(To be sung, of course, to the tune of "When You Walk Through a Storm" from "Carousel")
WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THE STORM
(By A. Cynic)
When I walked through the storm
I got soaking wet
And was totally alone in the dark.
At the end of the storm
Was a ten foot flood
And it certainly wasn’t a lark.
I fought on through the wind
I fought on through the rain
With no signal on my phone
I walked on I walked on
With a pain in my heart
And was totally alone
I was totally alone
22nd October 2021
Change the Record contest
Sponsor - Natasha L Scragg
(I Will Always Love You _ from The Bodyguard movie)
It is this way
A journey each one must travel
Alone into darkness
And now I dwell only in your past memories.
But you... are strong, a survivor
You will be okay
Yes
You will go, on...
Oh-yes
I was not strong like you -
When our son died I became lost.
It broke me.
My spirit:
You know I was never the same man
But you... are a survivor
You... will be okay dear
You, will
I know you understand
That I could not go on any longer
That I had to end my awful pain
So I crashed by car into that lake
But you... are strong my darling
So strong my sweet darling
So strong my sweet darling
So strong my sweet darling
But you are so strong, my dear
Yes, you are so strong, my dear
You.
Will, survive, darling
Because you...
You have inner strength.
You
Do.
You do ....
(Instrumental to end)
________________________
October 23, 2021
Poetry/Lyric/I Had To Leave
Copyright Protected, ID 10-1399-229-23
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France
Entered into the Premier contest, Change the Record
sponsor, Natasha L. Scragg, Judged 11/12/2021
Mr. Down, you’ve got a vicious daughter.
Girls this mean lay my emotions bare.
I am so glad she doesn’t like me now.
She is clever enough, but me she doesn’t mind.
She’s a snot and acts haughty, your daughter.
Please tell her I barely know her name.
Here’s the game, I think she’s a big cow.
She is clever enough, but me she doesn’t mind.
Running around
She has a stench, a smell
Her voice as shout
It is ugly mean and loud
If she finds that I’ve been round to see you (round to see you)
Tell her that to her I pay no mind (pay no mind, ooh).
Don’t let on, never let her think she’s smart.
I would run away, but to me she does not mind.
Mr. Down, you’ve got a vicious daughter (vicious daughter)
Mr. Down, you’ve got a vicious daughter (vicious daughter)
Mr. Down, you’ve got a vicious daughter (vicious daughter)
Mr. Down, you’ve got a vicious daughter (vicious daughter)
Written 10-18-21
Contest: Change the Record
Sponsor: Natasha L Scragg
Original Song: Herman's Hermits "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter"
(Sung To The Song "I Will Always Love You" By Whitney Houston...From the film..The Bodyguard)...(1992)
If you do stay
You'll be tempting me to your way
In the bin you now go
I can't risk having you here everyday
Coz I will want to eat you
I will want to taste you
You
My biscuit you
Mmmmmm
Loaded with calories
And the fat thighs given to me
So goodbye
I won't cry
Plus my weight plays havoc with my knees
Coz I will want to bite you
I will want to nibble you
You
You could stay if fat free
And I lost all the weight you gave to me
And hadn't given me chin number three
I favoured you, but now set myself free
And I will always love you
Your soft chocolate goo
Your brown crumbly crumb base
Your sweet biscuit round face
Your taste that I still crave
Each small crumb I would not waste
My
Biscuit, I miss you
I'll always
I'll always want you.
Change The Record Poetry Contest
Sponsor : Natasha L Scragg
Written 15.10.21
I am sick of hearing,
That same song.
Change the record
The feelings have gone.
The refrain is not the same anymore,
Now that you have left me,
Alone, and walking out of the door.
Without saying goodbye,
As someone else had caught your eye.
You declare your feelings for me were strong.
Not strong enough, they did not last for long.
I wonder if your new love will feel the same.
And will what you feel for her wane.
When you pursue a new pretty face,
To embrace.
What song will you both listen to,
While you cuddle up and bill and coo,
To this little turtle dove,
To whom you have pledged eternal love.
Love, I don't think you will find
While you have this state of mind.
This record will go round and round,
Until your feet touch the ground
And try to mend your errant ways,
Because frivolity never pays.
