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Poetry
Every morning
By Bagheera
05 May 2008
Not for those of a nervous disposition or with any thoughts of looking for an excuse to slit your wrists......... depression poetry at its bleakest, I guess


Performed once again by the Rat Pack - IMHO ideally suited for Tony Bennett
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE make it possible to add music to lyrics on GW????



Every time I wake, I hear you breathing in my ear
I'll always reach out to hold you--- though I know that you're not here
I hear your voice in a thousand noises which percolate each day
And from the corner of my eye, I see your shadow just as it slips away ----

Every day's the same, there's nothing has much meaning
I stumble through somehow, on fading memories leaning
How blind could I be? Never wanted to see how we were drifting apart ---
I must live with the pain, I'll never love again, you'll always own my heart

   When night time--- comes around, that's the time my tears will flow
    I can't sleep --- and I can't understand why you say you had to go---

Every verse I pen – over and over again, is just a jumble of words
Each and every bar of the melody jars, I can't make myself heard
Every time I see you walk away from me, I still cry: "Stop! ----
                            (pause):   .this isn't how it's supposed to be---"  rall.
Every time my heart beats, you're a sweet memory for me-------

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 
 

 





 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Reviews

Written by Phil (7014 comments posted) 5th May 2008
Just listening to Dean Martin as I was washing up tonight. Can't beat it. 
 
I reckon these would work well as lyrics. Hard to say unless you hear them sung. I'd love to hear them. 
 
Do you perform yourself? If you have a way of recording you can easily create MP3 files that can be posted on the web. Maybe not here - but you could get yourself a blog, post it there and leave a hyperlink. Perhaps we could even have a GW blog to share - just for that sort of thing - MP3 files, photographs etc. They're free to set up and can probably be password protected - although if we all had access, it wouldn't be very secure. Sue's the one to ask about technical stuff. 
 
Phil 
 

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3590 comments posted) 5th May 2008
I love Tony Bennett and that style and I could imagine him singing this. The one problem I have with those crooners is the lyrics are often the poor relation to the music. They say little and are shoe-horned into the melody but I think yours words here tell a story and are quite powerful.They read well on their own which is a good test. 
cheers 
Jane

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