Monday, 8 August 2022

SKIN DEEP

 

You are all veneer,

With no oak beneath

You are all gloss finish

With no undercoat

You are a pastry top

With no pie below

You are faith

Without belief

You are attraction

Without love

You are shallow

And superficial

OUTSIDE IT’S SNOWING HARD

 

Outside it’s snowing hard

Falling fast and lying deep

But you are warm and safe

As in your bed you sleep

 

But I must brave the elements

As the wind stings my face

So I can spend Christmas

In your sweet loving embrace

LOVE OVERBOARD

 

I’m like a drowning man

Since you cast me aside

Into a sea of pain

To fight desperately

Against the tide of despair

That has overcome me

I choke on the salt water

Of my lonely tears

Wishing you would rescue me

Keep me afloat with your love

But you do not come

And I sink beneath the waves

And our life together

Passes before my eyes

WINTER WARMER

 

The Snow lies on the Earth

Icicles hang from the gate

Frost sits on the windowpanes

A fire burns in the grate

 

The sun sets beyond the wood

Abandoning the sky

Let’s draw the curtains in

And bank the fire high

 

Now turn the lamplight up

And forget about the weather

Warm moment we’ll share

As we cosy up together

HOLE IN MY LIFE

 

Since you left me on my own

Loneliness is rife

I don’t want to be your widow

I want to be your wife

Losing you was such a blow

That’s left a hole in my life

IF I GREW A BEARD OF WHITE

 

If I grew a beard of white

On the off chance that I might

Have a chance to advance my cause

By appearing to you as Santa Claus

And you would have you tell to me

As you sat upon my knee

What it is that you most desire

And to what hopes you most aspire

And if those secrets you told to me

You might find them beneath your tree

I SPEND ALL OF MY DAYS MISSING YOU

 

I spend all of my days missing you

And at night I dream of kissing you

And I just wanted to let you know

That I just can’t seem to let you go

If you called to me and beckoned

I would take you back in a second