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The following is a glossary of contents chronicling the lyrical literary works of American artist, Larry Curtis Spurlock.
 

.It must be, immediately, pointed out that all these pieces are written sans upper case and with minimal punctuation. (Author’s preference)

The 1st piece (hope with dope) was written in 1971 in the Kitchen of 104 W. Concord Court in Sterling, Virginia. The most recent; piece # 291 (stepping across sanctuary's threshold) was penned just last week.

This Blog has, previously, published 52 of these works. Tuesdays had been desiginated amateur lyricist day while better known published pieces by other artists appeared on Thursdays. In the coming weeks, more of ‘best of’ will appear for your viewing pleasure.

Be aware that these lyrics are stationed in categories as if they were songs on albums / CDs. Each volume illustrates several chapters. Each chapter depicts several albums / CDs.

Each album / CD will present lyrical Pieces intended for musical arrangement

As artistic note, the first few chapters are inadequate in composition and can be considered merely as practice.

.There are two lyrical Scores in this collection written for Stage Plays.

They are: Volume I – Chapter 7 entitled baby owl blues

and Volume IV – Chapter 16 entitled baby baby: the princess flower.

.Soon, this Blog will begin a 16 week odyssey publishing the works of baby baby: the princess flower.

And soonthereafter, baby owl blues.
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.Thank you, very kindly.

I am sincerely
The Blogmeister

chapters 1-8
vol. 1
the beginning

1

castles in the sand .. 8

hope with dope
stoned love
here i sit
castles in the sand
the stupid poem
52 groups
love my baby
my woman .. (8)

2

untitled change .. 9

games
back again
the dealer
one plus one
untitled
looking back
love in ‘72
we gotta change
above love .. (17)

3
a year to remember .. 16

my flag - our wotld
try
my boy
first trip
midnight
things will be better
bye bye mama
shelter
in my mind
all you need is love
take me back to the country
strange broo
he wants to be with us
what is life
a year to remember
tribute to g.f.r .. (33)

4

take me back to the country .. 14

as we wind on down the road
how long will it last
i’m not afraid to die
things just ain’t the way they used to be
reefer
society’s child
i don’t feel right
birthday bong
to change my ways
me and my baby
wouldn’t it be nice
brown mountain light
daddy
take me back to the country .. (47)

5

leftovers are free .. 12

mind looking
my friend
boxed in
truckin’
my mind is puzzled
go home
happy valentine’s day massacre
my soul
aydes of march
success
free
late .. (59)

6

six .. 11

can’t get you out of my head
roger’s birthday
signs
blue-grass week-end
magic wind
my head spinning
there we go again
i don’t feel
you’re free to go
number 2
country boy .. (70)

7

the baby owl blues .. 22

introduction
goodbye
school is cool
star
the dance
hard rock and country soul
sounds of the sixties
free
first trip
midnight
hope with dope
military
the dealer
wait for the gold rush
so hard
i’m not afraid to die
in my mind
number 2
country boy
take me back // .. go back to the country
threshold of life to belate .. (92)

8

tribute to bluegrass .. 12

tribute to the dillards
my old lady
the 70’s
the king
on the move
depression-recession blues
bluegrass bitch
these have got to be the good old times
our red brothers
family
bluegrass music
stealing’s still a sin and cheating’s still a crime .. (104)

chapters 9-11

vol. II
shake up - break up - wake up

9
number IX: probables .. 13

blue famous writer
stoned, at the party
my destiny
i knew jesus ( before he was a superstar )
life on my own again
facing the tide
so hard to do
what am i supposed to do
and now marijuana is making me sad
can’t go home
in the life
dream onit’s over .. (117)

10

assorted love songs .. 12

donna marie
i’m a heavy metal sheet metal man
lost and found ( think about it )
i don’t believe in love
a love so true
in the country
mclean just yesterday
get me a pretty little girl
dear frances
and i’m sorry if i broke you’re heart
this time
and so it goes .. (129)

11

spanish mission .. 11

high flying eagles
still thinking of you
and that’s when
passing days
key west episode
once in a while
love again
delta tuning
ain’t no woman
shadow of man
the cat in the hat .. (140)

single release changes .. (141)

chapters 12-13
vol. III
third warning

12
without warning .. 13

i can’t say goodbye
go on away
now you’re not my baby
i just can’t cry over you
this is my first and it’s for you
what am i going to do now
what about me
tiger and the jap
it’s already sunday night
post vacation blues
without warning
iso
south carolina girl .. (154)

