Journey to the East

 I'm on the midnight ferry from Dover

But I can't stop until it's over

Through the spider web of chance

I took my leave to visit France

And all the castles of the Sailing sea

All the shadows hanging over me

From Harfleur to Dunkirk

I left my home in rainy Southport

Well the road lay down in front

And Belgium and Brussels

they were stunts

all I needed was an actor

But what they gave me was a doctor

And the cure was inside of me

As the shore was sure beside the sea

Next the Autobahn of Germany

And the vignettes from BMW

But the man didn't speak a my language

So I lay on a park bench and wept

In exhaustion and fumes from car jets

And the wash of lorries

That drilled like insects

Into the very earlobes you see

As I sped down the E40

Only stopping to meet a friend

A fellow traveller where our paths did wend

And he a carpenter

Like Jesus Christ

Who carried a coffin for his sacrifice

To lay in wooden walls

And think of trees

As he slept in cannabis obscurity

But no rest for the wicked

And the devil drove me

On through picket white fence country

And lederhosen pastorality

Into the Danube bend near Regensburg

Where I took my rest

Like a falcon takes his perch

To lie on pavements

To catch a snatch of sleep

Where Gypsies

ruled the night parking lots

And East Europeans smoked and scuffed

Their trainers against curbs

The morning brought me creaking

To my knees

To pray for good travelling

Of the iron seas

As the tarmac stretched out perfectly

And Austria beckoned

Debts

Of all St Thomas' virtuosity

I met Vienna by the suburbs

And burbled like a spring water reaching surface in Hungary

Where I breathed a sigh of relief

To have a arrived with

Time to spare

Then drove to that county fair of Veszprém's

Sweet climes

Inside the night

 Inside the night

I'll see you there

Inside the night

The sacred night

Inside the night

Inside its lair

Wrapped up in its arms

Blanket of the dark

Inside the night

The mind of a shark

The idea of death

In the mind of someone living

Inside the night

Turn off the light

Meet me middle of the street

On the right

I'll be there

Otherside of today

Bottom end of tomorrow

Lifting up the stars

Revealing the universe so hollow

We are

Just little insects

Buzzing round in our cars

But inside the night

We can come alive there

Nothing matters baby but you and I are together

Inside the night

Oh for ever and ever

Wave off today, Put off tomorrow

Let us free inside the night

Outside of sorrow

They may be baying for our blood

Or wishing on us horror

Still inside the night

We are the otherside of the mirror

Where I can see you

And you can see me fly like a swallow

When we are inside the night

With nothing left to borrow

We are inside the night

And it's all so crystal clear

The beer bottles have stopped singing

They're swinging from the chandelier

And I can hear nothing but silence

And I'm waiting for them to fall

But while we're inside the night

I know we still rule them all

Takes two to tango

 If you want to dance

Then take my hand

Come take a chance

and if you want a ride

Down the fast river that flows

Then baby I don't mind

But you ought to know

Oh yes, it takes two to tango

Now I see the shell fish

In the sand I find

Like gems

of past loves glistening from long ago

And you could be a log

Bobbing in the stream I know

But just keep leaping like that frog

Oh babe it takes two to tango

There are French wines

And stiff drinks of Russian's glow

And I've brought them to the line

And to the enemies I know

But you can't hark after what's left behind

So it is on with the show

And babe I know you will shine

When it takes two to tango

Hold you

 I didn't know, I don't know, believe me

And I know I didn't know your name

When you walked you thought that I was leavin

And I know you thought it was the same

But I hear you come along and keep me

Just to keep me holding on the same

I thought, I thought that I wasn't

I loved, I loved you just the same

And I more or less held you into my breast

But for you I'd hold you just the same

I thought that I was leavin

And I thought that it was full of rain

What you hold in your hands for keepin

With you, I hold you just same

Just the same, I hold you just the same

I thought that you were just for keepin

And I held you in life's game

Then you turned the candle on the table

And you told me just write down your name

And I told you now that's for keepin

And you said I hold you just the same

And I had no one to reject me

And I had nothing of to complain

