Be there or be square
Why do you say that?
I am going to be there
Be where?
Anywhere
I'll be there and everywhere
I am the noter of the universe
And I put you on notice haha
Yeah hearby and doby
You got one moment to do it
And you get one split second to chance it
And anything after that is a second thought
-forego and forlorn
Too dramatic
You bet
Life is for taking and grab it
Pull it by the hand
Grab it and make it yours
Pull it and decide its fate
Don't give it a going
A chancing
Too much chance already
Determine its fate
No yonder
You hear?
Surf's Up
Load up the woody wagon
With our boards and brew
Be there or be square
Surf's Up
Let’s have a blast at the beach and surf
Flirt with the chicks
Laying out soaking some rays on the sunny surf
Surf's Up
Take the boards
Catch a wave
Who’s the best?
Who’ll wipe-out?
When the sun goes down
We’ll split
With some chicks
To submarine races
Listen to the sounds and make out
6/12/2015
1960's THE DECADE OF SLANG
Contest Name: Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk -
Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi
It's six o'clock,
but not for the birds,
for them, it's four-play.
God says,"Be there, or be square,"
because He's Lord of the times,
not Jehovah of old, knows
that slang and jargon,
keep the young in the fold.
Winter-white in a summer made
snowy, sea gulls assemble,
"aide memoire" who rules here.
They've mastered the moves,
but he's the conductor, and I, lady
of the lake have a season pass
for these Swan Lake show-stoppers,
their circles and dives, their "pas
de deux's", or sixes, or sevens, that
finish in the clouds in a curtain call
unfound by the married to ground.
God sends His ballet each day
where it belongs. Take Heart! He
says: My birds are words
beyond language, beyond
wings, beyond songs.
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