Soulmusic Poem by Daniel S Fletcher

~Fletch
(Bongos; D & Dminor chords; double-clap)



I'm in despair, babe, life is passing by
Dark nights of the soul, in agony I cry
My only care, I wish I was high
Then the music plays, and I kiss the sky

I'm in despair, babe, life is passing by
Dark nights of the soul, in agony I cry
My only care, I wish I was high
Then the poem sings, and I kiss the sky

I lost my family, everyone I know
My friends have vanished, like the melting snow
I'm in despair, babe, I wish I was high
Then the music plays, and I kiss the sky

Mountains of the east, rivers running green
Jungles in the south, eyes alight and keen
Snowfields in the north, hills I love the best
Morning desert sunrise, shining in the west

I kiss the sky babe, I'm high as a kite
We kiss the sky, and give her a lovebite
Powerful, the cosmic tapestry
Beauty in the merciless majesty

I see the sun, rising in the east
Home is unfamiliar, where I love the least
Under stars atop mountains in the west
Starry skies shine where I love the best

Life has hurt you, use the pain as fuel
Love hurts, girl, pitiless and cruel
You're an ice queen, I could be your king
Your body's cold, babe I could make it sing

Life hurts, girl, use your pain as fuel
Love hurts, girl, merciless cruel
Don't shut the world out, I could be your king
Your mind is cold, babe I could make you sing

I lost my family, everyone I know
My friends have vanished, like the melting snow
I'm in despair, babe, I wish I was high
Then the music plays, and I kiss the sky

I lost my family, everyone I know
My friends have vanished, like the melting snow
I'm in despair, babe, I wish I was high
Then the music plays, and I kiss the sky

We are animals, transcendent if we could
Rising apes to gods, our imprints made in blood
Forming in the stars, galaxies away
Monkeys on a rock, spinning through space

You're fading in, babe, and you're fading out
The quiet flame will burn again no doubt
We're each a world, a galaxy of pain
I long to see your power rise again

The red soil, rivers running red
The ground bloodsoaked, life is full of dread
Terrors innumerable lie ahead
And the colour of nature is red

A losing struggle, life's a dream surreal
It's hard to enunciate what I feel
A savage dream, full of sorrow joy and loss
A rolling stone won't gather any moss...
A rolling stone won't gather any moss...

A rolling stone won't gather any moss
A rolling stone won't gather any moss
A rolling stone won't gather any moss
A rolling stone won't gather any moss