For The Turnstyles

[eddhead]

All the sailors with their seasick mamas

Hear the sirens on the shore,

Singin’ songs for pimps with tailors

Who charge ten dollars at the door.

You can really learn a lot that way

It will change you in the middle of the day.

Though your confidence may be shattered,

It doesn’t matter.

All the great explorers

Are now in granite laid,

Under white sheets for the great unveiling

At the big parade.

You can really learn a lot that way

It will change you in the middle of the day.

Though your confidence may be shattered,

It doesn’t matter.

All the bushleague batters

Are left to die on the diamond.

In the stands the home crowd scatters

For the turnstiles,

For the turnstiles,

For the turnstiles.

[jonthebhoy]

I remember being richer than a king

The minutes of the day were golden

I recall that when the joint passed round

My body felt a little colder

But now I'm like a sewer channel - running lime and scag

Let me get at the master panel - let me at my stack

The sea refuses no river

And right now this river's banks are blown

The sea refuses no river

Whether stinking and rank

Or red from the tank

Whether pure as a spring

There's no damned thing stops the poem

The sea refuses no river

And this river is homeward flowing

I have seen a trace of strain

In other's eyes not spoken

I must admit that I enjoyed their pain

But this time it's me that's broken

I demand for you and His

This must be the time

When we decide what freedom is

Turn water into wine

For the sea refuses no river

We're polluted now but in our hearts still clean

The sea refuses no river

We tried not to age

But time had it's rage

We're washed over stones

From babes into clones of the mean

The sea won't refuse this muddy river

Nor deny the sulfurous stream

There was a fool in a dressing robe

Riding out the twilight hour

Lonely and cold in an empty home

Trying to assess his power

But now he's like a stream in flood

Swollen by the storm

He doesn't care if he sheds his blood

Let him be reborn

For the sea refuses no river

Remember that when the beggar buys a round

The sea refuses no river

And rain fills the gutters

No time for stutters

This is our chance

To sing and to dance and to clown

The sea refuses no river

And rivers were sprung to drown

The sea refuses no river

No pecking code respected for the damned

The sea refuses no river

Whether starving or ill

Or strung on some pill

Just 'cos you own the land

There's no unique hand plugs the dam

The sea refuses no river

And the river is where I am

The river is where I am

[eddhead]

I remember being richer than a king

The minutes of the day were golden

I recall that when the joint passed round

My body felt a little colder

But now I'm like a sewer channel - running lime and scag

Let me get at the master panel - let me at my stack

The sea refuses no river

And right now this river's banks are blown

The sea refuses no river

Whether stinking and rank

Or red from the tank

Whether pure as a spring

There's no damned thing stops the poem

The sea refuses no river

And this river is homeward flowing

I have seen a trace of strain

In other's eyes not spoken

I must admit that I enjoyed their pain

But this time it's me that's broken

I demand for you and His

This must be the time

When we decide what freedom is

Turn water into wine

For the sea refuses no river

We're polluted now but in our hearts still clean

The sea refuses no river

We tried not to age

But time had it's rage

We're washed over stones

From babes into clones of the mean

The sea won't refuse this muddy river

Nor deny the sulfurous stream

There was a fool in a dressing robe

Riding out the twilight hour

Lonely and cold in an empty home

Trying to assess his power

But now he's like a stream in flood

Swollen by the storm

He doesn't care if he sheds his blood

Let him be reborn

For the sea refuses no river

Remember that when the beggar buys a round

The sea refuses no river

And rain fills the gutters

No time for stutters

This is our chance

To sing and to dance and to clown

The sea refuses no river

And rivers were sprung to drown

The sea refuses no river

No pecking code respected for the damned

The sea refuses no river

Whether starving or ill

Or strung on some pill

Just 'cos you own the land

There's no unique hand plugs the dam

The sea refuses no river

And the river is where I am

The river is where I am

nice.

here's one i know you'll like!!

She said I'll see you in the morning, darling

I see you when the kids have gone to school

But well I know tomorrow is your birthday

I know you know that you're are an April Fool

We used to roam so freely. It's been so long

I took my dreams to bed now where they belong

She said there's dust and cobwebs on your north star

There no more fussing the campfires in your hair

I'll see the wheels there rusted in the backyard

I know we're not going anywhere

We used to roam so freely. It's been so long

I took my dreams to bed now where they belong

[jonthebhoy]

nice.

here's one i know you'll like!!

She said I'll see you in the morning, darling

I see you when the kids have gone to school

But well I know tomorrow is your birthday

I know you know that you're are an April Fool

We used to roam so freely. It's been so long

I took my dreams to bed now where they belong

She said there's dust and cobwebs on your north star

There no more fussing the campfires in your hair

I'll see the wheels there rusted in the backyard

I know we're not going anywhere

We used to roam so freely. It's been so long

I took my dreams to bed now where they belong

Indeed........he is sorely sorely missed. As well as a fabulous songwriter he was a lovely man.

Thanks for the memory.

JTB