But when you told me you respect me

Well I knew I'd hold you just the same

And I know there's nothing left for wondering

And I walk in flowers on the plain

And the pieces of the sand castle are crumbling

And fallin in down in the showers of rain

Oh some day I can hold you with me

Some days I know its just the same

And as I wander into heaven's keepin

Well I know I'll hold you just the same

Hair raising

 Though in some its elastic

In others it's like plastic

The quality, the quality of hair is not strained

Some are like the hairy apes

Who in the forest reign

The quality, the quality of hair is not strained

You  may be a lion shaking off your mane

The quality , the quality of hair is not strained

Or perhaps you're a tiger swishing stripes in rain

It comes in all different colours and you'll know they're not the same

The quality, the quality of hair is not strained

Think of the mole, his skin it is quite strange,

You see him underground with black or brown mane

You think he is a man who walks about the town

But the quality, the quality of his hair is not strained

No don't find it yesterday

Don't look in your brush today

We leave our hair in every place

The quality's not strained

Though some hair is grey, some white or even beige

The blonde, the red, the brunette's head

The quality of hair is not strained

I once knew a moustached man

Who claimed his hair came from Japan

He asked them to pay for it

The quality is not strained

Then I saw a whaler's back

And nearly had a heart attack

The quality, the quality of hair is not strained

They gave him back his hair,

And he gave them back their swear

So now the Japanese can swear

With the best of the hairless brain

Oh the quality of hair, the quality of hair

The quality of hair, is not strained at all

No don't you ask me yesterday

What today I will pay

for just one hair upon your head

The quality's not strained

Don't you need me to reneg

On the wishes of your own egghead

They told me that it's not said

The quality is not strained

The quality of hair is not strained.

On Bodza Street.

 The dogs are howling on Bodza street

It's at the end of road where the loose ends meet

And I am in my throes dying on my feet

While the dogs keep barking on Bodza street

And the Angels wear halos for everyone they meet

But I can still see devils treading through the heat

And past times roll like pastures I stroll

As the dogs keep barking on Bodza street

And further in the night of dreams

I steal the rose and she steals the hymn

And no one knows just how the song goes

But the dogs keeps howling on Bodza street

I used your list to convict and resist

All those who opposed my changes

But don't it feel like we are strangers

When the dogs stop howling on Bodza street

Far from crowds that are maddening

I follow white clouds as they are saddening

And rain's rainbows that climb in laddering

While the dogs are still barking on Bodza street

Wearyall hollow/Fairy Copse

 I came unto the dark place

Shouded in mysteries

Darks irons of the pines

Scattered sunlight in line

And fairy folk and witches danced in the hollow

With barbarian badgers and swooping swallows

I came unto the darknes 

The plug of the hill

I pulled out the stopper and watched

The water fill

And freedom time for energy

That runs in sweet flowing rills

When I came unto the dark place

At the foot of the hill

Wagons Roll

 Covid brought me here

and it will send me back again

All these faces fall like tears 

down my window pane

But take no heed of fears

That fall like icy rain

For the sun will shine on the gears

And the wheels start moving again

Fast love take away

 TAKE AWAY LOVE

No you can't take away my love

you want fast love,

Love on the go

Well it don't come cheap

Like in some greasy show

When the chips are down

It's cheap as chips I know

Still you can't take away my

Love

When you've got no place left to go

Order me a love sandwich

Easy on the dressing

A burger between two baps

East Enders can be depressing

Love comes easy, love comes slow

Love is fat

Still you can't take away my love

I want a McLove Burger, with a love Flurry

Do you want chips with that?

Yes I'm in a hurry

Well I've gotta get home to my single apartment

And feed the cat

I want a take away love

I want a fast love

no messing, easy on the dressing

you can't say fairer than that

I want love fat

I want love handles

And love wax candles

That drip and melt in desire

No car wash love

No drive thru

Give me restaurants

And stop overs

Give me take away love