One day I hope to meet an honest man,
We will have a lifelong plan.
Our record will play on and on,
Until our life on earth has gone.
(Jesus Loves Me)
Weed does love me yes I know
For the doctor tells me so
My pain pills he took away
As he feels they made me crazed
Yes weed does love me
Yes weed does love me
Yes weed does love me
For the bible tells me so.
I had pain and now its gone
I’m alright now nothings wrong
I think clearly yes I love
prescription marijuana
Yes weed does love me
Yes weed does love me
Yes weed does love me
For the bible tells me so.
10/4/2021
WRITTEN FOR CHANGE THE RECORD POETRY CONTEST
SPONSORED BY NATASHA L SCRAGG
Song, Copter Over My Roof, to be sung to the tune
of 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters', Simon And Garfunkel
I see eeriness Written on your face
Those fears have gotten you down
Cast them all away
They cannot stay
Yes, you've had enough
And too few understand
There's a copter over your rooftop
It will lift you up
There's a copter over your rooftop
It will lift you up
It seems all hope is gone
And you are left to fight alone
No light at the end of your tunnel
Love is there to embrace you
Love will hold you tight
When the sun hides itself
Or shadows are all you see
There's a copter over your rooftop
It will lift you up
There's a copter over your rooftop
it will lift you up
Come on golden boy
Take to the sky
Life has not passed you by
Dry the tears from your eyes
Grey clouds are lifting
Let love fly you away
Hope is alive and well
There's a copter over your rooftop
It will lift you up
There's a copter over your rooftop
It will lift you up
100321PSCtest, Change The Record, Natasha Scragg
9P
Let me be
With your troubles do not bother me
I am busy, is that so hard to see,
Oh please, dear…please just let me be
Take a walk
At my good advice you balk
I have tried to tell you what to do
You need someone else to listen to....
Obviously, you’ll
Have your way in spite of what I say
So I wish you’d let me be
Obviously, you’ll
Have your way, so let me be,
Please let me be, e, e,
Oh, let me be.
written October 3, 2021
parody of John Lennon's "Yesterday"
especially for "Change the Record" poetry contest
sponsored by Natasha L. Scragg
Upon the ground
(To be sung to the tune of “As Time Goes By” from the movie “Casablanca”)
In this October mist
I know you must insist
The leaves will fall around
In colors right before your eyes
Upon the ground
The temperature will chill
These sunny days so still
A pumpkin patch you will be found
They grow along a vine of green
Upon the ground
Pine cones and scarecrows
Wreathes upon the gate
Warm sugar cookies
Resting on a plate
Scarves plaid and woolen, oh we cannot wait
For autumn’s wondrous sound
The gardens now are bare
Though still a smile we share
This season always does astound
Our footprints as we walk we leave
Upon the ground
For the: Change the Record Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Natasha L. Scragg
Read to the tune ("The Sounds of Silence") by Simon & Garfunkel
Hello nighttime my old friend, the sun is setting once again
Because the darkness is slowly creeping
I start to snore and the wife is steaming
I counted ten thousand sheep maybe more
The dream in my brain
Still remains
My snores are violent
I wish I could sleep alone, no TV or cell phone
The wife won't turn off that burning light
My eyes feel like they've been stabbed
No chance of sleeping now
The dream in my brain
Still remains
My snores are violent
The wife is talking and speaking, I hear her but I'm not listening
Fool, your snoring makes my anger grow,
Hear my words that I might slap you, take my arms that I might choke you
No chance of sleeping now
The dream in my brain
Still remains
My snores are violent
The wife shouted words of warning, from the mouth she was foaming
Her shout bounced off the walls, and down the hall
She bowed her head and prayed
Whispered the sounds of silence
The dreams in my brain
Still remains
My snores are violent
Change the record poetry contest
Sponsored by: Natasha L. Scragg
11/10/21
the self is to blame,
we get what we expect,
bad thoughts are the demon,
in self, lives, cause wrecks,
change the record,
expect good and the bright,
be awhile in the coming,
keep on thinking delight,
cos the bees are a humming,
i might just be right???
set a new course in the brain,
yet again and tonight...
Don
re :Anne Currin " I let myself bleed"
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