goodbye prodigal rascal

 

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May 26, 2013

larry curtis spurlock

 

goodbye prodigal rascal

verse 1

there once lived a rascal

whose soul was a maze

meandering through passages

for most of his days

and although his ramblings

were the turn of a phrase

he secretly hid his heart

in his many essays

hook

so goodbye you prodigal rascal

lullabys and butterflies are free

the maidens that choose you

are the ones that lose you

if you’d close your eyes you’d see

you were everything you wanted to be

everything but you and me

verse 2

there were many a nights

when the goblins surrounded you

there were so many daybreaks

when away they flew

you had all the blind answers

the thoughtless questions, to   (sic)

but it all seemed so aimless
with your humorous point of view

repeat hook

bridge

 

verse 3

now the prodigal rascal
resides off in the distance
all by himself
without any assistance
that’s how he wanted
to live his existance
so hard to believe
in spite of his insistance

repeat hook (2 x – out)

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island retreat

 

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Saturday June 29, 2013

 

larry curtis spurlock

 

island retreat
 

 

1^st verse

i’m just an old wordsmith

living down here in the keys

it gets hot in the summer

but in the winter i don’t freeze

sometimes i get away

fishing out on the high seas

but mostly i just hang around

enjoying the life of ease

 

hook

that’s what i’m doing in this town

i don’t let anything get me down

you’ll never catch me with a frown

i never make a lonesome sound

i’m doing fine on this isle

you can see it in my smile

nothing’s going to cramp my style

i guess i’ll stay here for a while

 

2^nd verse

i’m just a lyrical composer

at the end of this island chain

spending the nights with miss brandy

and the days with mary jane

i’m just as happy in the sunshine

as i am in the rain

and if ever i get homesick

i just jump on an airplane

 

repeat hook

 

bridge

 

3^rd verse

i’m just a supernatural cosmic cowboy

living life out on the range

and if you knew me in my prime

you’d know it isn’t all that strange

and the ones that have always known me

know that i’m never going to change

cause there’s nothing in my past

that i’d ever rearrange

 

repeat hook

 

 

 

fini

 

 

 





my demise has set me free

 



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May 8-10, 2013

 

larry curtis spurlock

my demise has set me free

verse 1

wounded silence over the horizon appear

beneath a gleaming sky

drenched with arid richness

while the world wonders why

hiding behind an unlocked door

for all mankind to see

 

hook

i was born on my last day

my demise has set me free

 

verse 2

helpless forms of caustic requests

hanging by adversarial means

takes a promissory mission

of reds and blues and greens

members swearing members

easy as one two three

 

repeat hook

verse 3

religious fools aim their dearth

at those who do not pray

convincing independents that

it’s all they have to say

everyone wants to buy it

the cost of which is free

 

repeat hook

 

verse 4

conservative thinking vagrants hide

while testifying malicious belief

confounding material vanguards

chastising those with grief

good or bad it matters not

to be or not to be

 

repeat hook

verse 5

expert time has finally materialized

exposing grandiose partisan claims

confusion mounting pretence

screaming softly like foxfire flames

predatory mounting epic fail

filling all who pan with glee

 

repeat hook

 

bridge

 

verse 6

feigning enemies as fearless foes

makes soldiers of us all

yet history has defined us now

as tearing down that wall

but playing left against the right

is like subtracting you from me

 

repeat hook

repeat hook

　

fini