13

little jams .. 10

little jams
just for you
til i have you
long time gone
puzzled man
somebody kidnapped ouiji the dog
preseason tournament
just duet
everything’s changed
super bowl 22 .. (164)

chapters 14-17
vol. IV
forthcoming

14
1989 .. 11

old bull shooter
macho star
alarmingly alone again
this can’t last forever
two old friends
dear santa, leave my baby
woodstock revisited
yesterday’s gone
steffy’s gone
where did you go
brittny’s Christmas .. (175)

15
fantasy skypath .. 12

sand city skypath
fantasy football time
i don’t know
going to the keys
yellow moon
archie and suebell
reclusive
do what you have to
i love her everyday
shell of the man
adolescent mysteries
elephants’ leaving .. (187)

16
baby baby: the princess flower .. 16

baby baby baby
flowers
wilder side
watching t.v.
sleeping
what’s going on
land of jam
what am i doing here
green mean team
rain queen
slowing down again
wishing
the cool fool
the plan
sailing
like i’m coming home .. (203)

17

just the very one .. 12

i’m going home
gold & diamonds or just brass and glass
teardrops
fire and ice
until sunday night
mexico is history
hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
our mayor
don’t blame me
work..play..eat..sleep..die
winter rain
not the way it is .. (215)

chapters 18-19

vol. V
forty 5 alive

18
susan came and susan left .. 10

she said
your destiny
do it girl
summer friend
you gotta go away
two old ghosts
mr. poltergeist
little miss scorpio
looney toons
susan came .. (225)

19

harmonic family freedom .. 12

the harmonic traveler
prince herman
on a roll
glen echo
5500 years from home
pubescent parody
howard’s turn
ocean city, maryland
she’s not dead
timeline
lincoln a a 1910
spurlock family .. (237)

chapter 20-22

vol. VI
y 2 k

20
milliena fix .. 8

cappuccino girl
my time
mar-lan-a
cittigirl
reality
joan-ie
you in my rearview mirror
just another bloody day in iraq .. (245)

21

when i’m released .. 11

when ’m released
hedrick
hedrick 11
i went to key west
wendi wendi wendi
haven’t forgotten about you
beth’s magical day
raid at the herndon railroad station
can’t be happy at christmas
m.t. .. l.s. & c.e.
headfakes & handshakes .. (256)

22

call me .. novelist .. 6

i can’t buy this bullshit anymore
that’s what turned my red state blue
when will war be over
twittering missbeckala
moving away
sixty

i’m in love with my doctor                    

orb man’s plight                    
time to die ?                   
city woman                   

 

chapter 23-26                                 

vol.  VII                  

septenary  sanctuary

23                                                    

riddell .. 11

if you don’t love me                    (267)                             
jill, in my eyes
into the stratosphere
demise set me free                       
forever my dilemma be                                            
all my money’s gone                 
goodbye prodigal rascal                    
and the falcon flew away                   
time .. will come to us
d b cooper
belles de franklin                   (277)

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in the can .. 10

down on jonquil lane                    (278)
never changed                    
who that song is about                   
stay, till the light o’ day                   
congress
gilese 581 d                   
just a girl & just a boy .. on the list                  
the thin man                   

still you know that i won’t call                   

la concha                    (287)

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island retreat                    (288)

midnight man

at the beach

stepping across sanctuary’s threshold                    (291)

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D. B. Cooper



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 larry  curtis  spurlock

 

d b cooper

verse 1

on the day before thanksgiving

in nineteen seventy-one

a man named d b cooper

was just about to have some fun

he paid twenty dollars cash

to fly from portland to seattle

but at ten thousand feet above the earth

he was just beginning his battle

hook

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

verse 2

he demanded two hundred thousand dollars in cash

with four parachutes to be available

and after a smoke and a bourbon or two

he jumped from the aft unassailable

somewhere near mount st. helens

in clark county near lewis river

wearing just a suit and tie and loafers

without the slightest shiver

hook

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

verse 3

in the year following the cooper jump

thirty-one copycat hijackings occurred

none of these events were successful

at least that’s what i’ve heard

some wanted to go to cuba

but money was always requested

one or two were killed by the law

all the others were arrested

hook

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

verse 4

even though cooper was never found

and the money never recovered

lots o’ people claim they were he

yet no proof was ever discovered

kenneth christianson fits all the clues

brad meltzer would agree

william gossett so obsessed with the crime

and the proof is there to see

hook

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

bridge

verse 5

richard mccoy hijacked a similar plane

right out of the open sky

but escaped from the prison they put him in

then killed by the f.b.i.

