A bit of a do
it’s Friday
it comes around quick
around here – up and down
all around
returned serviceman
and he’s worked like the devil
an Egyptian slave
in the scorching sands
of El Alamein
and what a racket !
but not as bad
as those artillery shells
Michele, I think she said
dear – her name
love me do
but tell that drummer he’s no fucking Ringo
while the strobe
shoots and dives
all over the place
not that the old girl
would notice
she’s heard it all before
…can’t see a bloody thing
but knows damn well
that he can
And she’ll give Michele
the ‘once over’…
and I know he must wonder
but Christ I could have told you
it wasn’t worth dying for
and I wouldn’t know
if the jug is half full
or half empty
these days…nor care
down the hatch and up the lazy river
mugs away
jugs asway
and Michele ?
it’s not her round
and she’s not one to beg
hardly said a word all night
but god knows she’s asking for it
©Orion Foote, 2015
Thanks – I like to mess with subliminal word connections….Bob Dylan was/still is the grand master of it….Cheers.
Great write about such a familiar looking scene, like the Lennon-MacCartney ‘sampling’ in that:
Michele, I think she said
dear – her name
love me do
but tell that drummer he’s no fucking Ringo
You’re a sport John thanks – my old ones are far too long and I need cut it right back and find some kind of essence there – it’s all a learning curve.
It sings, like it’s had a round or two
Cheers mate glad you like the comedy element – it’s nice to mix pathos with humour sometimes- I find overly affected political correctness wince inducing and try to avoid it – thanks again.
Brilliant “no Ringo” and “returned servicemen” not many left anymore very funny this one