BAIT
At first I was not really sure
If I had bitten into the lure
But now... I'll say out loud
That lure destroyed my ugly snout
However now that I'm used to it
It's sweeter than a smashing hit
I find my mind is fully booked
I think I'm lost because I'm hooked
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AGE
Nobody has ever seen my enemy
For it is deafness that grew into me
It has become my dear old foe
For that's the way old age does go
But yet my dear old friends
I do not show the slightest trends
For it certainly is not known
That everyone just speaks alone
It is the same with the rest of life
I take the whole thing just in strife
I try to compensate some way
And contemplate and pray... and pray
That for the moments still to come
The rewards are many more than some
I've realized that when I grow older
Life just becomes a bit more colder
But not to worry dearest friend
I live my life to the fullest end
For I take a smaller step each time
To keep me happy and just fine
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BROWNOUT DREAMS
In this office... with the lights so dim
Among the girls... some stout... some slim
We try to work and do our share
But sometimes lose our when and where
We try to keep the light on low
For again we suffer this brownout glow
It has become our daily grind
We peer and smile and do not mind
Oh yes... the work... the work's a lark
We can do that blind or in the dark
It's the girls... the girls... we just can't see
And I'll be damned who's on my knee
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TOY
I am a toy and just picked up
When life presents a needing cup
To her I love... so full of fun
I am just a toy... of play and run
I must detach and struggle free
I must just live and quickly flee
Her lovely spiel that paints my mind
I do not need her bloody grind?
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BARBEDO'S
There is this nurse I call B-B-Barbedo's
With tight fitting clothes and a beautiful pose
A lovely tan and a ready smile
I wish I could just hold her for a while
More than likely for an old fart like me
All we could do is drink strong tea
For even if I knew her doos and donts
I'm just too old for her wants and wonts
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BEAUTIFUL BARB
Here she is... Beautiful Barb
Always friendly and happy as a lark
And for sure it's a dreary day
When she is home or gone away
In any hospital corridor... stairway or hall
You cannot miss her... although she is small
And even if you meet her a hundred times
You will look again for she rings your chimes
For her radiant smile and her solid look
She's marked and circled in many a book
And whether you're sick... or on your way
She'll make you better... or just delay
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BLINKING BRAINS
In this clumsy brain of mine
The solution is just bloody brine
It never works the way it should
I think it's dying slow but good
There was a time my friend and foe
My thoughts were always on the go
But since some time maybe too late
I try to work with an empty slate
I do not know how to coordinate
And I've lost how to concentrate
I've ask myself agin and agin
Maybe the cause is bloody gin
It works sometimes completely averse
Maybe it rambles in reverse
Yes I need help right now and here
To get the damn thing into gear
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BRIAN
Doctor O'Brien so tall and thin
Has got a mind real sharp within
He has this gentle resolute persuasion
That must be obeyed on any occasion
Every day and night... and in between
He is a gent well liked and seen
I just hope... for my body's sake
He finds a cure that I can take
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BRILLIANT STAR
Doctor Campbell... she looks after me
As if I was a baby on her knee
And every little fart or burp
Is written down... it's quite absurd
But really though... she is a star
And as a doctor will make it far
Wearing slacks or fancy skirt
For her I take off any shirt
I would be honoured to no end
If she would call me dear old friend
And if I'm ever in great need
For her I'd yell and loudly plead
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CHAIR
In front of my desk is this lovely chair
And most of the time it's but filled with air
Most people with a wondering mind
Just look at it from behind
But once in a very rare blue moon
It is filled with grace instead of room
She comes and sits and takes a rest
To slyly laugh and kick my desk
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COMPANY
I drive along and often find
It's the same old road... the same old grind
The same old thing and far too long
This seat is empty where she'd belong
Even the radio so loud and clear
Does not keep me company here
And in my mind I repeat again and again
The times we sat and smiled just then
Where is her laugh... where is her hand?
Where is the time in wonderland?
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COMPARISONS
Like the earth laughs with it's flowers
And steady cries with it's summer streams
It is your smile that me thus powers
And gives me silence between the screams
And for every day the sun does shine
On the mountains to melt the snow
So will this silent life of mine
Be splendid in your smiling glow
Like the trees are moved by wind or storm
And the grass but bends by cooling breeze
So is my silent soul in purest form
By your single touch so full of peace
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COMPENSATION
In this life so full of strife
For male... female... husband or wife
There are moments of great reward
As long as the worst is disregard
And when we meet sorrow and adversity
Accept it with the greatest generosity
Because in our confusion and pain
We fail to see it is not in vain
Our misfortune so full of sadness
Will show us clearer the moments of gladness
So just forget the bad and the wrong
And remember the times that we were strong
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CUDDLING
Cuddling-up my dear old friend
Should become a national trend
It makes you sort of worry-free
So slacken off and cuddle me
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STARDUST
Before the sun had ever shown
You and I were both alone
Between the stars and stardust yet
Two tiny specks who never met
Eons came and eons went
And silent was the time just spent
Until the tiny specks became
A loving pair completely lame
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LUCKY
Before I spent my time with you
I never knew quite what to do
But now that you and I have touched
I feel real good but strangely blushed
My heart is trembling... a missing beat
If this is Love... it's very sweet
By golly... who the hell am I
To have these wings and fly and fly
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DECEMBER AFTERNOON
Oh smiling Soul from where did you fly
Your beautiful laughter lightning the sky
Free as a bird... yet held by chains
Help me to save you from hurt and pains
Acting cooler than cool but hotter than hot
Dreaming of evenings that cannot begot
Fly on... dear Laughter... higher and free
Leaving me torture and thoughts about thee
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DECISION
Tell me... can this miracle really be
That you love as much as me
Do you really feel this glow
That makes my heart beat blow by blow
Give me the signal once again
And tell me how and tell me when
Tell me soon and tell me where
You and I will get our share
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DEEPER DOWN
I am a Soul and deeper down
I often play the hollow clown
For a smiling grin on my old snout
Does not let the laughter out
The feelings from my Soul within
Are not expressed by outer grin
Yet always I am this trying twin
With outer face and Soul within
And sometimes when I almost cry
I know the reasons and the why
It's the clown that does all this
But deeper down I'm full of bliss
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