Rightly Jennings Poet Rhyme

No Mind For Losing Face

no mind for losing face

  chalk and cheese and
 white bread, black coffee
we did not make it through without the grind
  no softer thrill 
    to tempest of ill will 
    fair enough to say we've had our time
  I do suppose we could romance the ghost
        reminisce on those days gone by
   but I for one would sooner be gone
  who of them can say we did not try?

there is no time, there is no space
      I have no mind for losing face

   no one is at fault,
  blame will not be cast 
 regardless of how guilty we might feel
  many futures past
    nothing seems to last 
     forever is the notion most unreal
  we could be strong enough to carry on 
    getting better the same way we got sick 
 all fates are sealed, th' dirty dogged deal
     no-one here gets away with it

   there is no time, there is no space
      I have no mind for losing face

    I've paid my dues
   I didn't come to lose
    dismissing ev'ry lesser victory
  plenty came and went
   some were heaven sent
 an' possibly meant no harm to me 
 braver hearts will fly, whereas mine can but try 
   to weather, come what may, rain or shine
   with heavy head, I put my dreams to bed
      and begin my freefalling decline

there is no time, there is no space
      I have no mind for losing face
       no mind for losing face

           no mind for losing face

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Joyce Faure October 19, 2023 at 6:53 AM Wow well expressed thanks for sharing your work. Rightly Jennings October 25, 2023 at 10:12 AM Thanks. It's one of a few new songs I've written. I intend to produce it with virtual instruments.