I started these months apart, but finished them together (with RMF
help about the scansion). The original can be seen/heard at <
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgVPnWmUqd4>.
Title: Life's A Mess
ttto: Shall We Dance by Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein
We're living in bad times
But then we always were
What should we go on doing,
And just what should we defer
We cannot just stay still
Life goes on as we bide
And so we see we're in for
"Interesting" bumpy ride
Life's a mess (is it me?)
Everything's going wrong now, though I try (all's awry)
I'm a mess (is it life?)
I must curse; it's too much for just a sigh (ai ai ai!)
And this mess
It should make every person wonder why (as do I)
Do we still bother living
In this world so unforgiving
Where the bastards have all success
Can we change rules for winning
Maybe have a new beginning
To this mess
I'm a mess
It's a mess
Title: Make A Wish
ttto: Shall We Dance by Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein
We try to bend the rules
The universe says "No"
But still we look for loopholes
That can make our mojo grow
Of all the many ways
The sky's the biggest call
It gives us hope we might be
Significant - not so small
There's a star! Make a wish,
On the first evening light to hit your eye (from on high)
Meteor! Make a wish
Make it fast 'fore the streak has left the sky (say good-bye)
There's a hitch
All the rules of the cosmos still apply (so I sigh)
So your wish has no meaning
There's no magic intervening
It's your own work will make you rich
But placebos are mighty
Let us not dismiss them lightly
Make your wish
Make your wish
Make your wish
My lyrics copyright 2022 by Arthur Tansky. License granted for
non-commercial, non-political archiving and performance as long as:
1. copyright notice is maintained, and
2. no money changes hands.
--
Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com
Guessing a lyricist's opinions from his songs is as futile as
guessing an author's opinions from his novels.
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