duane weber confessed on his deathbed

that he was cooper, too

drank the same bourbon & smoked the same cigarettes

and knew all the secret clues

hook

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

verse 6

now john emil list was a veteran

where he taught a skydiving school

admitted to killing his family

and admitted to the skyjacking dual

barbara dayton was the strangest

to be considered of interest

born a man but after gender surgery

proved to be the best

 

hook

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

verse 7

ted mayfield, jack coffelt and lynn cooper

rounded out the rest

of the possibility of being cooper

all passing the information test

but nobody really knows

if cooper lived or he died

but the story is historical lore

to which nobody has denied

hook

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

 

bridge

verse 8

while d b cooper is a cultural phenomenon

an air pirate extortionist

who endangered the lives of forty-two people

a brave courageous proportionate

still an american hero

so polite and calm with a plan

the stewardess’ and pilots tell us

he was a cool suave gentleman

 

hook

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

d b cooper  (cooper  cooper  cooper)

.. whatever happened to him

verse 9   (repeat verse 1)

hook   (3x – out)

            

   

fini

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Franklin

 

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Nov. 2012 - May 28, 2013

 

larry curtis  spurlock

belles de franklin

 

stanza 1-8

born of a sunday

in boston of that time

was sinful and

the puritans called it a crime

josiah the father

and abiah his spouse

soon baptized the child

at the old south meeting house

stanza 9-16

17 years would pass

before the widow read

entered into common-law marriage

without her property deed

before that a young lady

prostitute by trade

bared his illegitimate son

her memory soon to fade

stanza 17-24

a move to phi-town

would bring upon this topic

a virile unruly gentleman

whose reputation became myopic

but it wasn’t until europe

a destination in 1757

london frankfort paris

presented a femme heaven

stanza 25-32

whispers of a married madame brillon

to whom love letters were sent

brought great importance to america’s cause

with all the money she spent

we shant forget madame helvetius

to whom he actually proposed

but so sorry unable to marry

until wife deborah disposed

stanza 33-40

countess d’houdetot so influential

helping america succeed

and duchess de la rochefoucauld

a political lady in need

surely there were many others

who shared his intellect and chaise

not to mention his interest

in his party’s base

stanza 41-48

and so the belles of benjamin

lovely and spicey and proper

lend a view into americana

quite the historical show stopper

ladies of means and sexuality

presenting their points of view

happily exploited by ben franklin

not all for the red white & blue

 

fini

 

 

 



orb man's plight



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larry curtis spurlock

orb man’s plight

 

verse 1

a flash of light went streaking

across the winter sky

the townsfolk were congregating

as it whistled through the night

then all it once it crashed

into the valley outside of town

the sight of smoke – the smell of fire

where it plowed on through the ground

 

yikes on high – yikes below

wormhole wandering through time

verse 2

the orb was askew and smoldering

as it’s glow faded to dim

the night was dark and quiet

as it teetered on the rim

when all at once it’s hatch retracted

revealing an eerie sight

an orb man lying on his back

fighting for his very life

 

yikes on high – yikes below

wormhole wandering through time

verse 3

the site was soon occupied

from a proprietor who lived nearby

surveying the supernatural scene

he could barely believe his eyes

and before he had a chance to react

the extrinsic orb being conveyed

he was from another place and time

and in need of medical aid

yikes on high – yikes below

wormhole wandering through time

 

verse 4

soon the e.o.b. was triaged

and convalescing in solitude

the proprietor and his family made sure

the e.o.b. was out of view

still neighbors had concerns about

the fireball in the sky

they wanted to know what happened

and they wanted to know why  

yikes on high – yikes below

wormhole wandering through time

 

bridge

 

verse 5

when the e.o.b. had recovered

and his craft ready to disembark

the law was at the proprietor’s door

demanding to see this ark

as the proprietor helped the e.o.b.

climb into the orb-like sphere

the door had sealed behind them

their destination: a new frontier

yikes on high – yikes below

wormhole wandering through time

 

verse 6

as the proprietor and the e.o.b.

traipsed through the past sublime

encountering the 1964 beatles and

and ben franklin in his prime

the conveyance wobbled through antiquity

until history redefined

helpig john alden, leif erickson & myles standish

while securing roger maris from a bind

yikes on high – yikes below

wormhole wandering through time

 

verse 7

the voyage had taken many days

although no time had passed

when the e.o.b. had resurrected the journey

and delivered the proprietor to his caste

nothing more to be discussed now

the two must part their ways

the proprietor back with his family

the e.o.b.’s travels still a haze

yikes on high - yikes below
wormhole wandering through time

bridge

 

( repeat verses 1 & 2 & 3 )
 

yikes on high – yikes below

wormhole wandering through time

(4x – out)

 

fini

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