two children: Philip and Becky. They are the children of the local blacksmith, and recruit the animals who live in the forest into an army; the intention being to stop the destruction of their home.  Can Philip and Becky, with the help of Rabbit, Barn Owl, Fox, Otter, Wild Boar and others, possibly manage this impossible task?

'Philip's Army' is an attempt to educate children of the impending disaster to the environment caused by the money-grabbing, ignorant and insane behaviour of man.

Perhaps our young children may realise the danger and stop, before it's too late, the destruction of our green and beautiful planet.

Chapter One The War Council can be read for free here.


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Philip's Army: Chapter Fourteen Linda and Mary Visit 'CEDARVIEW'

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This book is now available to purchase on the Amazon Kindle from multiple countries.
Book Number ASIN: B008R7DD20

It is an indisputable, but unknown fact that all the forests in the world are controlled and governed by a witch.  In this story, the reader is introduced to the attractive Evergreen: our very own 'Witch of the Forest'. Evergreen is faced with a problem; her domain is threatened with annihilation because of the action of a dotty squire, who has hired workmen to cut down her forest home.

By means of magic powder, Evergreen influences two children: Philip and Becky. They are the children of the local blacksmith, and recruit the animals who live in the forest into an army; the intention being to stop the destruction of their home.  Can Philip and Becky, with the help of Rabbit, Barn Owl, Fox, Otter, Wild Boar and others, possibly manage this impossible task?

'Philip's Army' is an attempt to educate children of the impending disaster to the environment caused by the money-grabbing, ignorant and insane behaviour of man.

Perhaps our young children may realise the danger and stop, before it's too late, the destruction of our green and beautiful planet.

Chapter One The War Council can be read for free here.


Philip's Army is now available to purchase on the Amazon Kindle from multiple countries.
Book Number ASIN: B008R7DD20