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Joni - the unravelling
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Joni - the unravelling
VS1
She came from the land of the maple leaf
singing like a nightingale
telling stories of many lovers lost
city nights, Chelsea mornings, distant lights far off
Joni drank my thoughts in cases
she opened up my eye s to blue
She took me off to exotic places
'Come' she said 'I know the way' for you
VS2
Joni sang her life like an ingenue
songs for the ages --- a song for blue
She hooked my heart ----on her every line
Then back into the sea -----she threw me
Joni drew pictures right across my page
she cried for freedom,for the slaves
Joni stood, a siren on my rocky shore
naked in the crashing waves
VS3
Joni sang Coyote calls, strummed jazzman chords,
played eclectic, electric ---six string sounds
'Sex kills' she whispered with her every breath
And where I stood, she stole the ground
She painted songs, she sang mountain ranges
---she coloured every circle game
Joni stood a siren on my rocky shore,
naked in the crashing waves
INTERLUDE
Joni held my heart in her birdsong, singing
'It's the unravelling, ----it's the unravelling'
VS4
Joni took us down to Yasgurs' farm
She told us ---- we are all stardust
million year old carbon, just
another part in the devils’ bargain
Joni painted vistas right across my walls
She led me from my lonely room
She walked me down a long and winding road
We went travelling travelling ...travelling
OUTRO
Joni stood,---a siren on my rocky shore,
naked in the crashing waves
she stood like a siren on my rocky shore,
naked in the crashing waves
©Laurence Balmer 2020
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Future Blues
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The future blues. ©Laurence Balmer 2020
Could it be the rules are changing?
Now some bridges can’t be crossed?
Is there a light left in the tunnel?
Has the room to move been locked?
Can you tell me what’s our future?
Is the good life all but lost?
Has change become a luxury?
Can we pay the cost?
Can we see a need for action now?
Or will we just wait and see?
Can our lives be what we make of them
Will we just say “ces’t la vie”
Can you tell me what’s our future?
Do you give it any thought?
We better search ourselves for answers
Cause the answers can’t be bought
Is there something you can offer?
Is there something you can say
Is it mind or is it muscle?
Can you maybe show the way?
Are we just waiting for the answers now?
Somebody else to lead the way
Will we leave it up to leaders who
Don’t hear what we say
What’s our future ?..........
I got the future blues
Each and every action
It carries its own weight
Can we take some action now
That will keep us in this place
Can you tell me, what’s our future?
Will we leave it all to fate?
But the children of the future
Need some action right away.
What’s our future ?..........
I got the future blues…
The need for greed just .. leaves so many empty plates.
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Love Lights
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Love Lights © Laurence Balmer 2020
we came together
when our love lights showed amber
it seemed like they WERE’NT gonna change
you needed someone
who cared so much more for you
—- I surely needed the same
you’d been messed around by him
she’d been untrue to me
our love had seen some better days
we could not gamble
what was left in our hearts
cause we’ed paid out and did not get change
loves’ stuck on amber
as lovers head for home alone
— home all alone feelin’ strange
two separate feelings
had closed off their dealings
— hoping prospects would be better
when those love lights changed
we could not see
enough in each others eyes
to help forget those stormy days
Cause we both needed somone
who cared so much more
but you and I, just could not make that change
loves’ stuck on amber
as lovers head for home alone
— home all alone feelin’ strange
two separate feelings
had closed off their dealings
— hoping prospects would be better
when those love lights changed
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This Truckin' Life
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This Truckin' Life © Laurence Balmer 2020
I spend most of my life without my wife
sittin' on the seat of my pants
over 34 wheels on nerves of steel
I watch towns go by like chances.
The heat of the diesel spins the wheels around
it's rubber to road and town to town
I spend my life doin' all I can
to keep the shinny side up & the greasy side down.
CHORUS
This trucking Life yeah that's my lot
and it seems with every road that I've got
to go a little further to make it pay
I'm gonna cross that borderline some day
its no easy life spending days on the road
this countryside is just far too wide
from state to state they're always saying' "you're late"
and I say the same whenever I get paid
I spend overdue breaks for Roadhouse steaks
where the food's served cold but the prices are hot
this life of mine's just as hard as it seems
this truckin' life yeah that's my lot
CHORUS
This trucking Life yeah that's my lot
and it seems with every road that I've got
to go a little further to make it pay
I'm gonna cross that borderline some day
This trucking Life yeah that's my lot
this white line fever's all I've got
when payday comes its always the same
ten for the diesel & a dollar for me
gonna make it on home some day
gonna make it on home some day
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Heatwave
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Heatwave ©Laurence Balmer.
Once we felt a heatwave
Roll across a cold wet Sunday
As we watched the cold clouds passing by
Beyond the window panes
Once we felt a heatwave
Once we felt a heatwave
Across a dinner table laid
As We watched the ships go passing by
And The harbour lights at play
Once we felt a heatwave
- Chorus
Stay, please stay, our feelings said
Still someone had to leave
There was no bridge across our cloudy bay
Something, someone, somewhere else
was calling you away
Once we felt a heatwave
I learn some things misunderstood
How much there is to grow
I learn to sing, I try to speak
That Once we felt a heatwave
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Window Birds #2
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The River near Balboa
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Lullaby for Cynthia
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Laurence Balmer - lozovoz Melbourne, Australia
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