There's was a wager..' caused his raging.) Richie is jumping
On his stagings..Running round corridors of twitching
Curtains and talking walls.' He's madness knows no
Cageing..Wait..! till his kippers arn't poached?? Just rightly..!
There'll be' an anger most unseemly..!! Just to put it
Keenly.' Emerging; emergency perspective of this little Ritchie; to me.!
My brother Richie used to turn into a loon when he got the old Maid.
His face would turn red, scarlet, plum, and a bright fuchsia shade.
The rest of us would know, and we could not stop laughing at him.
The one who laughed the hardest was our crazy Uncle, Weird Jim.
Weird Jim tormented Richie after he got the dreaded Old Maid card.
Mom tried to warn him, because Richie got angry terribly fast and hard.
He ran after Uncle Jimi with his head down like a bull, and ran into a wall.
We now have a head dent in the dry wall, and Mom is on a doctor’s call.
I was too drunk to remember
When I shouldn't have been,
And I was told you were dying
Cause you drank too much
For so many years
I was too drunk to acknowledge
That I shouldn't have been,
When you needed me most
Because you drank too much
For so many years
I was too drunk to admonish you
But I shouldn't have been,
When you stopped fighting
Cause you drank too much
For so many years
I was too drunk to forgive you
As I shouldn't have been,
For not calling me
Because you drank too much
For so many years,
I was too drunk to help you
But I needed to be,
Cause we pushed the edge over
And we drank too much
For so many years
She told him "I hate you," but he took it as a joke
Her smile was deceiving and her voice was relieving
He only saw an angel with a figure like an eight
And never bothered to take note of her repeated joke
He told her, " Look, I love you—I'll take a blow for you."
But she looked at him smiling as if his words were untrue
Yes, I know, but I still hate you because that is what I do
Again, he waved, but this time those words came sinking through
I see you working, defending me, and fighting for me
I never wanted this, but I knew the dark would come to be
Over the years, you kept thinking that I had agreed to this
But the fact is, I never loved your guts; I never loved you
His actions and wet eyes made her see him pure
He thought his childhood savior would be his future cure
But something can't be changed when it's already been done
Though he stood smiling, he was far gone for sure
Two years later, he was found wanting in the tavern
Playing hearts and breaking souls was his only mission
He never cared about any feelings cause he had no reason
was once a lover, but now a devil with no return
A butcher named Richard McCall
Attended a naturist ball.
But at registration,
Due to refrigeration,
His name tag read "Dickie McSmall".
There is a young spider called Richie
Who is covered in hair and is quite itchy
The scariest spider you've ever seen
People see him and run and scream
Richie just wants to be hugged
Even though he is a frightening bug
Richie can't help he's a spider
But he is a tough little fighter
So he walks with a smile on his face
Even if you run out of this place
For he knows if he doesn't make a peep
He'll get his hug when you sleep
Heard the news today
about Mr. Havens
He left this mortal coil yesterday
I remember his "Minstrel From Gault"well
I thrilled when I heard "Man came down from "Sinai Mountain"
He was a terrific guitarist
with his own unique approach to the instrument
"Gone from the Earth to a Better Land I Know"
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