……
color me in….
with sweet lavender, wild blackberry
soon ready just here by the gate
and on field edge
the thistle flower ~ a gentle cobweb pink…
but be careful if you are a flying thing!
(press last pic to find at least one thing with wings acting careless…)
Gill McGrath© July 15 nice afternoon!
the cows got there first!
Gill McGrath© July 14 mid day rain
ps.nearly got flattened by this
Where have you been? (long time no see)
Over the hills and I’m back he said (looking through the window)
And it seems to me
Everything’s still in place….
The lines
The trees on the horizon
Gone
Swept up in the rain
Like mist
And birds
Like me
Still sit….
OK! Say Cheese again!
Gill McGrath © July 13 rain
At five o’clock today
Gill McGrath© July 10.
see brushstrokes…. with Sam Smith singing ‘I’m not the only one’ You Tube
Gill McGrath© July 8 tonight
no fire
no sun
in the field
Gill McGrath© at 9 tonight. July 7
Damian Rice ~ poet & musician sings ‘The Greatest Bastard’
but is he? other apologies
I made you laugh, I made you cry
I made you open up your eyes
Didn’t I?
I helped you open out your wings,
your legs, and many other things
Didn’t I?
Am I the greatest bastard that you know?
The only one who let you go?
The one you hurt so much you cannot bear?
Well we were good, when we were good
When we were not misunderstood
You helped me love, you helped me live
You helped me learn how to forgive
Didn’t you?
I wish that I could say the same
But when you left, you left the blame
Didn’t you?
Am I the greatest bastard that you met?
The only one you can’t forget?
Am I the one your truth’s been waiting for?
Or am I just dreaming once again?
Some dreams are better when they end
Some make it, mistake it
Some force and some will fake it
I never meant to let you down
Some fret it, forget it
Some ruin and some regret it
I never meant to let you down
We learn to wag and tuck our tails
We learn to win and then to fail
Didn’t we?
We learn that lovers love to sing
And that losers love to cling
Didn’t we?
Am I the greatest bastard that you know?
When will we learn to let this go?
We fought so much, we’ve broken all the charm
But letting go is not the same
As pushing someone else away
So please don’t let on
You don’t know me
Please don’t let on
I’m not here
Please don’t let on
You don’t love me
‘Cause I know you do
I know
That some make it, mistake it
Some force and some will fake it
I never meant to let you down
Some fret it, forget it
Some ruin and some regret it
I never meant to let you down
I never meant to let you
I never meant to let you down
I never meant
Compare Damien to the song ‘Always on my Mind’ [Press link] sung by Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee!
performed by Regina Spektor on her piano
( more of Regina Spektor to be found on link at bottom of this page in an article ‘one piano one voice’)
Here is her beautiful voice and unique version
of the old lullaby mocking bird
talking medical plans
pregnancy tests and
…Marilyn Monroe
to help baby
sleep
the words…..
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word
Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird don’t mock real well, then
Papa’s gonna buy you a freedom bell
Oh, and if that freedom bell don’t ring
Papa’s gonna buy you a cubic zirconia ring
Oh, and if that cubic zirconia ring don’t shine
You’re gonna give your papa a real hard time
Now ain’t you?
Ain’t you, baby, ain’t you?
And if that real hard time don’t pass
Papa’s gonna get wrinkles all upon his face
And then he’ll blend in with all the other papas then
Screw the whole mockingbird situation,
We can’t even afford a medical plan
Now, can we?
Oh baby, now can we?
This song won’t do, let’s start this over…
Let’s start this over
Hush, little baby, here comes the sandman
Papa’s gonna buy you a medical plan
Oh, and if that medical plan don’t cover your ass
Papa’s gonna buy you a pregnancy test
Oh, and if that pregnancy test comes out positive
Well then, girl, I don’t know how the hell we’re gonna live
Maybe on your bright ideas
Maybe on cigarette butts
Maybe on bubblegum wrappers
Maybe on penalty shots
Hush, little baby, don’t you cry
You know to you, your papa would never ever lie
Oh, hush while I sing to you this crude little lullaby
And I’ll get you all that shit one day by and by
But in the meanwhile
Well in the mean, mean… meanwhile
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word
Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird
Oh, and if that mockingbird don’t sing
Papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring
A real diamond, no cubic nothing
Like in the movies with that…
What’s her name… Monroe… Marilyn…
A real diamond, a real diamond…
Hush, hush…
Hush…
Songwriter
Regina Spektor
Published by
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Link:
…with a blushing bird
Gill McGrath© July 3 5.20 am
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